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PlgC 10 SECTION TIIE Wednettlay April Designer suggests nine ways of uncluttering your kitchen If your kitchen suffers from terminal clutter Jean Matltngly kitchen designer and manager Nome for General Electric don blame it entirely on loo many uteri ills appliance boxes bo I lies furnishings and gour mcl gadgets Most likely she says your problem lies in poor And the way to solve that problem Is to uncover every square inch of extra storage and work space in your kitchen build long horizontal nets with sliding These shallow cabinets sometimes called ga rages or under storage can house yoat work To help you find and ex hidden spaces Miss nine gestions 1 Mete the It not always the item you use every day lhal cumbersome one you rarely need or use that keep getting in the way Make a thorough inven lory of all your pots pans small appliance utensils and to son out the items don use Then arrange your remaining kitchen equipment accord to frequency of use put daily priority Items others in pro gressively less accessible storage spaces Iruufecabinrts Widely separated cabinet adding levels of storage Or use portable rubber coated shelf organizers that shelves hang cups and leave the inside of cabinet door empty You attach spice and went racks there or hang wire caddies that hold everything from cleaning supplies to utensils wet towels to soap bars Br and abate nrt Your Ihc between the upper wall cabinets and is a good place to can openers toasters blenders right where you need them com plelely out and out of the way when not in use The backiplash is an ideal storage space because most arc in deep and only the 14 or II arc normally used for workspace You generally find a foot or two of empty space be the lop of your wall cabinets and the ceiling This is a good place la store bulky seldom used am such as cuke pans punch bowls up One of the most overlooked and underused storage spaces in the kitchen is Ihc ceiling If your ceiling is high enough you can hang lots of pans and tools from existing beams or commercial hinging racks and grids It is also a good idea to use your ceiling for hanging three tiered baskets to hold such odds and ends as food coupons recipes mail or pads so do not clutter up your counters and work the nail Do limit yourself to storage places Hooks and shelves can be put up to anywhere Kite hi offer spacious lies for swing IHniU Just about flit wall will support horizontal or vertical strips of wood with hooks to hold everything from frying pans to towel racks holders to plants Plastic hooks adhesive bocks will stick to virtually any surface so you can ere ate Instant storage on wooden walls wallpaper or paint without making holes When plan wall hanging storage St walls behind doors doors open full family or entertain friends a folding Drop leaf tables snap quickly into place and can condense your table space by hair Dropdown tables fold down Hat against the wall like a built in ironing board Attractive folding chairs slip out of way between meals It milt teat Do you have a kitchen window that is not above a sink or table Try installing a window seal Simply lake a couple of stock wall prefer ably matching the ones on your walls and secure them to floor right beneath the window piece of wood to even off a ions for scaling The net underneath gives more storage space further con tnbuiing to the uncluttered look in your kitchen The average household has a four foot square energy hole Moil homes have an en heal and air con escapes The size hole vi condition of house but In an average square foot six room house baths opening it equivalent lo a hole in the wall estimated at fours of household heal is ihathi gaps thai ore usually hidden from view The coverplates switches and outlets hide openings around the receptacles These openings pull air from an ante opening of about two square Inches Hidden Hole at phi robing pipes vents and drains ere often The door and window molding cover extensive irregular gap The floor board 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