Storage Solutions For An Orderly Kitchen
Tuesday 20th November 2007 by Georgie Coleridge Cole
Kitchens have a habit of collecting clutter like nowhere else, and fast. And as the festive season draws nearer, if you’re entertaining at home this Christmas, now’s the time (and a great incentive) to get sorted.
 First thing’s first - attend to your surfaces. First impressions are everything and if yours are partial to piles of endless Boden and White Company catalogues, taxi numbers and take away menus that you’re keen to hang on to then treat your kitchen to a notice board  onto which you can cram them! Some box files neatly stacked on a shelf will come in handy for all those catalogues too.
 Recipes stuffed in between cook books on your dresser, hand scribbled notes and emails of your girlfriends delicious duck dish that you’re desperate not to loose? The Velvet Brown Recipe Box (pictured above left) is just the answer.
 And for the bread and biscuits? These traditional storage containers Bags of pasts spilling out of your cupboards and sugar lining the bottoms? Decant it all into some of Nigella’s stylish storage jars . They’re available in cream and blue (pictured above right).
 And for the bread and biscuits? These traditional storage containers (pictured above left) that have all the honest simplicity of those our mothers and grandmothers used to use will add instant charm to any space.
Herbs shoved so far into the back of beyond that you’ve no idea what’s there let alone how many years it has sat untouched? What you need is a spice storage unit from Ella’s Kitchen Company ; space saving, child friendly, convenient, kitchen spice and dry food storage cabinets (pictured right).
 For a more contemporary alternative the stainless steel Soho Spice Rack (pictured left) not only protects the potency and flavour of the spices, but will also appeal to anyone who likes to cook, values an organized kitchen or simply has an eye for beautiful things.
 If you’re really tight on space then a kitchen trolley will come in useful. The Pembroke Butcher’s Trolley (pictured right) from John Lewis offers extra work surface and extra storage space. Nigella’s Cream Bread Bin with Beach Wood Lid that doubles as a bread board is another great space saving item.
 Draws overrun with utensils? Then pull out wooden spoons, spatulas and ladles, and hang them on hooks along the wall or store in a jar positioned next to your hob. Le Creuset's heavy duty Utensils Jar in black granite is smart and sophisticated.
And last but by no means least, now that we’re all living greener lifestyles our kitchens need to make way for at least one extra bin. In a perfect world you’d have three; one for plastic, one for paper & and one for glass. This set of 3 storage bags (picture left) available from Heals does just the job.
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