5 easy tricks to maximize a small kitchen

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To be cozy and functional the kitchen doesn’t have to be big. 

With a small kitchen you can make the same as if you had a big kitchen. However, you know what they say:  LOVE grows best in small spaces. When you have a tiny kitchen sometimes it might feel a little bit overwhelming and chaotic especially if you have a big family. However it is possible to make a small kitchen functional and organized. Even if you have a small kitchen you can still entertain, make it work, have fun while you cook and live the best out of the space.

So if you’re facing challenges with your tiny kitchen here are some tricks that you can use in your own kitchen to maximize your space and to make it more functional.


With small kitchens the biggest challenge is not only storage but also counter space right? But you can make it work!

1)Turn your drawers into counter space

Turn one of your drawers into a temporary counter. How do you do that? Take a piece of reclaimed wood or cut a wood plank. Now use it by opening for example the cutlery drawer and placing the reclaimed piece on top.

2)Create a wood cover for your stove and you can use it as extra counter space

3)Shelves

Add open shelves to the wall and display your plates and your spices and your jars with pasta and rice and all the foods that can be stored inside jars. Open shelves are functional, bring dimension  and help save space.

4)Build a fold down table.

Even  if you don’t have tons of space  you can add a fold down table to one of your walls.

5) Use the top of your cabinets and windows  for storage.  

The top of the cabinets you can use them to store things that you don’t use so much and you can store those things in baskets or beautiful boxes and they will give not only a beautiful feel and coziness to the kitchen but the extra storage that you need  when you have a small kitchen.

Make the best out of your small kitchen!