Organize Your Kitchen with These 20+ Brilliant DIYs

Use the space behind your cabinet doors to hold your measuring cup and spoons – and add a custom chart for easy conversions.

Organize your kitchen with a hidden shelf! The small space between the wall and your refrigerator is perfect for holding this easy-to-make wood can shelf on wheels.

Keep your pot lids organized on the inside cabinet doors where the pots are stored. See how Meg easily did this for her kitchen.

Re-do an old dresser and add to the center of a kitchen for additional storage and cutting space. This one is on wheels so it can be moved out of the way when needed.

Learn how to make a DIY drawer divider with materials you have laying around the house! We made this organizer on the cheap with scrap wood.

Slide out shelves keep everything close at hand. You can purchase premade ones but if you need 11 of them like Greg did, DIY is a better choice. He saved over $600 this way!

Get extra space in your cabinets for all of your mugs using cup hooks. All you need is a hammer to lightly tap them in, then you can screw them in to organizer your cup cabinet.

Fit tension rods in a drawer to hold all of your spices. Since they are angled, it is easier to get them out of the drawer!

Bamboo skewers packed in a container are perfect for holding knives and other random utensils. As you fill it up, you can remove skewers to give yourself a little bit more space (it's amazing how much they hold!).

Adding a pegboard can turn an underused wall into instant storage space. You can paint it any color you like, or even use a design to match your kitchen.

Glass jars are perfect for organizing pretty things on the counter, like cupcake wrappers. Plus they won't get crushed in the pantry putting other things on top of them.

For foods and other things that you access often, add storage that screws in below your cabinets. This photo shows garage organizing, but it would be the same procedure for the kitchen!

If your kitchen cabinets only came with one or two shelves, you are probably wasting a lot of space. Meg added more shelves to her cabinets and placed them using the already drilled holes in the cabinets!

Make a small rack for storing all of your cutting boards behind the door – you’ll just need a few pieces of wood.

Never lose the lids for your food storage containers again! Look how organized this drawer is! I'm a bit jealous. It makes the plastic in your kitchen so easy to access.

When you rent, you don't want to make permanent changes to the kitchen. This door organizer is a great way to keep things handy without putting holes in cabinets or walls!

Tired of items collapsing when you pull something out of a kitchen cabinet? An office paper sorter helps keep cookie sheets and racks organized vertically for easy access. You can actually see what you have, which makes it so nice.

Use a special paper that is dishwasher resistant and free printables to label and organize clear jars in your cabinets or pantry.

Use a tension rod under your kitchen sink to hang cleaning spray bottles. This make good use of the vertical space!

Ashley used decoupaged sheet metal and some wire baskets to set up a cool command center in her kitchen. Great for organizing mail and other things that end up sitting on the kitchen counter for eternity.

Now that your kitchen is organized, you need to make sure that your food is organized as well. Get these free kitchen inventory printables and never waste food!