20 Super Clever Fridge Organization Ideas Nullifying All the Clutter

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Does each of the shelves of your refrigerator look quite like a huge pile of fruits and veggies, or all the leftovers from the week, loads of snacks that the kiddos somehow never seem to find, or simply dozens of condiment containers? The good news is that you can get the appliance totally well-managed, bidding farewell to all that clutter and keeping everything truly handy. 20 Super Clever Fridge Organization Ideas Nullifying All the Clutter!

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11. Quick Tip: Binder Clips For Freezer Organization

Quick Tip: Binder Clips For Freezer Organization
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Who would even imagine that binder clips can have this unique functionality wherein they make the tough affair of freezer organization a picture-worthy sight! These brilliant clips need to be simply hung from the wires of the fridge shelves, and voila! They are going to take everyone by a surprise with the effortlessness with which they keep your fruit pouches closed and make the most of the vertical space inside the appliance that would otherwise go totally unused.

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At the same time, it would be just a matter of few seconds to grab whatever you need, as each of the hangings would get their fare share of visibility inside the fridge. In the below inspiration by A Side of Fab shows how one side of the shelf is used to hang all those open fruit bags, while the other side is used to hold all the proteins. Allow one binder clip to hold each of the items. Ditch the regular idea of storing things in bins and baskets, this one is definitely a breakthrough hack to get it all done!

Idea Details : asideoffab

12. Simplify Your Kitchen

Simplify Your Kitchen
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Let’s take a quick peek inside this incredible refrigerator makeover that Jaime has brought to her appliance using a few readily available supplies, storage solutions and of course, a little innovation. But, how it’s all done in a truly mess-free manner deserves a special mention. She puts some place mats to great use inside the fridge for the major shelves, while pretty glass containers coming with a glass and teal top bring out better organization. The pop of color comes from a nice wrapping paper that’s used for the spice drawer and a handful of other sections, while the simple gingham canning jars from Walmart help to save so much more space with great efficiency.

Who needs to take the whole shelf out when there’s a washing required – just grab the placemat and clean it under running water and voila! Pull-out fridge baskets with appropriate labels will make packing morning lunches oh so fun-filled, while the canning jars will work wonders to house the smaller items with convenience. A brightly colored wired basket goes for storing the eggs and adding a pop of color to everything.

Idea Details : raisinguprubies

13. Lazy Susan in the Fridge

Lazy Susan in the Fridge
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It won’t be too much to call Lazy Susan one heck of an invention when it comes to making the most of even those spaces that never get utilised, whether it’s the pantry, the refrigerator or the kitchen counter – while making it so easy to grab anything you want. All it takes is to rotate the circular tray and pick your thing and nothing will ever get lost in the back of the fridge. Different condiments and all kinds of jars would be the best options to store on lazy Susan with a small size, while a stackable version of this genius storage solution would work amazingly well with tall shelves that have got lots of empty vertical space to put to use.

And, it would be even more awesome if you employ both the varieties of the tray in your appliance.Check out this quick guide by Listotic to see the incredible application of Lazy Susan and get inspired to transform your refrigerator from all messy to well-managed and visually appealing, and you would already be rushing to the store to grab one of the trays for yourself.

Idea Details : Amazon

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14. DIY Magnetic Storage Bins

DIY Magnetic Storage Bins
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A regular plastic container meant for storing all those nitty-gritty items turns into a self-adhering magnetic magic with just a few tweaks that don’t even call for more than 5 minutes to put together. All you need to do is trim adhesive magnetic sheets and attach them to the bottoms of those small plastic storage bins. The end results? A batch of out-of-the-box boxes that will stick to the sides of your refrigerator, saving so much space inside that was otherwise used to store those items, such as nuts, seeds and all the herbs.

Keep in mind, to keep the power of the magnet intact, you can only hand wash these storage bins, and that’s why make sure you don’t store items that need to be replaced quite frequently or are in liquid form. This quick inspiration by Listotic yet again, takes you through the hack, while letting you check out further details about the same offering a link to the extended tutorial. If you ask me, i will name this one as one of the most chic and trendy hacks of all time for an effective fridge organization.

Idea Details : listotic

15. Super Cool Snack Station Bins

Super Cool Snack Station Bins
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Of course, when each of the items have got homes of their very own, clutter is surely nowhere to be seen. A mere glimpse of this uber-cool snack station is going to take your breath away with the kind of accessibility and clever storage it sports. Working up a dedicated space in the refrigerator specially for the snacks, this one is all about using little bins with a some creativity.

The baskets or bins can easily be purchased from any home solutions store and would work best when you couple them up with appropriate labels to notify which bin stores what particular set of food items. Head to the below share by Listotic and take a look how can the hack be helpful for your refrigerator as well as the guide also offers the link to the detailed tutorial about assembling the bins and going for a clever organization of everything that you will need. Few things simply can’t leave us un-inspired, and these snack station bins are quite one of them !

Idea Details : listotic

16. Upright Freezer Organizing Ideas

Upright Freezer Organizing Ideas
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Just like Thea from Time with Thea is able to keep a proper track of all the food that is going in and coming out of her well-organized refrigerator, even you can make the most of the storage space inside the fridge by following the simple solutions and fridge organization hacks that she has shared in the incredible inspiration. What she does is to double wrap smaller food items, like pieces of meat in plastic wraps and freezer paper, further adorning them with little labels placed on each of the packages.

The special thing about these labels is how they mention details like the contents, the quantity and the date on which the item was bought. She even keeps smaller portions of her frozen vegetable in re-sealable bags as smaller bags would occupy lesser space and can be stacked in a better fashion. Next, for organizing the different food categories, she uses loads of plastic bins and decorated them with a pretty aqua blue washi tape. She adds labels to every container and also keeps similar food items on the same shelves.

Idea Details : timewiththea

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17. Fridge Organization

Fridge Organization
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It couldn’t have been any more simplified than this guide when it comes to dividing the whole affair called fridge organization into a bunch of smaller steps, that too with utmost detail. Right from taking everything out first and cleaning each of the shelves and drawers of the fridge thoroughly to grouping similar food items together, from accessing the sizes and volume of every shelf and drawer that your appliance comes with to going for placemats or shelf liners to cover the surfaces in order to make cleaning the space in the future very easy and quick, The Inspired Home explains it all.

The guide also tells you how storing all the leftover eatables, fruits, and vegetables in glass containers or handy plastic storage containers can help you see what’s hidden inside each of the boxes, making it easy to grab the ingredients when you are preparing a meal. You are absolutely going to adore the section with little containers that come with air-tight lids and the different mixing bowl sets that are used with true cleverness.

Idea Details : theinspiredhome

18. Install a Drink Dispenser

Install a Drink Dispenser
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Every time it’s not that easy to grab that large pitcher of your favorite drink or beverage when you need to serve it in individual glasses. Specially for the kids, it’s definitely quite an impossible task to achieve, ending up in them calling for your help whenever they need to sip their drinks. What comes to your rescue is a drink dispenser that when once installed inside refrigerator, can solve all the problems you faced in grabbing a glassful of beverage.

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Plus, it is going to make sure that your drink remains perfectly chilled all the time as it isn’t required to pull it out ever, except for when you want to refill it, replace the drink or simply clean the dispenser. At the same time, it works wonders to prevent spillage, which otherwise definitely can turn out to be a complete trouble, making you spend hours and hours of getting that appliance cleaned from the inside. Wrapped in Rust shows how a dispenser can come handy in grabbing your beverages, that too with just a tiny yet clever description and visual representation.

Idea Details : wrappedinrust

19. Lunch and Snack Station

Lunch and Snack Station
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Cherish a extravagantly well-managed storage space inside your fridge with an incredible hack by Wrapped in Dust that showcases how you can put all the snacks your little ones can have for lunch in one single snack station that’s worked up with a storage bin or basket. In fact, it would keep each of the items so classified and visible that even the kids would find it hassle-free to prepare their very own lunches all by themselves – everyday! What all you need to do is transform one of that snack-loaded shelf in your fridge into the cool lunch and snack station, storing all the soda cans in one corner of the bin, while pre-cut plastic wrapped fruits, candies and other festive treats grab spots for themselves in smaller individual bags. For that, you can put ziploc pouches to use or can even get super-small storage boxes with air-tight lids to make sure the items don’t perish and stay fresh for longer. Head to the quick guide below and get inspired to forge the idea, saying goodbye to disorganization of the munchies forever!

Idea Details : wrappedinrust

20. Monthly Clean Home Challenge : The Refrigerator

Monthly Clean Home Challenge : The Refrigerator
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A blend of water and vinegar works no less than magic when it comes to cleaning the refrigerator shelves as well as the insides of the drawers and bins, while strategically placing all the items after dividing them into categories makes it all oh so comforting to the eyes. One shelf here is dedicated to all the fruit containers, leftovers and the sides, while beverages go on another shelf. Multi-purpose bins come handy for breakfast items and a lunch kit, and those adhesive bookplate label holders with labels deserve a special mention.

The bins in the doors of the appliance are perfect for holding all the jars and condiments that otherwise used to stay on the shelves. One of the door shelves hold smaller jars for jelly, salsas and pickles, dedicating the bottom one for bottles of wine and water. Putting everything away and labeling the bins won’t take more than 30 minutes of a deal, and getting it all done is showcased in utmost detail in the below guide by I Heart Organizing.

Idea Details : iheartorganizing

Each of the aforesaid ideas for a clever fridge organization crack the code to managing the different food categories with utmost classification when it comes to the amount of storage space they take up in your refrigerator. So, let’s get the organization game on!

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