9 Cool Storage Ideas for Small Kitchens

Russian designers definitely know: even if it seems there's no space at all on a small kitchen, you can still find several fresh solutions and locate that precious space for extra storage.

Use the sides of cabinet units

No matter how much free space you have beside your wall and floor cabinets, it can be used effectively. For example, attach narrow shelves for spices, rails or hooks for towels on the sides.

Design: Alexey Gurtkin

Create a niche in the wall

If it's a non-load-bearing wall, you can create a niche in it and set up additional storage without losing precious square centimeters.

Design: Zhenya Zhudanova

Use the space above the dining table

Frequently, the wall near the table is empty or used for non-functional decoration. Why not place several shelves there, gaining a bit more space for storing cups, spice jars or other small items?

Design: Irina Chistyakova

Organize storage above the ceiling

If your upper cabinets don't reach the ceiling, there's plenty of unused space above them. Baskets, boxes and containers can help organize it stylishly.

Design: Marina Sarkisyan

There's also free space under the wall cabinets!

By the way, there's not only space above wall cabinets but also under them. How about neat narrow shelves?

Design: Irina Sazonova

Get a non-space-consuming chalkboard surface

Want to place a chalkboard on the kitchen but can't find any free space for it? A chalkboard backsplash or even painted cabinet fronts with special paint will help.

Design: Elena Ivashkina

Don't forget the area above the refrigerator

Often, the space above the refrigerator gets overlooked. But there's plenty of useful stuff you can put there!

Design: Elena Nikitina, Anna Pustovoytova

The space under the range hood can be useful

Paradoxically, even the area under the range hood can be used usefully. Attach rails, a cookbook holder or a small shelf for spices.

Design: Olga Zaretskikh

Get more from rails

Rails help many housewives, probably being the most popular way to «squeeze out» as much as possible from a small kitchen. Get more from them by hanging neat mini-shelves, containers, utensil holders and much more.

Design: Marina Sarkisyan

Also read:

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• How to visually connect the living room and kitchen: 7 examples