Creative Steps to a Siimple Life Summer Issue June 2014 | Page 30

f there's any area of my life that can use a Life Hack, it's kitchen storage.

Specifically for pots and pans.

That, and teaching my kids not to slam the front door. If I can get a handle on both those areas, life will take on a sparkle and shine that puts springtime to shame.

I don't have a before picture of my pots

and pans cabinet for you, but believe me when

when I tell you it was highly unorganized, unsightly, and inefficien And also a big mess.

Enter an email forward of a gargantuan collection of Life Hacks that featured these two ideas: Pot lids stored on a curtain rod ... Pots and pans hanging on a tension rod I was smitten. And inspired. And I had hope that a couple of curtain rods could solve all my problems.

This isn't a post about my own original ideas,

just evidence that if your pots and pans are in a big mess, there are some really easy Life Hacks that can work for you, too! I started with the tension rod (it's a shower rod) and curtain hooks. To get the tension rod in there really snugly, I had to put it in not quite straight and then bump it into place.

But wait! There's more!!

How about those pot lids, Ladies?

Let's get them all organized, too!

The original idea was to mount a curtain rod across the inside of the cabinet door,

but then I saw another idea that didn't involve drilling holes }here{.

Since I was a little afraid of drilling holes in the cabinet doors,

using adhesive Command Hooks seemed like a much better option.

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