Back to School: Storage Solutions for a Cluttered Home

When the clutter spreads

Busy mornings make storage problems hard to ignore. When the coffee is buried in the pantry and the mixer lives in the garage, tidying up only goes so far. The cabinets need to work for the things your family uses.

A mother and daughter came to Crown with exactly that challenge. Their kitchen story shows how changing where things live can make cooking together easier.

A storied solution for a mother and daughter

When a mother and daughter decided to combine households, ample storage was needed in the kitchen. Especially since they both love to cook! The space had to be maximized and efficient, so there wouldn't be too many cooks in the kitchen!

Crown Cabinetry was able to find solutions for them with a new extra deep island for storage, that included a mixer lift, large tray roll-outs, double stack flatware drawers, double waste pull-out, a base cabinet spice pull-out, and microwave drawer.

Then, moving the oven and microwave freed up a wall for a large built-in pantry. From wall to wall and floor to ceiling, every inch was intentionally utilized. The new pantry more than doubled the space for storing food and bulk supplies. Additional storage was gained above the refrigerator and pantry.

This storied solution helped transform a kitchen and provided the space to deepen the bond between a mother and daughter. We couldn't hope for anything more.

Storage solutions in the kitchen

Crown Cabinetry offers unique storage solutions ranging from cabinet accessories to entire modifications and refacing. We can even do a complete remodel if it works best for you and your family. We have expertise in installing all kinds of fun and innovative storage solutions around the kitchen, such as drawers within drawers, making it easy to store pots and pans in one drawer with their matching lids in a drawer just above.

However, we know how frustrating it can be when those drawers jam or have never fully opened, which is why we offer high-quality, heavy-bearing, full-extension slides. You'll be able to pull your drawers all the way out easily, easing your peace of mind and making it easier to stay organized.

Maybe one of the fun new toys you unwrapped this holiday season was a stand-mixer! Although you may have already noticed that it can be a hassle to store and use because they're bigger, bulkier and heavier than most kitchen equipment. Don't worry. We can easily convert your cabinet into a mixer-lift, giving you the perfect place to keep and use it in seconds.

There are so many solutions we take pride in finding for you: dividers, wall pull-outs, lazy-susans, trash can pull-outs, custom utensil organization dividers, etc. but, we take even more pride in stories like the one in our Crown Cabinetry catalog. It's a story of a mother who moved back to Kansas to live with her daughter. They desperately needed help re-imaging their new kitchen after moving into a Shawnee Mission neighborhood home together.

For one focused starting point, compare lower-cabinet drawers and pull-out shelves. The opening, contents and everyday reach matter more than the number of drawers.

Closets, garages and laundry rooms

It may seem strange that a company that specializes in custom cabinetry also works to make affordable and stylish storage solutions across the rest of your home. Throughout the years, we've realized that much of what we learned about kitchens is transferable, so we can help in nearly every room you have!

With our unique and custom closet systems, we can ensure that year after year, as your kids grow, there'll be a perfect place for their new outfits. Crown Cabinetry can convert your cluttered walk-in closet and maximize the storage to make it appear like a whole other room that you'll never want to leave. As shown in our Blue Springs, Missouri showroom, we can install hamper pull-outs, create custom drawer inserts to place valuable jewelry, and make sure every pair of shoes has a special spot to be when they're not being worn.

That underused garage can become a whole new world installing storage systems and garage cabinetry from Crown. A quick coat of paint, maybe add more light, and the garage will become a usable, organized area of your home! Imagine organized shelves and cabinets built to hold the heavy tools and equipment often used in the garage. Falling apart, rusted, and rotting shelves will become top-of-the-line yet affordable furniture custom-produced to your specific needs. Think of storing your car AND other items in the garage! It's possible with storage solutions by Crown Cabinetry.

Your laundry room piling up with dirty clothes is for more than just clothes. We know that space often doubles as a place to keep cleaning supplies, hang clothes to air dry, fold clean laundry, and iron! Imagine a convenient drying rack that pulls out from the shelving, a pantry that holds brooms, mops, dustpans and cleaning solutions and even a built-in ironing board that folds easily out of the way when not in use. There are many ways to help your home be organized and stay organized!

For a closer look at folding counters, upper cabinets, and appliance access, see our laundry room cabinet and storage ideas. Start with the part of your laundry routine you'd most like to improve.

Crown Cabinetry can help sort out storage solutions

For a practical local planning guide, compare an island redesign with retained perimeter cabinets in Lee's Summit or explore room-by-room cabinetry priorities in Lenexa. These guides translate storage goals into questions to bring to a design consultation.

Sorting out solutions to unique organizational problems is a challenge, but it's a challenge Crown Cabinetry helps families solve throughout Missouri, Kansas and other midwest regions.

Give Crown a call so that next year, you won't need to stress about any kind of Holiday mess.