Having an organized kitchen can save a family both time and money. Kitchen organizers are among the hottest products on any household site or in any household store, and with good reason. Organizing your kitchen makes it easier to find what you need when you need it. It also helps you to plan your grocery shopping better and gives you enough storage space to stock up on weekly specials at your favorite grocery store.

With many new products on the market, it may come as a surprise to learn that the best solutions to most of your storage and organizational needs have been known for long time. These solutions have not changed and shelves and racks are an excellent choice for storing your kitchen accessories. Full size pantry substitutes to spice racks and dish racks can get you organized and keep you organized. Here is just a few of the ways that shelves and racks can organize your kitchen.

Extra Storage Room Helps Organize Your Kitchen

No kitchen ever has enough storage space. Whether you have ample cabinet space, open shelves or almost no room at all for stocking up on supplies, there are storage solutions for you. These solutions can expand the room you have for canned goods, staples and other cooking supplies. Here are three problems that can be solved by adding extra storage space in the shape of shelves or racks.

Not enough space to store canned goods and staples

Many modern apartment kitchens lack adequate storage space for things like boxes of cereal, canned goods and pasta. A few over-the-counter cabinets just don’t offer enough space, especially if you like to stock up on things when they are on sale. There are a number of excellent storage solutions which can help you get things organized in your kitchen.

Get those stacks of cans out of the overhead cabinets and onto the shelves of a handy over the door pantry rack. The pantry door rack has eight adjustable shelves that hold everything from canned goods to tall bottles and cereal boxes. It is available in two sizes and costs less than $30. This is a great deal for any budget.

I cannot find anything in my crowded cabinets!

Deep under-counter cabinets make it difficult to find anything. Over-the-counter cabinets make you climb on stepstools to reach the back of the shelf. Even worse, everything is a jumbled together, making impossible to sort out a tin of cinnamon from a box of tea. When you need to organize your cabinets and shelves, reach for smaller organizers to help you create order.

Spice racks are a popular solution for stacks of little tins and jars of dried spices. There are many different styles of spice racks on the market. These include a very handy Auto-Measure Spice Rack that holds the contents of twelve standard size spice jars. It can sit on your counter or mount under a cabinet shelf to save counter space. The containers have a special dispenser that dispenses one-quarter teaspoon per click. It is handy, stylish and best of all; it removes the clutter of half-empty spice bottles on the cabinet shelf.

If twelve kinds of spices are not enough for you, there is also a very clever spice organizer available. The three-drawer organizer fits easily on a standard cabinet shelf, and hold 27 full size or 54 half-size spice jars. The drawers pull out and fold down to make it easy to reach each bottle.

Cleaning the clutter of your pots and pans cabinet

Under counter cabinets are simply not designed for holding pots and pans, despite the fact that nearly everyone stores their pots and pans in this location. You do not have to worry about awkward stacks of pots and pans if you make use of some handy storage solutions meant to help get your kitchen organized.

The Lid Maid Organizer is designed to hold the lids of your pots and pans, allowing you to find then whenever you are looking to cook a meal. The lid rack installs easily inside your cabinet with runner tracks so that you can simply pull it out to find the lid you need. It holds six pot lids, or up to 36 plastic lids for storage dishes.

Rollout Cabinet Drawers are one of the greatest conveniences you can ever find, especially if you are using under counter cabinet space. They come in many different sizes so that you can customize them perfectly to suit your needs. Each drawer unit consists of ball-bearing glides that install on the cabinet floor so that you can easily pull the drawers out to reach what you need without pulling everything out of the cabinet first.

When you want to create more space in your kitchen by organizing your pots, pans, foodstuffs, and kitchen accessories, there are many products available which can help you get the job done. Do not forget the old organizer standbys like racks and shelves. Chances are that you may find exactly what you need.