Food Network: 13 Kitchen Organizing Mistakes

Check out Maeve's tip in the Food Network on top kitchen organizing mistakes.

Is your kitchen a #clutter storm? Check out these 13 Kitchen Organizing Mistakes–And the Easy Way to Fix ‘Em as presented by Food Network. Tip #7 Shelve Staples features a tip from Maeve about using trays!

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Shelve Staples

The mistake: Your favorite kitchen #shelf is working overtime. It’s overcrowded, messy-looking, and even a little bit of a safety hazard.

Shelve Staples

The fix: Take the guesswork out of finding your most-often-used items by corralling them together within the tiny walls of a #tray, suggests organizing coach Maeve Richmond. Trays are handy because you can pick them up and move them around the kitchen, from shelf to countertop to table: "I have a tray under my tea supplies up on a shelf," Richmond says. "It’s light enough that I can easily pull it down, and it frees up lower shelves for heavier, more often used items. I also place a tray under all my mugs because it creates a divider between them and the plates on the other half of the shelf."