As handy as plastic containers are for storing leftovers and sending yummy lunches to school or work they can also be a pain in the neck to try and corral.
How to store plastic storage containers.
If you re short on space a simple under the shelf storage basket can be a really valuable organizational tool.
Plastic storage containers are the best way to store and organize out of season or specialty clothing items such as halloween costumes or your unfortunate but just can t quit them collection of holiday sweaters.
Stack your food storage lids by size and store them in the basket.
You can pull this together with simple hardware store supplies or buy a ready made pegboard kit for 20 and assemble it flat inside your drawer.
The advantages are numerous.
Put them with other items that function similarly.
The organizer holds 12 plastic containers and their matching lids.
So be mindful of the amount of containers you think you will need and set aside the rest.
And it works with most major brands think.
Measuring cups mixing bowls and drinking glasses even the plastic ones should all go in some other appropriate place.
Remove anything that s not a food storage container and either discard it or store it somewhere else.
Adding pegboard to drawers or slide out cabinet inserts is another clever way to keep different food storage containers separated and tidy.
They topple over lids go missing and they become a giant mess in a cabinet or drawer.
I find for the most part that the easiest way to store my containers is to separate the containers from the lids.
10 tips for neat plastic container storage kassia byrnes july 04 2017 if you and your kitchen are in danger of drowning in a sea of empty plastic containers and their wayward lids it s time to take control.
These containers are square and uniformly sized so they can be.
We have a very long cabinet where we keep all of our plastic containers.
Organize the containers and lids you have left.
Rubbermaid ziploc glad and even target s containers.