Trying to find the lids to your food storage containers can be a pain. You may even find you have lids with no container to match! Here are the easiest ways to organize your food storage containers for good. And did you know, you can also organize your spaces according to your organizing style? You can find out what your organizing style is here.
Before organizing your food storage containers, you must purge the damaged ones and the ones you do not use. Be ruthless and purge the excess so you can more easily store what you do use.
In my freebie library here, I include guides which help walk you through the organizing process and help you decide what to purge and keep. I also include my declutter and organizing challenge calendars and guides to help direct you through each area of your home. These guides ensure you get through every nook and cranny and finally get to the other side of clutter … an organized and functional space!
In this post, we focus on how to organize your food storage containers. Below, I share ideas on how to organize your food storage containers in different areas of your kitchen. I share how I organize my own food storage containers here.
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How to Organize Food Storage Containers in Drawers
One of the simplest ways to organize food storage containers is to create a divided section where you nest the containers on one side of the drawer and store the lids by standing them upright on the other side of the drawer. That way, you can file through the lids to easily find the correct size. Using an adjustable, spring-loaded drawer divider like this can be the easiest solution to keep your food storage containers organized (found here):
If your lids are a little too tall for your drawer, you can simply slide the drawer divider as needed to allow the tallest lids to lean just enough to fit under the drawer.
If your drawer is deep enough for your tallest lids, you can use an organizer like this (found here):
How to Organize Food Storage Containers in Cabinets
If you have the space to store your containers with the lids attached, you can store them in either the drawer or cabinet, wherever they fit. If your cabinet does not have the space to store your containers with the lids attached, you can nest the containers separately from your lids. To contain your lids, you can use a simple magazine file holder or a few (found here):
This bin below can contain both your containers and your lids together. You can pull the whole bin down from your cabinet (found here):
I hope you found some ideas for how to store your food storage containers for your organizing style and/or the space that you have! In my next post, I share ideas on how to organize your plates and bowls. Don’t forget to grab my free resources from my freebie library here. Let’s get to the other side of clutter … an organized and functional space!
Happy Organizing!
Author of “How to Organize Any Space in 7 Simplified Steps“