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Containers, Storage Systems
1. Store flour, sugar, and more in OXO Pop containers (shown).
Press the lid’s button for an airtight seal.
To buy: $7 to $17 each, oxo.com.
2. Rather than splurge on a pricey spice rack, label the tops of spice jars and place them in a drawer to easily find what you’re looking for.
3. The SmartSpin Storage System comes with 24 plastic containers
in three sizes, with one-size-fits-all lids. A carousel keeps the
sets together.
To buy: $15, taylorgifts.com.
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4. Place the cheery Avant Garde cutlery drainer (shown) in the
sink to drain and organize utensils as you wash them.
To buy: $16, conranusa.com.
5. Access pot lids stowed in the back of a cabinet with the
nine-inch slide-out Cabinet Organizer.
To buy: $40, simplehuman.com.
6. Never rummage through the refrigerator looking for a Diet
Coke again. The Soda Shoot, made of easy-to-clean plastic, fits
inside most refrigerators and dispenses 10 12-ounce cans with
ease.
To buy: $3, bedbathandbeyond.com.
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7. Tuck all your takeout menus―arranged by type of
cuisine―inside the handy Takeout Menu Organizer (shown).
To buy: $21, knockknock.biz.
8. The plastic Expand-a-Drawer cutlery tray maximizes usable
space by adjusting to fit the width of your drawers.
To buy: $20, containerstore.com.
9. Mark the contents of plastic food-storage containers with a dry-erase pen. The “labels” will come off when you wash the items.
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