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Since I have a small kitchen, I sometimes run out of room. Earlier today, while I was bagging up warm popcorn into individual servings, I needed some room to put the bags as I finished each of them. I searched and found a tote bag and I put one of it's handles on the kitchen drawer knob, next to where I was standing, making the bag, gaping open.

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This worked out perfectly, as I was able to drop each sealed bag into the tote bag as I finished with it. It didn't take up what little space I had available on the counter and it was out of the way so it didn't get knocked off.

By Terri from NV

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By Bonnie (Guest Post)
August 9, 20060 found this helpful

Great idea! I also have a small working area in my kitchen, and found out that if I pull open my top kitchen drawer next to my sink, I can lay a cutting board across it and not have to use up counterspace for cutting. Necessity is the mother of invention, right?

 
By Lynda (Guest Post)
August 18, 20060 found this helpful

My small kitchen is a walk-through called a "galley"
style, with little counter space. It adjoins the small
eating area. I added a long narrow office table and topped with a long piece of formica counter I found from a demolished kitchen remodeling. One of the neatest things I do for still more space is 1) Use the oven door to work on 2) I open drawers about 2/3rds of way out and add cheap cutting boards on each one. Also, I converted a back hall wall to a wall of nails holding all spare things that can hang. I also found overthedoor racks being tossed that I use

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for folded linens, kitchen gloves, and then added hooks to hold barbeque utensils until needed. I also
have a cheap but strong half-circle wrought iron wall
rack that has hooks all around it which I hang many
types of strainers, odd utensils on. I placed two
tension rods near the ceiling across a couple of places in the hallway to dry comforters, blankets, rugs, and drapes on when needed. I found a "arm" like bracket that fits over the top hinge of a door to hang large plastic bags full of smaller plastic groc. bags for my daily recycling needs for bath trash, return items, compost contents, and whatever. I keep EXTRA large plastic white bags for covering my small appliances while being stored on open shelves to dustproof them until I use them again. I added
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wire racks to inside all kitchen doors for extra cans,
bottles, boxes of foods. I have laundry in same area
so I use the tallest baskets I can find, sort as clothes get dirty, then have overdoor hooks to hang
what needs ironing as they come from dryer. I have
overthedoor ironing board and a travel iron nearby to touch them up. I find a spray bottle of water helps with many types of fabrics rather than buying spray starch all the time.

 

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