Space Saving Kitchen Gadgets

July 04,2024

How to make the most of that tiny galley kitchen..
This dish drainer sits over your sink when you're done washing up, meaning it doesn't take up valuable countertop space. It also rolls up after use so you can tuck it away easily..
The kitchen utensils you use regularly can be kind of bulky and jam up drawers. So a set that satisfyingly stacks together to form the silicone answer to all your cooking needs is a no-brainer. .
This multi-use kitchen tool must be one of the most copied products on , and it's easy to see why. The cheerful-looking bottle holds a lemon squeezer, funnel, grater, egg cracker, shredder, can opener, egg separator and measuring cup. Quite what an egg cracker is, is anyone's guess. Still, 7/8 on the usefulness scale ain't bad.

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This mini cooker does it all: rice! Porridge! Cake! Yoghurt! Compact and perfect for one, you'll never have to hover passive-aggressively while your flatmate uses the one good saucepan again..
Quite possibly the most boring purchase on the list, these shelves are nonetheless probably the most useful – turning one shelf into two and doubling your storage space instantly. Particularly useful for avoiding disputes about whose teabags are whose.
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One drawer for many sets of cutlery is never going to work, unless you incorporate this graduated organiser. At just 11cm wide, it stores just as much as a regular flat cutlery organiser – but uses half the space..
If you're going to get one gadget, a multipurpose immersion blender ticks every box. This is easy to clean, easy to tidy away and, most importantly, hugely effective as a cooking tool. .
Another very useful purchase that isn't much in the way of fun, these shelves make a storage space out of the corner of your countertop – usually dead air.

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We've already seen the merits of using your sink as a drying rack but what about using it as a chopping board? This over-the-sink one gives you a whole extra unit of counter space and provides a colander bowl to hold your chopped veg (or your pre-chopped veg)..
TBH, despite being told time and again not to put hot pans on my faux-marble plastic kitchen counters, nothing bad has happened yet and I intend to keep on doing just that. If you are a more sensible person than me however, this trivet folds up nice and neatly after use so it doesn't create more clutter..
If you are allowed to make holes in your wall – i.e. you own your place or your landlord is a legend – then wall-mounted storage is the best way to free up space on your counters and in your cupboards and drawers. This hanging rack is perfect for the kitchen and has enough different elements to make sure everything's got a (secure) home.