In a small kitchen like ours we try to use all the available space. This includes the insides of the cabinet doors.
Here's the notice board inside of the pantry door.
Cooling racks are hung on L-hooks inside one of the bottom cabinet doors. Adhesive rubber furniture pads are stuck underneath so they don't rattle too much. The gentle rattle is in fact Mini's and Bonus' dinner bell. Their food bowls are in this cabinet (you can see them on the middle shelf) so that sound means din-din for the four-leggers in our family.
Martin made this milky white plastic holder based on this one which is too deep and wide. It holds the slim food scales I got for my birthday and also a mini cutting board. I got the cutting board because it was so small and cute (and from Martha) but I still haven't found a use for it… ( as you can see I do buy unnecessary stuff…) Oh, but come to think of it, I could use it when hammering in grommets into fabrics! I keep ruining our wooden boards doing that… Great idea!
You've seen these before, our composting and trash bins. They belong in this context though so here they are again.
The broom cabinet features two of these plastic bag holders. One for large bags and one for small. Before attaching anything to a door make sure it doesn't hit any shelves inside the cabinet when closing the door. I've learned this by trial and error…
Above the plastic bag holders is a row of hooks which holds a small canvas bag with kitchen string inside, scissors to cut said string and a kitty grooming brush. EDIT: The string bag idea is not mine originally, I think I picked it up in a Martha Stewart LIving mag in the early days. Love it though and have use the bag ever since!
Are you bored with my kitchen by now?
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I love all, but the canvas bag that holds stings is so clever!!!
Marigio
not bored, but definitely inspired! i love the tote bag holding the strings idea. genius!
Never bored…love your house.
Love the bag, never saw it before. Great idea.
Big kiss
Thanks for sharing all this clever tips 😉
We use one of those ikea bag holders for rags. You can see it here: http://www.wetakeiteasy.com/2009/04/earth-day-post/
I love that it doesn’t take up space in the cabinet and holds a million of them!
Love the color of the message board! Your plastic bags are also stored according to color 🙂 Did you recover the container near the green and white gingham bag? It looks like the self-adhesive inside your shelves. xxx
No, not bored at all! And another vote for the bag with the grommets.
I love your wonderful, down to earth paractical approach. Wonderful ideas! thank you.
Yes, I confess I did… am I overdoing it ? 🙂 It’s actually the box that the kitchen steel wool comes in and I used double stick adhesive pads to stick it to the inside of the cabinet wall. The box is so ugly.. I HAD to recover it!
Not at all. I love little details like that. I am just like you. Very visual. For example, I wish I could find pure white toothbrushes instead of the vivid primary colors they come in 🙁
Oh, we are to peas in a pod! I just bought a toothbrush today and it took me forever to seek out the least garish one. I ended up with a pale turquoise one with goes well in my little upstairs bathroom. Matches the sink…
Not bored but, would love to see more about the kitchen floor (unless you have a previous post about it). I love checked floors and it looks painted.
You can read about the floor here http://chezlarsson.com/myblog/2008/06/check-out.html
I think I could look at your kitchen every day! It’s fantastic.
I have KusmiTea tins that I can never throw away. They are by far the king of tea tins. Hard to find here in the south central USA.
Thanks for your blogging. It’s a newfound treat!
I love the idea to use the inside of the kitchen cupboards..thank you! I’m trying to create some more space in our tiny kitchen and I think this idea will work.
I love your floors.
Shit Benita! Du är bara bäst på förvaring alltså. Gud – kom hem till mig och fixa!
Kram Jenny
I love seeing your kitchen. It helps me think if I’m using my space the best way possible. I find the Kitchen posts very inspiring. I really like the plastic bag holders with the large circles(?). Where did you find them? I love their size.
I know exactly how you feel! I am the same way! I would be happy to find one in that color. I do not understand why there are no white ones. When I was in Seattle in Pike Market, I bought an homemade lemon verbena spray in a soap store and the owner kept apologizing because she had only clear acrylic spray bottles and no other colors). She did not know that I would have chosen a clear bottle even if other color were available. I am amazed that other people buy household products without thinking about. I take forever to choose and prefer white or clear dish soap. LOL
Jag ska till mn mamma om några veckor… akta dig, jag kanske dyker upp 🙂
They’re from IKEA!
Oh NO! Aldrig trött på ditt hem. Tack för all fin inspiration!
I too never get bored with your posts. I think about them when I am away from the computer (strange?)So, this morning I was still thinking about yesterday’s kitchen post and couldn’t get your water kettle out of my head. The stainless and white one. I usually see stainless with black. Any ideas on how we can find a brighter one in the states?
Hej! I love your blog, and I just re-decorated under my sink as well. I tried painting my dark blue trash cans with white paint. It didn’t work out so well… So I’m really curious of where you bought your trash cans? I love them 🙂
No, never bored! Have recently moved into a new home and am lapping up all the great storage ideas!
I hope Mini is recovering well!
Hi Benita
How is minnie.
I got them at Coop Forum.
Did you mean the tea pot or kettle? The tea pot is the Salam Tea Pot http://www.lepalaisgourmet.com/400.html and the kettle is the Dulalit Jug Kettle. I found a US link for the black one http://www.livingincomfort.com/ka15309.html but unfortunately I can’t find it in white. Maybe you can contact that store and ask if they can get it in white for you?!
I love those IKEA plastic bag holders. I also bought one where I store all the rolls of gift wrapping paper. Works perfectly. And of course, it hangs inside my broom cabinet! 🙂 I see now that should probably complement it with a similar bag as your to hold the gift strings too…
Not boring in the least! Please show more! I have a small kitchen also…no space for a dishwasher or pantry…and need all the ideas I can get!
Not bored! So many cool ideas, thanks for sharing…
Waah, there’s no Coop Forum here in California! I’ve fallen in love with your trash and composting bins, and would love to make something similar for under my kitchen sink. Can you post detailed pictures so that I might be able to hack something similar? I’m particularly interested in how you got the plastic bags to fit around the rim — is there some kind of spacer between the door and the bins?
Oh, I know how you feel. I’ve seen US stuff countless of times and have not been able to get my hands on it…
My trash cans come with a plastic mounting plate which is screwn into the door. When I put a new bag inside I remove the can itself, slip the bag over and actually wedge the bag inbetween the plate and the can so it stays put. I found this http://astore.amazon.com/chezlars-20/detail/B0000ZKW6M and added it to my Amazon store for your convenience. It’s a similar system.
Hi Benita ~ Chez Larsson,
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Waah, there’s no Coop Forum here in California! I’ve fallen in love with your trash and composting bins, and would love to make something similar for under my kitchen sink. Can you post detailed pictures so that I might be able to hack something similar? I’m particularly interested in how you got the plastic bags to fit around the rim — is there some kind of spacer between the door and the bins?
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Uhoh, that comment came out weird with all the rest of the info still attached… sorry…
Hello there! Sorry to pester you as I am sure you get a gazillion questions – but I was curious about the noticeboard – did you make that yourself? I love the colours and so much nicer than the usual boring brown cork.
You can find instructions here in this earlier post http://chezlarsson.com/myblog/2009/02/how-to-recover-a-notice-board.html.
Apologies Benita, I must have missed that one in my archive stalking. Thank you very much for your help!
I too could look at your kitchen/home every single day! I have a HUGE house (over 5000 square feet), but I would much prefer a smaller, cosier space. I don’t like white or primary colors in my own house, I decorate in the earth-tones, but I absolutely LOVE them in yours!
Including our children from previous marriages, and the two we have together, my husband and I have 8 children between us (I can hear your readers jaws dropping) so there is no way we could manage to live in the tidy white house you have made so beautiful. So keep the pictures coming (since I’m writing this WAY after its original post date, I’ve seen all your before, during and afters and they are incredible!) You are truly an inspiration for the little bit of Martha that lives inside us!
My favorite picture is the one with the milky plastic holder. In the description you said “Martin made this milky white plastic holder based on this one which is too deep and wide”. Could you post instructions on how he made it? I would love one just like that and would like to try to make it.
I’m sorry, I don’t have instructions for it.
This is over a year later and you may have found these already, but this could solve your problem AND Benita’s problem of Martin being allergic to rubber.
A company called Preserve makes a toothbrush out of recycled yogurt cups. It comes in five colors – including solid white. When you’re finished with the toothbrush you can send it back to them to be recycled yet again. They’re stylish AND good for the environment. I actually found them because they were used by Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction.
You can find them directly at this link: http://www.preserveproducts.com/products/personalcare/toothbrush-mail-back-pack.html
I really suggest you click around, they have all sorts of nifty recycled products. I know it sounds like I work for them, but I don’t. I’m just a fan!
Clever ideas ! I’m still trying to declutter my house more.