Your closets, pantry and cabinets are stuffed. Where can you find more storage? Here are seven great solutions for the kitchen that you may not have considered.

#1: Find a niche…

• For big baskets, casseroles and vases that don’t fit anywhere else, on top of cabinets and below the ceiling (plus, it’s a good look).

• Between the side of an appliance or cabinet and the wall—perfect for sliding in oversize trays vertically.

#2: Add open shelves…

• Above a window or door for displays of collectibles or china.

• Across a window, clear plexiglass shelves are great for plants.

#3: Instead of a picture, hang a plate rack.

#4: Convert a high cabinet into an exposed wine rack.

#5: Attach a spice rack to the side of a cabinet near a preparation counter.

#6: To keep coffee mugs at hand, hang them by their handles from hooks attached to the bottom of an upper cabinet.

#7: Pull the knives off the counter and store them in a custom drawer (see image).

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[image: Alex Hayden | Uppercut Images | © Getty Images]