Cook, store, and entertain in a compact kitchen.
In a small kitchen the trash can is a surprisingly big problem — it hogs floor space, blocks the walking path, or there's nowhere to recycle. Here are the best small kitchen trash cans: a slim step can, a dual trash-and-recycling bin, an under-cabinet pull-out, a door-hanging bin, a compost bin, and a compact can.
In a small kitchen the drawers are prime real estate, and most of them are a jumbled mess. Here are the best kitchen drawer organizers for small kitchens: an expandable silverware tray, a utensil tray, modular trays, an in-drawer knife block, adjustable dividers, and a pegboard organizer.
Pots and pans eat a small kitchen alive — a teetering stack in one cabinet and lids sliding everywhere. Here are the best pot and pan organizers for small kitchens: a vertical rack, a pull-out organizer, pan protectors, a cabinet-door lid holder, a wall rack, and an expandable all-in-one.
A small fridge wastes more space than a small kitchen does — tall shelves with dead air above short items, and a black hole at the back. Here are the best fridge organizers for small kitchens: stackable bins, deep handled bins, a can dispenser, an egg drawer, a fridge turntable, and lidded leftover bins.
Spices eat more counter and cabinet space than almost anything for their size — because they're stored in a jumble you can't see into. Here are the best spice rack organizers for small kitchens: wall-mounted, cabinet-door, in-drawer, a lazy Susan, magnetic tins, and a pull-out rack.
A dish rack is the biggest thing permanently parked on a small kitchen's counter — unless you pick one that goes over the sink, rolls up, or folds flat. Here are the best dish drying racks for small kitchens: over-sink, roll-up, collapsible, 2-tier, compact, and in-sink.
A small kitchen isn't short on stuff — it's short on places to put it. Here's how to pull storage out of the space you're already ignoring: the vertical air in cabinets, the backs of doors, the walls, and the dead corners under the sink.
The right pantry organizers turn one crowded cabinet into a pantry that holds more and hides nothing. Here are the best ones for a small kitchen — shelf risers, lazy Susans, clear bins, airtight containers, and door racks — and which problem each one solves.
No pantry? Just a crowded cabinet where cans go to disappear? Here's how to turn one or two shelves into a pantry that holds more, wastes nothing, and lets you see everything you own at a glance.
Small kitchens usually aren't short on cabinets. They're short on usable cabinet space, with dead air above the plates and a black hole under the sink. Here's how to reclaim it, one cabinet at a time.
A tiny kitchen's real problem usually isn't storage, it's counter. A kitchen cart adds a work surface and a bit of pantry on wheels, then rolls out of the way when you need the floor back. Here's which style fits your space.
A tiny kitchen's real problem usually isn't storage, it's access. Here's the order to fix it in, the vertical and door space everyone forgets, and what actually earns a spot on your counter.