Kitchen Storage Made Easy: Smart Ideas for Pots, Pans & Utensils

The kitchen is the heart of the home — but it’s also one of the hardest spaces to keep organised. Between bulky pots, endless utensils, and gadgets you only use once a year, cupboards and drawers can quickly turn into chaos zones.

The good news? With a few clever hacks (and the right organisers), you can reclaim your space and create a kitchen that’s functional, beautiful, and a joy to use. Here’s your complete guide to organising your cookware, utensils, and baking essentials.

Pots, Pans & Frypans

Bulky and awkward, pots and pans are often the hardest to store.

Deep Drawers: Store cookware flat in wide drawers. Use drawer dividers or a Peggy Drawer Organiser to stop them clanging together.

Vertical Storage: Slot frying pans and lids upright in a pan rack for easy access.  You can even use a magazine rack or file sorter instead.

Hooks & Rails: Mount a rail under a cupboard or on a wall to hang pans and colanders.

Lid Solutions: Use a  back-of-door rack, or adhesive hooks to store lids separately.

Baking Trays, Cake Tins & Muffin Trays

Stacking these always ends in an avalanche — here’s how to fix it:

Vertical Dividers: Store trays, chopping boards, and muffin tins upright in a file-sorter-style divider.

Categorise & Stack: Keep all cake tins together, muffin trays together, etc. Nest by size.

Slim Door Racks: Great for cooling racks, baking trays, or chopping boards.

Peggy Drawer Organiser: Perfect for keeping baking trays, chopping boards, and muffin tins neatly separated and easy to grab.

Mixing Bowls, Sieves & Colanders

Round and bulky, these often waste cupboard space.

Nesting Sets: Invest in bowls and colanders that nest neatly inside each other.

Peggy Organisers in Drawers: Keep bowls secure and stop them sliding when drawers open.

Hang Sieves & Strainers: Hooks inside a cupboard door or under shelving work wonders.

Double Duty: Store smaller tools (like whisks or spatulas) inside large bowls.

Non Slip Mats: Line your drawers with non-slip matting to keep colanders, mixing bowls, and other round items from sliding every time you open and close them

Measuring Cups, Spoons & Small Tools

The little things get lost the quickest.

Drawer Organisers: Our Pretty Cool Fridge Trays make excellent drawer organisers — perfect for separating spoons, graters, peelers, and tongs.

Drawer Dividers: Our drawer dividers are perfect for creating neat compartments, making it easy to organise utensils like spatulas, whisks, graters, and tongs so everything has its place.

Hooks on Doors: Hang measuring cups and spoons inside cupboard doors for easy access.

Magnetic Strips: Use one for metal spoons or small graters.

Choose Nesting Sets: Look for cups and spoons that magnet or clip together so they never go missing.

Utensils: Spatulas, Tongs, Whisks & Graters

Utensils can overrun drawers if not managed.

Custom Drawer Sections: Use Peggy Organisers or Drawer Dividers to create compartments for each type of utensil.

Bench Canisters: Store everyday tools upright in a stylish jar on the counter.

Hooks Under Cabinets: Hang spatulas, ladles, or sieves under shelves for easy reach.

Magnetic Strips: Perfect for knives, scissors, and metal tools.

Extra Clever Hacks for a Smarter Kitchen

Lazy Susans Everywhere: Add a turntable inside deep cupboards so no item gets lost at the back.

Over-the-Door Caddies: Great for chopping boards, wraps, or even rolling pins.

Stackable Baskets: Use baskets inside cupboards or drawers to group smaller items like cookie cutters, piping tools, or graters.

Peggy for Awkward Spaces: Use a Peggy system in drawers to secure oddly-shaped tools that don’t sit flat.

Under-Shelf Baskets: Clip-on baskets instantly double cupboard space — perfect for baking sheets, silicone mats, or lightweight utensils.

Double-Stack Drawers: Use shallow trays inside deeper drawers (like our fridge trays) to create layers — spatulas on top, bulkier gadgets underneath.

Lid Organiser Hack: File pot lids in a dish rack inside a cupboard — simple, cheap, and effective.

Zone by Frequency: Keep everyday tools (spatula, tongs, frypan) within arm’s reach, and store once-in-a-while gadgets (ice cream maker, giant stockpot) higher up or further back.

Final Touch: Make It Functional and Pretty

The secret to a calm kitchen is zoning — keep items where you use them most. Pots and pans by the stove, baking gear near the oven, utensils by your prep space. And remember, organisation isn’t about perfection — it’s about saving time, reducing stress, and creating a space that works for you.

With a few smart tweaks — and clever products like drawer dividers, Peggy Organisers, and fridge trays repurposed for drawers — you’ll have a kitchen that’s not only easier to use, but also truly Pretty Organised.