How to organize pots and pans

Hey. It's the middle night here trying to spend this time usefully and organize my pots and pans cabinet. Actually I used to hate to grab pots from it because it was messy and I had to carry heavy things to get what I want. But after I organize it, I keep opening it as I go :D . I did organize this cabinet while my baby is sleeping. Can you imagine how hardly to play with pots while your baby is sleeping a even a mile away? It was late at  night, so sorry for the little darkness.

This was my pots and pans cabinet before organization. It was messy and each time I try to get a pot I had to carry heavy pots before I reach to what I wanted with unknown lid. In addition, there are too many pots I rarely use and they take much space. As a result, I put my daily two or three pots and pans in a separated kitchen island to avoid using the cabinet. The pots I ALWAYS use EVERY SINGLE DAY. I will show you it in a separated post. So this cabinet has my rest of pots.

Add contact paper instead of plastic covers

As you see the cabinet was messy and I used to add any cover like ugly plastic cover. What I did is to clear everything out, wipe the cabinet and add CLEAR contact paper which I think is gorgeous because it is clear.It seems that you don't put anything under things, no folds created when you pull a pot, it is shiny and easy to clean. Also baskets and containers are sliding nicely over it. You can see the difference between the two shelves after wiping and adding the contact paper.

Put what you rarely use away

I figured out which pots that I rarely use like when I have too many guests or have party which of-course happens once or twice a year. No one has a party everyday. Anyway I got all of these pots I rarely use and put them inside each other and put all of them in one of the lower corner. This works often for the biggest pot of each pots set you have, because they are very large, or for the pots you only use in big meals, parties, barbecue, dish parties... etc .For the Tefal pot I added some tissue paper in order not to be scratched by anything I will put inside.

Organize according to usage

I organized the pots from what I use daily to what i use rarely. I tried to make them all to be easy to grab without carrying any heavy things. Also I put the baking trays vertically which maximized the space and easier to pull. You can see how shiny is the clear contact paper and easy to clean.

Try to maximize space or add double shelves

To maximize the space, I used this serving dish which I don't use any more for serving and put inside to give a height and also kind of adding space or an additional shelf inside the cabinet.

I know it didn't save much space but it worked. It may shows how it works better if I have a larger pot above it. But if you have one that is taller and bigger it will work amazingly. I may put the pots over it and grab something in-front of it so I can easily grab everything. If you can see when it is behind I can easily grab what's behind and what's in front.

Or you can use something similar to this. this is a part from a basket tower used usually for storing onions and potatoes. You can add pots under it and above it.

 But unfortunately it didn't work for me. It seems like it is very hard to reach the above basket. So I didn't use it. Any suggestions? 

 If you have something similar it will work for you perfectly without going to the store and buy an expensive double shelves right?

Finally, this is the result and honestly, I am seriously thinking about put back my daily pots to the cabinet as well as I planned to organize my food storage containers. I promise to keep you up to date with these ideas.

I hope these tips were helpful. I am waiting for your feedback, comments, questions and responses. Your responses will be the next talking center of-course.