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Speaker 1: Hello guys, and welcome back to Stepping Up Today. I'm
Speaker 1: coming to you with my literal number one, number one
Speaker 1: most requested topic, and that is my kitchen organization hacks
Speaker 1: that are all super budget friendly and they're from Ikia
Speaker 1: and KMA. Now, this topic in itself is what got
Speaker 1: your goal on the map in the first place. I
Speaker 1: feel back in god years and years ago, I was
Speaker 1: living in our first one bedroom apartment like unit with
Speaker 1: Ryan and Harpat was like just born, and I was
Speaker 1: like learning all these new hacks and tips and tricks.
Speaker 1: And that's literally where stephing came from me showing how
Speaker 1: to utilize the very little space that we had. So
Speaker 1: that's what we had to do. Now, the kitchen is
Speaker 1: the bane of our existence, but it is the heart
Speaker 1: of the home and it is one of the hardest
Speaker 1: places to keep organized. It's like the storage that you
Speaker 1: need the most. And who else is guilty of having
Speaker 1: a million drink bottles or like twenty spatulas, But the
Speaker 1: kitchens never seem to have enough, and even when you do,
Speaker 1: it can really harbor junk and we don't want that.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: This episode is actually from my YouTube channel, and I
Speaker 1: think it's something that all of you guys needed to
Speaker 1: hear it. So, yes, I am cheating a little bit here,
Speaker 1: but Girls Overcoming Influenzer a which has been brutal, keep
Speaker 1: healthy people. And it is just one of these YouTube
Speaker 1: episodes that just went off, and this is a perfect
Speaker 1: one for you to sit in the car listen to,
Speaker 1: or if you're working or cleaning the house, listen to
Speaker 1: this and get the best tips and hacks to organize
Speaker 1: your kitchen. And make sure you listen to the end
Speaker 1: because I cover everything like the container draw or the
Speaker 1: junk draw, how to organize drink bottles under the sink,
Speaker 1: and also of course the pantry. And no one in
Speaker 1: your family will ever be able to say they don't
Speaker 1: know where things go ever again or they have me
Speaker 1: to answer to. So I know you guys are gonna
Speaker 1: absolutely love this episode. As always, please do screenshot where
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Speaker 1: I love helping you guys, and it is obviously yes
Speaker 1: self funded, so all the subscriptions and love and shares
Speaker 1: really really help me so I can continue this podcast.
Speaker 1: Now let's get into the episode. So I'm going to
Speaker 1: start with the topplewar draw slush container draws. So I
Speaker 1: think we all know that tableware and containers are super
Speaker 1: hard to store. They're really bulky, and you lose lids
Speaker 1: and it just gets really messy very quick. So what
Speaker 1: I like to do is stack the bottoms together, so
Speaker 1: I have all the same types and shapes stacked together,
Speaker 1: and then what I actually do is file the lids.
Speaker 2: So these are.
Speaker 1: File holders from kmart, so they're two file holders backed
Speaker 1: onto each other. So obviously if you have more, you
Speaker 1: can just keep going. Well, depending on the depth of
Speaker 1: your draw or cupboard, so with these, I couldn't actually
Speaker 1: file them because they're too high, so I just stack
Speaker 1: them on top of each other, so that worked out
Speaker 1: really well. But yeah, this just makes it a lot
Speaker 1: easier and it keeps it nice and tidy, and it
Speaker 1: literally stays like this, which is great. So yeah, grab
Speaker 1: some cheap file holders from kmart or any other convenience
Speaker 1: store as well, and stack them all into each other.
Speaker 1: Next up is the junk draw. And I don't care
Speaker 1: what you say if, depending on how organized you are,
Speaker 1: everyone has a junk draw. This is just like you
Speaker 1: know that part of the home where people throw pens, coins,
Speaker 1: there's makeup in their chewing gum, charges, all that type
Speaker 1: of things. So this like becomes chaotic really fast, and
Speaker 1: it tends to just become a whole big mess. So
Speaker 1: at least with this draw organizer I got for my Kia,
Speaker 1: it's like organized chaos, so it's not too bad and
Speaker 1: you can see everything. So yeah, we've basically just kind
Speaker 1: of in a way sectioned it off to like coins, pens, bombs,
Speaker 1: and then there's this like makeup just pretty much anything,
Speaker 1: and there's charges, sunglasses and stuff like that. And then
Speaker 1: over here we also have like a shopping list. Having
Speaker 1: it like this just makes it a lot easier to handle.
Speaker 1: And then obviously this does get fuller, so every few
Speaker 1: months I'll do a quick cull as well. So yeah,
Speaker 1: grab any type of draw divider. At least you can
Speaker 1: see what's going on here, and it can still be
Speaker 1: a junk draw, but it's just a little bit more organized.
Speaker 2: So that's that one there all right.
Speaker 1: Next up is the party drawer. Well, this is what
Speaker 1: I call the party drawer. You know how whenever there's
Speaker 1: an event or a birthday, you usually have like plastic
Speaker 1: cups or napkins or balloons and stuff kind of stashed
Speaker 1: away and you usually can't find them. So I like
Speaker 1: to try and have a little section for just party stuff.
Speaker 1: So I got these containers from Kmart and they actually
Speaker 1: have these removable sections. So I actually also use this
Speaker 1: for our tetels, which I'll show later, our cleaning products,
Speaker 1: so like vacuum parts, all that type of thing. So
Speaker 1: you can section it however you like done, like balloon
Speaker 1: weights here, some candles, some more balloons down there, cutlery,
Speaker 1: more candles, and then like napkins, straws, cups, and then
Speaker 1: over here is like I've got a pencil case of
Speaker 1: ones that we've already used. So yeah, I just find
Speaker 1: this a lot easier to keep you know, your party
Speaker 1: draw nice and organized. But this is perfect for so
Speaker 1: many things kids cutlery. Could even kind of work as
Speaker 1: a junk draw divider as well, but I just feel
Speaker 1: like it might get a bit too messy. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I absolutely love these. They are awesome. So yeah, those
Speaker 1: are from kmart. I've popped the link for you guys below,
Speaker 1: all right. Next up, we have oven trays, so I
Speaker 1: know these can be really tricky to deal with, so
Speaker 1: I love to use file dividers for these as well.
Speaker 1: So I've got more of a heavy duty steel one
Speaker 1: and I got that from Howard's stories. Well, but you
Speaker 1: can literally just use file dividers and you just file
Speaker 1: them in there like that. There's also other ones where
Speaker 1: you can file your pots and pans. So this is
Speaker 1: just a really good way to kind of keep all
Speaker 1: your oven trays, muffin trays, all that just stacked nice
Speaker 1: and neatly, because normally what you do is stack them
Speaker 1: on top of each other and then you can't really
Speaker 1: get to the ones at the bottom and it becomes
Speaker 1: a big mess. So I love this way of doing it.
Speaker 1: Just keep everything nice and vertical. Over here, you can
Speaker 1: see what another file holder. And this is actually where
Speaker 1: I kept We did Hello Fresh for a while, like
Speaker 1: about a year, maybe a year and a half, so
Speaker 1: I kept all the recipes I love from there. Inn
Speaker 1: At this carry case from Kmart. If you've been followed
Speaker 1: me for a while, you know I use this to
Speaker 1: store the kids puzzles as well. Keeps all the pieces together.
Speaker 1: So this is a stationary case from Kmart. These are
Speaker 1: about three dollars and they're just so easy. So any
Speaker 1: types of recipes that are like maybe from a magazine
Speaker 1: or anything like that, rip them out and you can
Speaker 1: pop them in here. Makes it nice and neat. So
Speaker 1: that's that little part of the cupboard. Another way I
Speaker 1: like to keep recipes is this recipe book. So if
Speaker 1: you're a follower, you wo had seen this a long
Speaker 1: time ago. This is just a Kmart folder labeled it
Speaker 1: with little label co that says recipes, and then inside
Speaker 1: I've actually got tabs of different types of food or meals.
Speaker 1: Who've got chicken, red meat, seafood, stir fries, pasta, soups
Speaker 1: and stews, Mexicans, slow cooked side dishes and snacks so
Speaker 1: obviously these categories will change from family to family, but
Speaker 1: these just work really well for us, and I always
Speaker 1: know to go to that section. Now, this is a
Speaker 1: template I actually have on the blog. I'll give you
Speaker 1: guys the link for this template below, but yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a free downloaded from my blog. I just find it
Speaker 1: a lot easier. You can write out recipes that you've
Speaker 1: made or that you've seen and you really love, and
Speaker 1: then you just pop it into that section. So say,
Speaker 1: if we want seafood, we just go to seafood really easy.
Speaker 1: So I love this kind of way of storing recipes
Speaker 1: as well. All right, Next is drink bottles. So you
Speaker 1: probably have seen this maybe on a vlog before that.
Speaker 1: I use ef came up wineholders and I literally just
Speaker 1: stack them and that's how I still drink bottles, and
Speaker 1: also like protein shakers and stuff like that. This just
Speaker 1: keeps everything super organized and it doesn't get so yeah,
Speaker 1: you can also use a wine rack for this. It
Speaker 1: does the same thing.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: Ike has a wine rack if you prefer that, and
Speaker 1: it also might work out a bit cheaper depending on
Speaker 1: how many drink bottles you have to store. So yeah,
Speaker 1: absolutely love this hack. It is life changing. Down here,
Speaker 1: we have the kids section to ignore the badly stained
Speaker 1: bottles from the kids. Yeah, so this is for lunch boxes.
Speaker 1: These are the fridge baskets from Kmart all right. So
Speaker 1: here we have tea towels, aprons, all that type of thing.
Speaker 1: So these are the same Kmart containers I use for
Speaker 1: our party stuff again with the movable dividers. So we've
Speaker 1: got tea towels over here, aprons, our stasher bags, which
Speaker 1: we use a lot, that's why there's not much left
Speaker 1: in there. Then we've got the sandwich bags we try
Speaker 1: not to use because we usually use their stasher bags
Speaker 1: because they are usable. And then you've also got your
Speaker 1: glad wrap over here, which works out really well. And
Speaker 1: then I also put ba wepsair too sometimes. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I absolutely love these containers. These are the low and
Speaker 1: wide ones, so you'll notice they are a little bit
Speaker 1: bigger than the party ones were. So yeah, really good system.
Speaker 1: I do commrae folding for the tetails. Before we used
Speaker 1: to just throw them in. Well I would throw them in.
Speaker 1: Love how this looks. It just works out really well. Right.
Speaker 1: So this is like our coffee draw, so we keep
Speaker 1: mugs in here. These are some of our coffee pods.
Speaker 1: So this is actually from I think Amazon or eBay.
Speaker 1: I will try my best to find you guys the link.
Speaker 1: So it's just a coffee pod container. I just really
Speaker 1: liked how it looks. So they're more like these are
Speaker 1: like caramel ones, I think. So that's the dessert coffee
Speaker 1: we have. And then this is for like tea and
Speaker 1: sugar and stuff like that, which we don't have much
Speaker 1: off to be honest, that's not for guests. So yeah,
Speaker 1: that's another container which I'll find the link for you guys.
Speaker 1: I just really like how it keeps it really nice
Speaker 1: and organized and it's pretty. And then all our back
Speaker 1: up and espresso. We just stuck here with all the mugs.
Speaker 1: But yeah, really like how this works for us. It's
Speaker 1: really simple and keeps it nice and easy. Then for
Speaker 1: the coffee that we grab every day. I just got
Speaker 1: this an espresso container. But you could literally use any
Speaker 1: of those oval shaped containers. I'll put a picture below.
Speaker 1: I know you can get them from Kmart. They're kind
Speaker 1: of like the cereal jars, if you see what I mean.
Speaker 1: But anything that's just like has a big opening and
Speaker 1: looks nice will work. So yeah, as you guys know,
Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with a little label coat and I just love
Speaker 1: this little setup. So I've got this a while back.
Speaker 1: And why I love it is because you know, when
Speaker 1: you're cooking on the stove, these are the things I
Speaker 1: do grab the most, like salt, pepper, and chili, and
Speaker 1: just having them out and displayed just looks really nice
Speaker 1: and pretty, but it's also really practical. I wasn't sure
Speaker 1: how much I would use these, but I have actually
Speaker 1: refilled them a lot. So yeah, I got the little
Speaker 1: labels on there as well, got the chili flakes, pepper,
Speaker 1: and salt. But obviously you can change this for whatever
Speaker 1: you use in your cooking every day. And yet it
Speaker 1: comes with the little spoons as well, which is really sweet.
Speaker 1: So that's the spoon there. Some people also these for
Speaker 1: their bath salts next to their bath, which would be
Speaker 1: really nice as well. Moving on to under the sink,
Speaker 1: you guys would have probably seen this before if you've
Speaker 1: been followed me for a while. So this is the
Speaker 1: one in our main kitchen. Basically just got you know,
Speaker 1: some command books to pop any cleaning cloths or dishbrushes
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. There was a great too if
Speaker 1: you're renting, because they are removable. So these drawers were
Speaker 1: originally from Kmart. They are old, so you can't actually
Speaker 1: buy them anymore, but I know, I CA you have
Speaker 1: some good ones which I can link below. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: I keep like dish washing tablets, dish cloths co in
Speaker 1: the middle there and it just has everything we need
Speaker 1: in one section. So this is our butler's pantry under
Speaker 1: the sink. So this is just another way you can
Speaker 1: organize if you don't want to go the drawway. So
Speaker 1: these are just some handle tubs from Kmart for wipes,
Speaker 1: disinfectant wipes and stuff like that. This is a tray
Speaker 1: I actually using the fridge as well, and this is
Speaker 1: just for hand wash. And then we've got one for
Speaker 1: garbage bag. Now these are the flip lid containers front Kmart,
Speaker 1: and these are actually amazing. I use them for shopping bags.
Speaker 1: I use them for snacks which I'll show you in
Speaker 1: a minute. And down here we just keep you know,
Speaker 1: washing detergent and brushes as well. So yeah, that's another
Speaker 1: way you can organize under your sink. So here's that
Speaker 1: tub again. As I mentioned, we use it for snacks.
Speaker 1: So all these like prepackaged snacks like popcorn or chips.
Speaker 1: Just a really easy way to have it and it
Speaker 1: works really well. Some people also use this for kids
Speaker 1: toys too, so you can use it for lego all right,
Speaker 1: So this is probably one of my favorite parts of
Speaker 1: the pantry is my spices and oils. So I got
Speaker 1: these little air tight containers a couple of years ago
Speaker 1: from Little Label Co and then I just got I
Speaker 1: think this is front seven, I'm pretty sure, and just
Speaker 1: put my spices in them. So these fit one full
Speaker 1: container of spices that you just get from wool worse
Speaker 1: or coals, which is perfect. So yeah, all my spices
Speaker 1: go here. And then also I keep any like stock
Speaker 1: or bigger spices like bay leaves in the bigger version
Speaker 1: which she has as well. Now we come to oils.
Speaker 1: So these oil bottles are pack my product, and they
Speaker 1: were like a dollar twenty each, which is amazing. And
Speaker 1: then I got the labels from the Little Label Coat again,
Speaker 1: and then this little shelf is from Kmart. So one
Speaker 1: of the reasons I did this is, as you guys know,
Speaker 1: when you buy like olive oil and stuff like that,
Speaker 1: the bottles are really big and chunky and they just
Speaker 1: take up so much space. So what I like to
Speaker 1: do is I keep those bottles in another cupboard that
Speaker 1: we don't use often, and then I just refeel as needed.
Speaker 1: So this is great for a smaller pantry too. You
Speaker 1: don't have to have a shelf like this, but just
Speaker 1: having like reducing the space that your oils and vinegars
Speaker 1: take up by putting them into this is just great,
Speaker 1: so it keeps it nice and neat. Before I did this,
Speaker 1: I always felt like you couldn't find certain oils if
Speaker 1: you needed it for cooking, and then you'd end up.
Speaker 2: Buying them again.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I really love this system here, and they
Speaker 1: just look really cute and lucky. Last I love using
Speaker 1: a lazy Susan for storing all our sauces and then
Speaker 1: also our spreads. This just keeps it a lot easier
Speaker 1: so you can actually reach what you need. This is
Speaker 1: perfect too for corner pantries. You can pop these in
Speaker 1: the corner and if you have a smaller pantry, because
Speaker 1: you know, you have so much dead space at the
Speaker 1: back that you can't reach, so at least when you're
Speaker 1: using a lazy Susan you can actually access everything. And
Speaker 1: I also do it with our spreads as well, so
Speaker 1: this big one is from Little Label Co. I definitely
Speaker 1: would recommend the big Wooden ones. I feel like they're
Speaker 1: a lot more sturdy, but yeah, you can also get
Speaker 1: the KMA ones. But yeah, I absolutely love this. Anyways, guys,
Speaker 1: I know that had so many tips and tricks in there.
Speaker 1: I will also link the actual YouTube video for you
Speaker 1: guys below. If you want to see it visually, of
Speaker 1: course you can do that. And next week we will
Speaker 1: be back to your regular programming and my voice will
Speaker 1: be back so I can talk your little ease off. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I love you, guys, and I'll see you on Monday.
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