a place for everything.

in this month's martha stewart living, martha shared her top 50 tips for an organized and functional kitchen.  

i can't even begin to tell you how jealous i am of all the counter space, all the gadgets, the organized drawers, and the huge sinks. 
i'm going to have to get myself a much larger kitchen to implement most of her tips (who has room for a pet buffet?!), 

but i still can't help sharing a few of my favorites with you all...

 

{tip 4}: not many people are able to fit 2 islands, but if you can, martha says go for it: 

"one can be used for prep work while you seat guests at the other for an informal meal."

 

{tip 8}: a large, white commercial cutting board always out and readily available

{tip 11}: glass kitchen cabinets provides a way to display pretty glasses 

and keep the kitchen open and light

 

{tip 34}: sneak in more shelves.  use up wall space with small shelves that add extra storage 

(i'm actually thinking of doing something like this myself!)

 

{tip 40}: stoveside organizer.  another tip that requires a very spacious kitchen!  

use a rolling cart by the stove so that all tools are at your fingertips.  

(there are ways to modify this to a smaller kitchen, most notably organizing 

drawers and countertop jars so that these things are by the stove.)

and, finally, the tips i am most in love with due to my slight obession with organization: the drawers!

 

check out the rest of the tips here, or of course buy the september issue.  and here's martha's today show appearance explaining the tips to mr. matt lauer:

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i suddenly have the urge to do some reorganizing...

xo. di.

image 1 via martha-in-training, all other images via martha stewart.com and fox interiors
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