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Help me organise my tiny kitchen

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JustHereForTheLaffs · 20/04/2016 22:15

My house has a tiny tiny kitchen, with one single cupboard under the sink and one other base unit, and a double and a single wall unit. The hob is right next to the sink and drainer, then there is one metre of work surface. On the other side of the kitchen there is 2 metres of narrow work surface on legs (no cupboards underneath). The space inbetween the two sides to stand in is just about a metre max. Apart from this I have a fridge and freezer, the fridge is on top of the freezer.

My cupboards are full to bursting and my work surfaces constantly full, as is the window sill. There is no room on the walls for shelves and my landlord won't allow me to put them up anyway.

It's driving me mad. If I don't wash up each piece individually I end up with either a sink full of dirty crockery or the work surfaces full.

Anything I can do to maximize space?

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JustHereForTheLaffs · 21/04/2016 18:16

Cozie the landlord is horrible, a miserable old thing Shock The letting agents can never get away quickly enough - I guess they're not going to spend much time on a little 2 bed terraced house that's cheap. I suppose technically I could put up shelves and make it good when I leave, they'd probably not know, but my diy skills are very limited and I don't want to risk damaging anything if I can help it.

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Didactylos · 21/04/2016 18:30

I feel your pain, having rented places with horrid little cramped impractical kitchens

overdoor storage cant see what you've got but we used this for utensils, spices etc (and also one over the bathroom door for shampoos etc) www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70250854/

stackable shelves in cupboards or undershelf attatchments?www.amazon.co.uk/Metaltex-Under-Shelf-Storage-Basket/dp/B000T2HNWW/ref=pd_sim_201_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Xi9rhostL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=SKD7KRXS6P622JJWKJCT

was going to suggest an overmicrowave shelf unit but see you've already found one
Storage boxes on top of fridge ?

kitchen trolley- maybe a narrow one for under the breakfast bar www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-3-Tier-Chrome-Kitchen-Slim-Vegetable-Fruit-Food-Storage-Rack-Trolley-/310395125101#ht_2569wt_721

AmberFool · 21/04/2016 22:25

How about a couple of these for under the breakfast bar:
www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30216536/

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