C10 - Sunday, May 6, 1984 - North Shore News NINE DESIGNER TIPS How to unclutter your kitchen “TF YOUR kitchen suffers from ‘terminal clutter,” says C. Jean Mattingly, certified kitchen designer, ‘‘don’t blame it entirely on too many utensils, apphances, boxes, bottles, furnishings and gourmet gadgets. ‘‘Most hkely,’’ she says, ‘‘your problem hes in poor organization. And the way to solve that problem is to un- cover every square inch of ex- tra storage and workspace in your kitchen and put it to work.”’ AN EXPERT ADVISES To help you find and ex- ploit hidden spaces, Mattingly offers nine suggestions: 1) Delete the unessential: \t is not always the iwems you use every day that clutter up your kitchen; it is the cumbersome ones you rarely need or use that keep getting in the way. Make a thorough inven- tory of all your pots, pans, small appliances, utensils and dishes to sort out the items you don't use. Then arrange your remaining kitchen equipment according to fre- quency of use — put daily priority items close at hand, others in progressively less accessible storage spaces. 2 Inside cabinets: Widely separated cabinet shelves are prime space wasters. Try ad- ding shelves to get more levels of storage. Or use por- table, rubber-coated wire shelf organizers that are available in any housewares department or hardware store. Try putting hooks on undersides of shelves to hang cups and mugs. Never leave the inside of a cabinet door empty. You can atiach spice and condiment racks there or hang wire cad- dies that hold everything from cleaning supplies to utensils, wet towels to soap bars 1) Below cabinets und above your backsplash the space between the upper wall cabinets and the COURLELLOP wa good place to build long hornzontal cabinets with shding doors These shallow cabinets, “parages | or under cabinet storage, can sometimes called house your small appliances MEA CES val OPeNners, toasters, yurcers, blenders tight where need them yet completely out of you Sig tnt and out of the way when not wn use The backsplash ws an ideal SEOT ARC because Space Trost countertops are 28 a deep PSon uscal tort and only the first ba or are thormally wotk space fereot You generally find oa or twa oof commercial pot-hanging racks and grids. It is also a good idea to use your ceiling for hanging three-tiered baskets to hold such odds and ends as food coupons, recipes, mail or pads, so they do not clutter up your counters and workspace. S$ Against the wall: Do not hmit yourself to traditional Storage places. Hooks and shelves can be put up anywhere. Ktichen walls of- fer spacious opportunities for storing cooking and dining equipment. HANG IT ALL! about any flat Just wall will support horizontal or vertical strips of wood with hooks to hold everything from frying pans to towel tacks, pot holders to plants. Plastic hooks with adhesive backs will stick to virtually any surface, so you can create instant storage on wooden walls, wallpaper or paint without making holes. When you plan wall hang- ing storage, do not forget the walis behind doors. Most doors, when open, leave a 6- or 8- in. wall space that is unused and seldom seen. 6) Pegboard: One of the best examples of kitchen wall storage is the perforated Quasar 5540 Here S a full size faster hardboard — commonly known as pegboard. These. inexpensive, easily-worked boards can hold a wide varie- ty of kitchen tools. 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