Kitchen

[DiAnne]

Several months ago I  took all my plastic containers and matched the lids to them.  I decided they all had to fit in one drawer in kitchen or be donated or tossed.  I have one drawer of plastic and one drawer of glass containers.  In a cupboard in another room I have a few large containers that I freeze homemade chicken and vegetable stock in.  I have not missed any of them that I got rid of.  

[Ibby114]

My pantry has about 10" of space on one side, probably intended  for a vacuum.  I installed a hanging shelf organizer (with cloth drawers) that you might use in a bedroom closet. One drawer is for all covers - and 2 drawers are for plastic containers. And the organizer  still has 2 more drawers - light bulbs in one, dish & microfiber towels in the other.  Hanging this unit was a lifesaver, my smallish kitchen lacks enough storage!!

[VanSleepy]

The bowls are stacked in a cabinet, and the lids are in the drawer above it.  When I seem to be running low on bowls, I know it's time to clean the refrigerators lol

[chickenbutt]

I guess I'm lucky that I have a bazillion cabinets because I have an obscene amount of Lock & Lock.   

In recent years I really have cut way back on purchases, though, unless there is one given size of which I want more.  I usually snag those on ebay or at Amazon.

Your guess is as good as mine for storage, if you don't have a lot of space.  

I have two huge cabinets in my laundry room.  Since one is enough for laundry stuff, I designated one of them for L&L overflow.

Or maybe you can put another cabinet - or two - in your garage or something (?).

[151949]

I have 3 sets of the lock and lock ones that store inside themselves with their lids on, and I threw away everything else. They are kinda a Pain in the neck when you are in a hurry but they really do not use up a lot of space and store easily, plus I always know where the lid is.

[scotnovel]

I keep them all in a large clear plastic bin that sits on a shelf in my pantry. I don't separate the lids from the containers.  They are quite easy to find when I need to use one.  

[depglass]

1.  Buy new house

2.  Designate one complete cupboard for Lock and Lock

[GCR18]

I keep the smaller ones in two drawers.  The larger ones are stacked in a lower cabinet.  I keep the lids on all of them.  I tried keeping lids off, but then the lids disappeared.  Kinda like the missing sock.

[house_cat]

I can see from your responses that this is an issue for a lot of us.  I used to keep a huge basket atop my fridge and throw them all in there, but i'm short and the basket was heavy, so I started putting them in a drawer.  The drawer doesn't hold that many and as MominOhio said, there are times when I have too many for the drawer and times when it's empty. I do have a shelf in my garage for the bigger ones, but my car is in the garage and I have to be a contortionist to reach some of them. I do love my L&L and probably have more than I need, but I really do use most of them.  One of my goals this summer is to find an more efficient way to store them.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Mominohio]

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@Ibby114 wrote:

My pantry has about 10" of space on one side, probably intended  for a vacuum.  I installed a hanging shelf organizer (with cloth drawers) that you might use in a bedroom closet. One drawer is for all covers - and 2 drawers are for plastic containers. And the organizer  still has 2 more drawers - light bulbs in one, dish & microfiber towels in the other.  Hanging this unit was a lifesaver, my smallish kitchen lacks enough storage!!

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This is an ingenious idea @Ibby114!

I don't have a pantry or closet in or near the kitchen, but if I did, I would be copying this great idea.