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Utilize your vertical space. Make everything you use most frequently easily accessible. You will make better food, because you cook more often.
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Utilize your vertical space. Make everything you use most frequently easily accessible. You will make better food, because you cook more often.


Is this a food hack? Maybe tenuously, but I think it is. ADHD here. An enormous barrier to me cooking more frequently was the stress over searching for things and digging shit out from other shit. All my pots and pans used to live in the cupboard under my microwave. I live in a small-ish 1 bedroom apartment. I cannot tell you how much friction I've reduced from the cooking experience by finding an efficient way to utilize the space that I do have.

Not pictured: All spices and such are in little jars that are uniform in size, placed on magnetic racks that stick to the side of my fridge. This accounts for at least 30% of the stress reduction.

Emptied that entire cupboard out onto the rack I have mounted on the wall. Filled it with extremely nice to have kitchen gadgets I never thought I'd have room for. A KitchenAid mixer, a Cuisenart food processor, an ice cream maker, a blender, a rice cooker, a blender, a Foodsaver, a Crock Pot.

by bellchilton

4 Comments

  1. Dalakaar

    If you’re going to do that make sure your shelving/rack is secure and strong enough.

    (I can already see the bottom black plastic shelf bowing in the center in the first pic.)

  2. Prudent_Valuable603

    I’m concerned about the cast iron skillets hanging off that shelving. I feel it’s gonna rip everything out. Please make sure there isn’t too much weight on this. 

  3. Butter-Bunny

    Love the organization! I live in a small space myself so
    I like seeing how others are able to organize everything. Quick question though. What is that copper pan hanging on the right side of the first image?

  4. xen32

    I had kinda similar idea with all the over door hooks, clip-on shelves, magnetic shelves and hooks etc. Every magnetic surface has a bunch of stuff attached to it now, every drawer door has some hooks from both sides, also a bunch of adhesive hooks and holders on tiles, well, stuff like that.

    It looks ugly as shit, but highly functional, especially compared to time when all of this was just piled up inside drawers/cupboards.

    Seems like I can only attach gifs in this sub? Weird. Oh well, here is a pic of main part.

    https://i.redd.it/afckxncl45ch1.gif