All those perfectly matching bottles in those Pinterest-perfect and Instagram-worthy kitchens can look intimidating to replicate for your own kitchen. Here is all about how to organize your oils and vinegar so that they are not only beautiful on a budget and easy to access, but, most importantly, they are stored properly to keep from going rancid, as oils can easily do with improper storage. 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 oils and vinegar, you must purge the expired ones and the ones you do not like. 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 oils and vinegar. Below, I share ideas on how to properly organize your oils and vinegar with different types of organizing solutions that will work for your organizing styles and spaces.
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How to Organize Oils & Vinegar for Free
If you haven’t noticed, healthier cold-pressed oils are stored in dark green bottles like these (found here):
The tinted glass keeps the oils from going rancid which can happen when they are exposed to light. Since stores already sell these oils in these green glass bottles, you can repurpose them to be reused over and over again. When your oil bottles are all the same size, it makes them easier to organize either on organizing solutions you may already have on hand or one of the solutions I share below. What I like to do is purchase my oils from Costco and repurpose oils bottles I purchased from Aldi. It is much easier to control the amount of oil you pour from the smaller oil bottles. You can leave the label as is, or you can re-label them using a label maker or a Cricut machine and vinyl like I shared in my kitchen tour here.
How to Organize Oils & Vinegar in Cabinets
Since the cabinet above the stove seems to be the one that gets the oiliest, if your oil bottles can fit up there, I think this upper cabinet is a great place to store your oils and vinegar bottles. Any cabinet close to your stove is ideal. Within cabinets, lazy susans or turntables are the best organizing solution. You will just want to use one that easy to wash clean and has non-skid surface like this (found here):
Just be sure to measure the depth of your cabinet for the best fit.
How to Organize Oils & Vinegar on Walls, Doors, or Inside Cabinet Doors
Using vertical space in your kitchen may be essential for you if you have a small kitchen. You may need to utilize wall space, the inside of a cabinet door, or your pantry door. You will just want to keep your oils and vinegar close to where you will use them most which is typically your stove. This organizer actually is magnetic so it can be stored on the side of your refrigerator (found here):
How to Organize Oils & Vinegar on Countertops
For the advanced home chef who may have lots of different types of oils and vinegar on hand, this might be the perfect solution for you (found here):
For the home cook who likes to keep things simple, this might contain just what you need (found here):
I hope you found some ideas for how to store your oils and vinegar for your organizing style and/or the space that you have! In my next post, I share ideas on how to organize your dry goods. 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“