Comments on: How to Organize the Silverware Drawer in Your Kitchen https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/ Home Organization, Time Management, Productivity Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Neena Nandagopal https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/#comment-71376 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:17:34 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17652#comment-71376 In reply to Linda Samuels.

Hi Linda,
It is so true – when things just work and you don’t have to think about them – you free up mental space to deal with other, more pressing issues.
And I also love the dishwasher/silverware drawer setup. If we ever move, replicating that will be one of the first things that I try to do!

]]> By: Neena Nandagopal https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/#comment-71375 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:15:03 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17652#comment-71375 In reply to Julie Bestry.

Hi Julie,
That is a great trick – half up and down. Before we our kitchen redo I had to do that because the drawer I used for silverware was so super narrow.You would think that a proper silverware drawer would be a basic thing in a kitchen, but that is not always the case!

]]> By: Julie Bestry https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/#comment-71372 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:51:13 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17652#comment-71372 I couldn’t agree with you more about how most all-in-one silverway trays never seem to fit the drawers you want to use. This is the first apartment in which I’ve lived where I could fit my tray into the drawer; previously, they were all too narrow (and it’s not that wide of a tray). I like iDesign dividers you used; another trick I like is to store half of the forks and spoons upside down (vertially) in a space (sort of like shoes in a shoebox) to double the utility. You have six in the house, so you need more silverware, but for me, on my own, I can stack the tablespoons bowl-up and the teaspoons, and the teaspoons right next to them, bowl-down, and do the same with the salad forks and the dinner forks.

]]> By: Linda Samuels https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/#comment-71371 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:34:56 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17652#comment-71371 It’s funny how much joy we receive from organizing a single drawer! When our systems (even the small eco-system of a drawer) work well, it makes life flow so much better. I love how you got that unexpected bonus from your kitchen redesign of being able to empty the dishwasher’s clean silverware directly into your utensil drawer.

]]> By: Seana Turner https://almostpractical.com/how-to-organize-the-silverware-drawer-in-your-kitchen/#comment-71370 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:53:16 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17652#comment-71370 It really is those small things, like being able to easily move clean silverware from the dishwasher into the drawer, that make life sweet! Who wants to walk across the room with clean dishes? I always try and put the majority of storage near the dishwasher for this reason. If you save one minute a day, that is hours over the course of a year!

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