Hello Ty, this is Marcie from MAE Day. What a wonderful kitchen you have. Yes, kitchens can be daunting. You have a lot of storage and that is wonderful. Can you take some pictures that are facing the opening of your kitchen while standing with your back to the stove? That would help a lot. Also, please tell me how many people are living in the house. This can help me as far as where to put each thing. You have a good start. Marcie

Hello Ty, here are some pictures of what I have done with my kitchen. I used one of my tall thin cabinets for cleaning supplies and gadgets. Then as you can see I organized my pantry in sections. Greens on one shelf, canned goods on another and so on. I know it’s unusual but I put my dishes in the lower cabinet on the pull out shelves. I find it so much easier to get to my plates and bowls. I also sectioned off my kitchen to suit my needs. For example I have my coffee section, tea section, Baking section and so on.
So here are a couple of suggestions some of what you’ve already done. I am moving from the left of the refrigerator going left around the kitchen ending in your tall cabinet.

1. Coffee maker next to the refrigerator
2. Coffee cups in the cabinet above and your coffee to the right or left of the cups On one side or the other in the cupboard.
3. Silverware in the drawer just to the left of the refrigerator
4. Dishes in the cupboards below on the pull outs as shown in my pictures.
5. Breakfast food, cereals etc. in the next upper cupboard to the left of the cups cupboard
6. Lower any heavy items that you use for breakfast such as bullets waffle makers etc.
   I like to put the heavy items in the lower cabinets whenever possible because it’s just easier to get to them.
7. Next area, baking. Upper cupboard for all baking goods such as flour, baking powder, etc. this is the third set of cabinets to the left of the refrigerator.
8. Lower cabinets under the baking goods, all baking pans such as cake pans
9. Drawer above, for all utensils you would use for baking
10. Corner cupboard with Lazy Susan for things like vitamins and so on.
11. Small thin lower cabinet grocery bags
12. Next small thin lower cabinet cookie sheets & serving trays
13. Next upper cabinet, grains and pastas
14. Lower cabinet under that anything you would want to cook pasta in and colanders, steamers
15. Drawer to the right of the stove, knives and anything you would use to cook with.
16. Lower cabinet to the right of the stove. Pots and pans on one shelf and lids on the other.
17. Drawer to the left of the stove hot pads

Hi Marcie,

here are shots looking the opposite direction-it just opens to the dining area:

We are a family of 3: me, my wife, and our 1 year old. 1 upper cabinet is dedicated to our daughter's dry food and utensils.

I am leaning toward appliances (instant pot, food processor, etc) at the bottom of the full height cabinet. the only trouble I am having with that is that they are so tall, I may have to sacrifice some shelves.

Well hello Ty,

Nice to hear from you. I agree anything that is tall and heavy should go on the bottom shelves. I wish we could video conference or talk on the phone. It is just so much easier. I am in California. Where are you located? I am open to talking on the phone if you like. Let me know what you want to do. Marcie

Hi Ty, With the crockpots, food processor and things like that sit in the lower cabinet to the left of the stove? Sometimes you can lower the slide outs so they can fit larger appliances like that . What do you think?

It isn't clear to me whether you have roll out shelving in any of the cupboards. If not, I highly recommend getting them into every one of the lowers and the pantry. There are various designs for pots & pans, cleaning supplies, trash bins, basket style, or just plain rimmed, and at various pricing - some brands are more economical than others.

These really solve the problem of deep cabinets and organization. I got my wire ones at Target, and also actually bought drawers at Ikea and installed them inside the pantry (I could do this easily because the cabinets are frameless - to do that in framed cabinets you would have to sacrifice the inch+ behind the frame on each side).

If you can easily get to an Ikea it is worthwhile to tour their model kitchens and browse all their organization items. If you can't get there, check them out online. Their gadgets and ideas were very inspirational to me even when I didn't use their products.

Congratulations on your new home! That is a nice kitchen!

Hi Marcie,

I am in AZ, so I am in the same time zone as you are now.

a phone call would be great - thanks for the offer. a little slammed today though with work and still moving in. what's your schedule like the next few days?

raee: I am definitely considering getting some slide outs from the local container store - just want to be more certain that things are where i want them before i install

Good morning Ty,

Sorry just got this late last night. Our Internet has been spotty lately. You can find my phone number on my Houzz website. It’s easy to get there from this post. All you have to do is double click on the icon with the two little girls and it will take you to my website with my contact information. You can either select my website or double click on one of my pictures and it will give you my phone number. I will be available play 9 o’clock. Marcie

Hello Ty, so strange the way it changes what someone is saying. I was saying I am available at 9 AM this morning. Let me know if you still want to talk and if there’s a better time for you. Marcie

Hello Ty, looks like you got this one. Hope you’re enjoying your kitchen for many years to come. Best wishes. Marcie