Tips to better organise your pots and pans in the kitchen

One of the most common challenges in the kitchen is how to keep your pots and pans in neat yet practical order. Fortunately, there are a range of simple fixes – whether you prefer to keep your cookware in a drawer, in a cabinet or openly displayed on the wall. Here are a few storage ideas to think about.

Stainless steel IKEA 365+ pots with lids in an UTRUSTA corner base cabinet pull-out fitting in a light ash effect cabinet.

For neater – and quieter – cookware drawers

The UPPDATERA pegboard drawer organiser comes with 24 adjustable pegs, which you can use to keep your pots and lids neatly in their places. Even a simple UPPDATERA divider for drawer can help you to quickly create more order and stability. Whichever you choose, your cookware drawers can calm down a little.

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An UPPDATERA pegboard drawer organiser holds IKEA 365+ pots, saucepans and lids, plus three bamboo APTITLIG chopping boards.

In an open kitchen drawer, an UPPDATERA divider for drawer separates IKEA 365+ pots and saucepans from their lids.

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Showing off your pots and pans

If you have otherwise empty wall space in the kitchen, your cookware can look great standing on wall-mounted shelves or hanging from hooks on a rail. Plus, your pots and pans are always within easy reach while you cook. Such practicality is why professional kitchens work with open storage.

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A FINMAT pot, a FINMAT saucepan and a FINMAT sauté pan hang from hooks on a black HULTARP rail mounted on a red-tiled wall.

A stainless steel/ash KUNGSFORS suspension rail with shelves/wall grids holds cookware, serveware and various food items.

Cookware and a net bag of oranges hang from two birch NEREBY rails above a toaster and breads on a BEKVÄM kitchen trolley.

A FINMAT saucepan and sauté pan hang on hooks from an off-white TORNVIKEN wall shelf, the lids and a FINMAT pot on top.

A person in a white apron takes a soup ladle from a KUNGSFORS rail, from which hangs various stainless-steel cookware.

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Handy, simple wall organisers

With rails, hooks and containers, you can easily turn an empty area of a wall into practical (and attractive) storage space.

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Five golden metal s-hooks, each with a top arc and a flat base, laid side by side in brass finish.

Peaceful pot lids

A few pot lids can easily become a noisy, space-wasting mess. Instead, you can pop the VARIERA pot lid organiser in a drawer or on a shelf and stand the lids upright. They’ll stay in order and won’t clank around.

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Calmer cookware that’s easy to reach

With a corner cabinet carousel or pull-out fitting, you can maximise those awkward spaces. Smooth-running wire baskets are also ideal for pots and pans. You can reach them easily and protect the insides of the cabinets. Or, if you have the floor space, you can store often-used cookware in a kitchen island or trolley.