Make The Most Of The Limited Counter Space In Your Kitchen

If you have recently purchased a home, but determined that the amount of counter space that is available to you is simply not enough, you can come up with temporary solutions to make life more enjoyable in your tiny kitchen until you can save up enough money to remodel it the way that you want it to be. The following guide walks you through a few ways to make your tiny kitchen more functional until you can remodel it to suit your needs.

Add Under-Cabinet Mounted Appliances

There are appliances that come with bracketing that allows you to attach them to the bottom side of your upper cabinets. This allows you to keep your coffee maker, toaster oven, and even can opener off of the counter so that you have room to use it for other things.

Add Illusion Shelving

Illusion shelving are shelves that can be hung on the wall without leaving brackets or rods exposed to view. The shelves can often hold a lot of weight so that you can keep cookie jars, breadboxes, and even butter dishes off of the counter when they are not needed. The shelving can be hung with a screwdriver and comes with everything you need to make the installation quick and easy.

Use an Over-the-Sink Cutting Board

An over the sink cutting board is a cutting board that is the exact size of your kitchen sink. The cutting board often fits directly onto the sink and will not move until you pick it up so that you can use it as additional counter space or as a cutting board.

Create a Small Kitchen Island

Another great option is to add a small moveable kitchen island to the room. You could always use a small dresser as a kitchen island by adding a piece of butcher block to it and adding rolling casters to the bottom of the legs. The drawers can be used for storing items in your kitchen out of sight when needed. The rolling island could be rolled out of the kitchen when you do not need to use it to free up space in the room.

While these little changes are not too labor intensive, they will make a huge impact on the amount of useable counter space you have in your home. The counters will not be cluttered with gadgets and gizmos so you can have the space you need to prepare, cook, and plate meals for your family. To learn more, contact a company like Miners Building.