Home expert shares ‘hack’ for out-of-reach kitchen shelves
If you are someone who struggles to reach food or utensils stored on high kitchen shelves, a home expert may have just the solution to make your life easier when it comes to cooking.
Andrea Wolf took to TikTok to share her “high shelf hack” that she believes will transform your culinary experience. “High shelves don’t have to be a black hole,” she insisted in a video.
“The best way to utilise high shelves in the kitchen is to make them into drawers,” Andrea continued. “One of the biggest mistakes people make is to put a category (of items) that they think is not used often up top and it just gets shoved back.”
However, Andrea says that even commonly used kitchen staples such as tea and coffee can go on the top shelf if you follow her advice. “For items like this that we do use often, as long as I put them in a bin [container] and make it into a drawer, nothing is getting lost or put back.”
Andrea closed: “So by doing this, we will help to keep those real high cupboard shelves very organised.” Writing in response, one TikTok user shared: “I did this years ago and yes, it definitely made the space more usable.”
A second person praised: “Works great. I have a pantry which is really deep. I have these long acrylic bins which makes it easy to pull them out and get to all the articles – to put in or tale out.”
A third commented: “OMG awesome idea. I have a huge cupboard above my fridge that this method will be perfect for.” Whilst a fourth TikTok user advised: “I did this with our spice cabinet and it works great. I also labeled the lids so I can just pull down the bin and find what I want.”
Andrea also has a tip to combat a problem surrounding tiny kitchen drawers. She noted: “Some kitchen drawers are so shallow from front to back that regular dividers just don’t fit.”
Instead, she recommends utilising two inch high containers, nine inches in length that “allow organisation in your drawer”. Andrea elaborated: “It fits perfectly and still gives you structure, categories, and a functional drawer.”
Andrea and her Organize Detroit team are devoted to one “simple concecpt”, according to her website. “We truly believe that having less clutter and an organized home helps your day-to-day life run smoothly,” she states.
“We know that it’s not just about the bins or labels you use – it’s really about freeing yourself of clutter so you can establish new habits to banish the mess for good!”
