Drainer
You can compactly store pot lids in the kitchen in a drying rack located inside a wall cabinet. Its advantage is that all the dishes are in one place and hidden from view, and the decor looks neater and more laconic. Usually a dish dryer comes with a kitchen unit. If there is not enough space in it, you can remove extra plates that are rarely used.
Storage methods
Quite often there are options when housewives approach the issue of placing dishes haphazardly, simply placing them in random order in one or several drawers. This may be the simplest solution, but over time you will regret it. Each time you will need to take out half of the items, there is a risk of dropping and breaking the glass lid or tiles on the floor. Therefore, it is better to choose a certain order in which the dishes will be stored in such a way that it will be convenient to use and will take up little space.
There are the following ways to store kitchen accessories:
- Vertical. The first type is that the lids are placed upside down on the pans, others are placed on top of them in the same way, and so on until there is enough height. In such cases, the dishes are always included, but you have to work hard to get the right one. The second approach is to stack the lids on top of each other. This will require guides, since such a design requires lateral support. And also, it is not very convenient to get the desired product, especially if it is at the very bottom.
- Horizontal. As an analogy or basis, you can consider standard plate dryers. The ideas for such designs can be very diverse, but the essence is the same - each item has its own vertical cell, into which it is lowered from above vertically or at a slight angle. The size of the openings is selected to match the width of the lids, taking into account their bends and the height of the handles. The advantage of such a system is that the usable space is used as productively as possible, every item is in sight, and removal does not cause any inconvenience.
Note! Stands can be shared or individual. As for the location of the holders, it can be not only cabinets and drawers. A life hack regarding door mounting shows how you can effectively use the free space inside the headset.
Table stand
An excellent accessory that is convenient to use while cooking. Condensation from the pan lid will flow onto the stand, and hot elements will not damage the countertop. You can also place a spoon or ladle on it. But this is rather an intermediate option - when the lid is removed from the pan, it needs to be put somewhere. For permanent storage in the kitchen, such a stand will not be convenient.
Crossbar
If there is free space on the wall behind the stove, then probably the most convenient option would be to install a wide crossbar there, on which the covers will be attached. When you need to cover a dish while cooking, you just need to reach out and take out the desired item.
You can also hook iron hanging dish racks onto such a crossbar, if this method seems more aesthetic to you.
Rack for kitchen utensils
If there is free space on the countertop, it is convenient to store pot lids on a special stand with dividers. The stand combines the function of a dryer and can be made of metal, bamboo or plastic. It can be hidden in a wall cabinet or bedside table. There are many different types of storage racks. You can find a suitable option for both a small kitchen set and a large kitchen.
We place lids on the shelves of wall-mounted or floor-standing cabinets
Do you need to free up your countertop and increase your work space?
Then transfer ideas for table top lid storage to floor or wall cabinet shelves. Another convenient option is a special wooden box with holes in the bottom. The lids are placed in any order, with special separating cones inserted into the holes. In addition, IKEA and other furniture manufacturers offer a wide range of folding organizers for such utensils.
Wall holder
A common method for storing pot lids vertically in the kitchen is a metal frame structure with several crossbars. The holder can be mounted on the wall near the sink, stove, on the apron, or fixed on the door or side wall of the cabinet. The height of the device depends on the number of covers. The advantage of a hanging stand is that it saves space in cabinets. Disadvantages include dust settling and visual clutter in the kitchen. When placing the holder on cabinet doors, the shelves should be slightly narrower than standard so as not to interfere with the closing of the doors.
Convenient storage of pots, pans and lids
To ensure that finding the right pan does not take a lot of time, it is advisable to disassemble all the dishes. Gather together all the lids, all the pans and pots. Depending on the size, choose a convenient place where it will be easy to place the largest item.
If the household has large containers that are not used daily (cauldron, pressure cooker, etc.), then you can allocate a special place for them where they will not interfere. An option for storing such containers would be to use them as a container for smaller items.
Drawer
One of the convenient ways to store pot lids in the kitchen is a separate drawer, which is often used as a tray for cutlery. When ordering a headset, you can provide several similar compartments.
Ovens are most often installed at some distance from the floor, so a basement drawer can be built under the hob to store kitchen lids.
Pull-out narrow shelves for lids above the tabletop
When creating a kitchen project, take care of your comfort and provide a special narrow drawer directly under the countertop. Its height can be from 5 to 15 cm: in a horizontal position, up to five covers of different sizes can be placed there. When choosing the height, pay special attention to the shape of the handles on the lids - the more they protrude, the higher the drawer should be.
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Door mounts
This method is only suitable for storing lightweight pot lids and durable doors. It saves space in the closet because it does not take up interior space. The device is fixed with adhesive tape. To secure, you can also use hooks, which are sold in construction and hardware stores. If the cabinet door does not allow this, use the front part of the kitchen facade for storage.
A more convenient form of holder for storing pot lids consists of two parts, since they can be installed at any distance. The device is made of durable plastic and is fixed to the wall with adhesive tape.
Fixation with hooks
How to store pots in a closet?
If the containers are difficult to fold into a nesting doll, then make additional shelves. To do this, you can purchase a shelf with legs or make them yourself. By installing the product in a table drawer, you can get an additional tier for storing pots and pans.
A corner cabinet is often reserved for storing pots. It is not very convenient for small items, but large dishes will feel great there.
By purchasing a carousel or rotating system and installing it in a corner cabinet, it will be much more convenient for the housewife to find the desired item.
On the tiered shelf you can put different pots, pans and lids for them. When turning, you can easily reach the dishes in the depths of the drawer.
Railings
In addition to pot lids, you can hang everything for cooking on the rails - this way the worktop will not be occupied, and everything you need will be at hand. The surface underneath must be resistant to mechanical damage and easy to clean. Small rails can be attached to the inside of cabinet doors. Instead, rods are sometimes used to dry towels.
Pot lids that do not spoil the attractiveness of the kitchen - steel or glass - are stored openly. They blend into the surrounding environment, do not attract attention and do not clutter up the space. You can attach a hanging rack to the railing, which has special clamps.
Tips from housewives
A review of advice from experienced housewives allows us to draw important conclusions. All dishes that need to be placed in an open space should be purchased in the same style, as a set. It is better to put containers for cooking food of improper type in closed drawers.
Dishes and other utensils should be placed at hand for the convenience of the housewife. But the space should not be cluttered.
Ovens and gas stoves cannot be discounted. If the space in them is free, you can conveniently place the containers inside the equipment.
DIY string holder
A simple way to store pot lids in the kitchen to make with your own hands - you need to measure the diameter and fasten several strings or pieces of copper wire of a suitable length to two self-tapping screws inside the cabinet. They should sag a little so that the weight is distributed evenly along the entire length and ensures reliable fastening.
Instead of a string, you can stretch a rubber band that stretches and can support a pan lid of any size. When installing rails or strings, you need to take into account that the protruding handle does not interfere with closing the door. It should be located at the same level as the internal shelf.
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Storing lids from pots and pans is an important point in a small kitchen.
Storing them together with dishes is problematic due to cluttering of space, and it is impossible to allocate a special place due to their non-compact shape.
Where do you store your pot and pan lids? Until recently, I kept the pots in the closet, stacking them one inside the other, and placing the lids somewhere nearby.
Storing lids on top of pots, as most inexperienced housewives do, means cluttering the entire kitchen with containers. And since in most apartments its area is very limited, this method can be immediately rejected.
In most cases, another storage method is not suitable: in a stack or “matryoshka”. If such an organization is quite justified for pots, then the protruding handles of the lids will create a very unstable structure that will frighten you with a rumble every time you want to open the drawer.
I must say, this irritated me terribly, because finding an item of the right size was sometimes very difficult. And then I decided to organize the storage of lids “scientifically”, using household appliances.
I have collected, in my opinion, the most interesting ways to store lids. And all you have to do is choose the best option - depending on the size of the kitchen and the volume of cabinets.
Let's see what options are there?
Special drawers In a fairly spacious kitchen, where at least 1 whole cabinet, or even more, is allocated for storing pots and pans, you can provide a pull-out shelf (5 to 15 cm high on the sides), which can be located above or below the place where the pots are stored .
If your kitchen set has a similar design, feel free to load it with lids.
It is recommended to place them in one layer, because otherwise you will not optimize, but on the contrary, you will clutter your workspace.
Storage compartment for lids in a deep drawer If you are making a custom kitchen or are willing to spend money on convenient internal dividers (like Rationel from IKEA), pay attention to the practical organization inside the drawers shown in the photo in this section. A special narrow compartment is separated from one or both sides, in which lids are ideally placed.
It is optimal to use for deep drawers of base cabinets with a width of at least 60 cm, otherwise there will simply be no space left for pots and pans.
Pull-out sections If you are willing to spend money on pull-out metal interior elements of kitchen cabinets, look for those options that have special compartments for lids.
Pots and pans will be stored in the same cabinet, which, of course, is very convenient. Which utensils will be at the top and which at the bottom depends on the manufacturer.
An economical option is an analogue of the Ikea Variera retractable container made of white plastic.
The more solid one looks like a narrow mesh shelf with limiters.
Both options move along guide rails that are attached to the lower inside of the cabinet next to one of the side walls.
Tabletop stands for a couple of lids and other utensils If there are few kitchen utensils and there is enough space on the countertop, you can store the lids in a tabletop stand like this. And along with them - cutting boards, flat dishes and even small frying pans.
We place lids on the shelves of wall-mounted or floor-standing cabinets. This can be called a modification of tabletop storage, but more spacious. You can use tabletop dish drainers or wooden racks for storing plates, or look in stores for special devices for lids of this type. All this equipment is placed inside deep drawers or (more often) on the shelves of cabinets, usually floor-standing.
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Wall racks for lids If you have nothing against open storage of kitchen items, pay attention to the possibility of wall-mounted space for lids from pots and pans.
These racks are quite economical in price, and the height (how many covers it is designed for) can be chosen according to your own needs.
Now let's talk about the most economical (and original) ways to store lids for pots and pans. If, instead of spending money, you prefer to invest your own skills and resourcefulness, make your own organizing racks.
Rails for storing lids - on the walls and doors of cabinets. The simplest and most budget option. Suitable for storing lids on the wall or the inside of a kitchen cabinet door. Measure the surface area allocated for this purpose, and then simply purchase a suitable rail.
Mounting type and material - any. Screw on using the included (or specially selected) fasteners and enjoy the order in your pot lids.
If you use rails to organize a large-scale storage system on a free wall, simply place lids there: you can hang a variety of kitchen utensils on the hooks, and store lids behind the rails.
Storage with hanging shelves with dividers:
The method shown in the photo below is also easy to implement with the hands of a home craftsman. You will need a perforated board of the required size + hooks for it. Pans can be hung on hooks secured in the usual way. And fix the lids with hooks placed at an angle.
Now let's move on to closed storage, which will certainly be appreciated by housewives who are confident that only cabinets with doors can provide the necessary order.
There are many ways here. The main advantage of any of them is hidden storage. How to choose? Focus on 2 parameters: the size of your closet and the budget allocated for these convenient devices.
Cabinet door covers:
We are used to using only shelves in closets. What about the doors? On the inside, you can attach additional hooks and baskets to them so that important little things are always at hand, and you don’t have to go deep into the cabinet to get them. In the photo I offer only some of the options for using this useful space, it’s all up to your imagination!
In my opinion, it is best to allocate a place for the lids just on the inside of the doors. Here are some ideas for attachments: hooks, towel racks or other fixtures - the choice is yours, as long as they are as easily accessible as possible.
It is most convenient to use devices specifically designed for swing doors of floor-standing cabinets or the most compact of wall cabinets. IKEA has a large selection of such devices.
A few more original ways for thrifty housewives:
Plastic hooks with reverse adhesive layer. This is the mounting option I used :)
The container for one lid is made using 2 hooks attached in accordance with its diameter.
You will need 2 pieces for each cover, they will support it from the side and bottom.
Mark and glue. That's it!
Let's look:
Wooden bars for towels.
And the simplest option. Copper wire twisted in several layers + wood screws.
All these options are suitable for storing lids on the door and on the cabinet wall.
The inner side of the doors from the lower modules can also be used to store household chemicals or small items necessary for cleaning: gloves, rags and sponges, etc. The boxes that you attach from the inside, in this case, can be larger and more spacious.
Adviсe:
- When you fix additional hooks or doors, make sure that when closed they and what will be stored there do not touch the shelves, otherwise the door simply will not be able to close.
- The weight of items must be within reason!
And lastly... Kitchen stands for one lid and a chef's spoon: Western housewives have long appreciated this wonderful device. When preparing food, it allows you not to think about where to put the lid removed from the pan and the spoon used to stir the dish.
Sometimes such a stand for a lid and spoon is also found in dishware stores. If you want more choice, check out online stores.
Based on materials from www.design-remont.info, domovityi.ru
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