These essential organization tips help to maintain clutter-free, efficient, and visually pleasing open kitchen shelving.

Open kitchen shelving is an unbeatable storage solution.

Add a simple wall shelf to the blank space and use it to corral smaller items.

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This prevents items, specifically pantry goods that will expire, from getting lost towards the back.

Toupdate old cabinetry, replace hard-to-move pegs with new ones and tweak the holes as needed.

Extend shelving from one side of the kitchen to the other to make room for dishware ordecanted pantry goods.

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With so many things on display, group similar items to keep the appearance streamlined and tidy.

Install Floating L-Shaped Shelves

Have an unused kitchen corner that looks noticeably bare?

Install nontraditional L-shape shelves customized to suit the dimensions of your space.

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Utilize the Space Below Shelves

Storage isn’t limited to space above the shelf.

Bonus points if you implement the previous tip and hang wine glasses on a rack underneath a nearby shelf.

Always display scarcely used objects on the top shelves.

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Alleviate the problem by displaying your spices on open kitchen shelving.

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spice rack ideas - small kitchen with floating shelf and spices

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