Organizing a Kitchen!

I've been trying to organize my own kitchen and found these great tips online. They recommend looking at your kitchen as if in sections. Like work stations. Where everything is within your reach to do what you need for cooking, baking, cleaning, ect... Below is a list of areas that they recommend working into your kitchen. 

• Storage or pantry. Consider your freezer an extension of this area. Whether you store foods in a true pantry, a cabinet, a closet, or someplace else entirely, don't forget to go through periodically and clear out items that are hopelessly old or will never be used.
• Preparation. Cutting board, knives, measuring cups and spoons, and mixing bowls all go here.
• Cooking. The stove and oven plus the utensils that go with them. This area should include pots and pans, pot holders, spoons and spatulas (a utensil jar works well for these).
• Baking. If you love to bake, you might find it handy to store your flour, sugar, baking powder, a set of measuring cups and spoons, your favorite mixing bowl, etc. together in one convenient spot.
• Serving. The table, plus tableware, serving dishes, napkins, trivets, and anything else you need to sit down and eat. Soy sauce? Salt and pepper shakers? Sugar bowl? Ask yourself whether it would be more convenient to store your dishes and silverware near the table or the dishwasher.
• Cleaning. The sink, dishwasher and surroundings. Soap, gloves, dish pan, drying rack, cleansers, towels, etc.
• Waste disposal. Keep a trash can handy, plus recycling and compost bins, too. Locate them as centrally as possible without being in the way. They should go near the cleaning and food preparation areas.

This informations can also be found at: http://www.wikihow.com/Organize-a-Kitchen

Here are some other great tips:

• Go through your kitchen and discard anything you don't use, along with any food, spices or medicines that are beyond their expiration dates. 
• Take everything out of your cupboards and drawers, and wash the insides with warm soapy water. Rinse, let dry and replace cupboard and drawer liners. I use a spongy material that rolls out for drawers and shelves in cupboards.  I also use a clear more solid material for under the sinks, in the kitchen and bath.  
• Alphabetize your spices and keep them near the stove on a spice rack or in a nearby cupboard on a revolving rack.
• Use drawer dividers to organize utensils. I love these!