If you want to see your kitchen always sleek and organized, you will have to organize the storage, first of all. Besides making it effective, make at least part of it hidden, so your kitchen will be always decluttered. We’ve gathered a number of ideas that may inspire you, take a look!
Breakfast Nook Benches
If you have a breakfast zone in the kitchen or it’s an eat-in kitchen, make sure to build in storage space into the bench. This bench will be your functional piece that will provide you with storage and sitting space. These drawers or compartments can really hide a lot.
The breakfast zone bench can be done with storage drawers to make it more functional.
This elegant bench includes three storage compartments and its design perfectly matches the space. (via homestolove).
This small built-in bench includes storage space and some soft pillows to sit on.
This cozy breakfast nook is adorable: there's a corner storage bench, a small table and a stool and lots of sunshine.
This large bench features a number of drawers that can hide anything you want.
This bench with casters includes storage space, and it's a great solution for a small kitchen.
I love this modern storage bench with a couple of drawers and comfy green upholstery.
Make sure to include storage compartments into the bench if you have one in the kitchen.
This bench with storage drawers is a very cool solution: larger ones are for textiles, and smaller ones can hide utensils.
The white breakfast zone incorporates a storage bench, which is a smart solution.
This breakfast nook is done with a corner storage bench, a table, a chair and a niche with shelves.
Drawers Under Cabinets
If your cabinets don’t cover the floor completely, build in some drawers or trays under them. These shallow drawers can accommodate baking forms, dishes, cutting boards, pans and much other stuff. If you build in drawers under all the cabinets, you will get much storage space.
Build in small and shallow drawers under the kitchen island to store bakery forms.
This shallow drawer is used for storage, it's a cool way to add storage space if you have some under the cabinet.
Store your cutting boards ina shallow drawer under the cabinets.
This sleek drawer is used to store a folding stool in case you need to reach top of the cabinets. (via tidbitsandtwine).
This small drawer holds some pans and cutting boards, and it's right at the cooker to have them at hand.
The small drawer holds some wine bottles, so nobody will find them unless you want.
Add a small drawer under the cabinets to store whatever you want.
Mini drawers under the cabinets are always great to store anything, for which you don't have enough space.
This storage unit includes a small niche for vacuum bot, which is always a good place to hide it.
Hidden Appliances
Hide a coffee station in a cabinet or even make a whole breakfast station hidden, so you will open it up when it’s coffee or breakfast time, and during the rest of the day it won’t clutter the kitchen. You may not only use a cabinet but also take some countertop and cover it with a door. The same goes to other appliances, all of them can be hidden to make the look of the kitchen sleeker and more decluttered.
Hiding a microwave in the compartment with a door is a cool way to make your kitchen look more sleek and cohesive.
If you can, hide all the appliances in the walls or cabinets to make the kitchen sleek and elegant.
This storage compartment with a folding door hides some appliances for a chic kitchen look.
This is a hidden breakfast station with trays and shelves and doors to declutter the kitchen.
This coffee maker is hidden inside the cabinet, and it helps to make the kitchen more minimalist.
Make a hidden coffee station with a tray to use it when needed and hide it when not.
These appliances are hidden with a foldable door, and it helps you delcutter the kitchen and make it more chic.
This hidden coffee space is perfect, it's located in one of the cabinets. (via bhg).
Side Of Cabinets
Hide shallow storage compartments in the sides of the cabinets. These compartments can hold keys, documents, notebooks and much other stuff. Though shallow, these units can be really large, so you will be able even to make a whole pantry there.
This cabinet includes a shallow storage compartment on the side.
This small storage compartment includes a corkboard, key hooks and some document storage.
These shallow compartments include key storage and some schedule.
This shallow storage compartment is hiding a ladder.
These storage compartments feature a corkboard, shelves, and lots of stuff is stored here.
The side of this cabinet is done with a whole arrangement of shelves that include a charging station and some small stuff.
Take a side of your cabinet to build in a compartment and you can store anything there.
This side of the cabinet is done with mesh holders for notebooks and magazines.
The side of the cabinet includes a number of shelves for notebooks and other stuff.
The side of the cabinet is done with shelves and drawers that hold stuff that is often needed.
This shallow storage compartment is great for kids' notebooks, they can take it and draw while you are cooking.
The side of the cabinet features a lot of shelves that are used to organize a whole vertical pantry.
Other Ideas
Various vertical drawers, hidden kitchen islands and niches in the walls are great for organizing hidden storage, too. Get inspired!
This little space under the countertop is used for storing things that are often needed.
This niche is used for spice and wine storage and it's covered with an artwork.
This narrow vertical drawer is a cool alternative to a whole pantry. (via myhomeus).
This mini storage compartment is a small space for small things. (via domino).
This narrow vertical drawer holds various stuff for cooking. (via bhg).
This hidden kitchen island can be rolled in and out to use when you need it.
Hide a pantry right in the paneled walls, it's such a refined and cool idea! No separate rooms, everything at hand and the kitchen is decluttered.