10 Best Kitchen Drawer Organizers!

1. Spice Drawer Organizers

I’ve always kept our spices on {this revolving spice rack} in our pantry but since the pantry space in our new kitchen is pretty limited, I decided to organize them in a drawer instead. I bought {this wood spice drawer organizer}:

that my contractor cut down to size to fit two of my small drawers perfectly. I then added {these spice labels} to {these spice bottles} I already had:

Be still my organization-loving heart!:

I should probably go ahead and alphabetize them too to get the full-on “Sleeping With the Enemy” vibe 🙂

A few other great options for organizing spices in a drawer are to use an expandable plastic rack like {this} or an expandable steel rack like {this} (make sure you measure the width of your drawer and order one that’s the correct size).

Since all of these angled spice racks raise the spice bottles up, measure to make sure your drawer is deep enough to accommodate them. The height you’ll need depends on the size of the bottles and height of the organizer – in my case, the bottles + drawer organizer were about 3″ H. If you want to keep your spices in a drawer that’s super shallow, check out {this spice drawer liner} that allows your spices to lay flat.

2. Drawer Dividers

If you haven’t discovered drawer dividers, you’re missing out on one of the simplest and most useful drawer organizers for your kitchen! In our old kitchen, I used {these 4″H locking drawer dividers} to keep my food storage containers organized in one of our island drawers:

Other Sources: 12″ Drawer pull |  Round wood tray  |  Marble stacking pinch pots

And in our current kitchen, I used several of {these low-profile expandable bamboo drawer dividers} that come in short/small and long/large sizes:

to create wood divisions within my drawers keeping everything neatly in place:

Other Sources: Drawer knob  |  Hedgehog measuring cups  |  Floral oven mitt

3. Deep Storage Bins

I’ve used {these 6.1″ square deep storage bins} in both our old and new kitchens and found that they work beautifully for maximizing the storage space of smaller kitchen items. In our old kitchen, I had six of them in a corner drawer holding extra spices, measuring cups, and smaller utensils like ice cream scoops, corkscrews, garlic press, etc:

They made everything so easy to find versus having all of these items thrown in the drawer where I’d have to rummage through the pile to find what I’m looking for.

Our new kitchen has a LOT of shallow roll-out wood drawers behind cabinet doors which are nice for large items but not very efficient for any smaller items that need to be stored. By using these same deep storage bins, it essentially increased the height of my drawers and allowed me to make much better use of my space:

Storage bins/dividers like these come in a lot of different sizes but often they won’t fit your drawers perfectly. As you open and close your drawer they shift and start migrating toward the back of the drawer where they’re harder to get to. This bugged me for years until I came up with a simple solution – the same Command clip trick that I shared when we talked about desk organization works beautifully for kitchen drawers too! Simply place & adhere 1-2 of {these Command clips} snug up against the back of your bin:

Your bins will then stay right where you want them and the Command clips can be removed without any damage if you want to make changes down the road.

4. Silverware Tray

One of the features of the kitchen in our previous house that I really loved was this two-tier silverware tray:

The top tray slid back to reveal a second level of silverware and cutlery so it was essentially doubling the amount of storage space in my drawer. I ordered my cabinet with this two-tier tray when we remodeled our kitchen so it came pre-installed. But if your drawer is the right depth and you have a 21″ wide frameless base cabinet in your kitchen, you can retrofit it with {this two-tier tray} to have the exact same thing.

There are lots of other simpler ways to organize the silverware in your kitchen drawers too! It’s not the best looking organizer ever, but in our current kitchen I have {this expandable utensil organizer} that gets the job done:

It comes in two size options and the compartment on the right expands to fully fit the width of your drawer. I also like that the dividers in the tray can be moved to accommodate the utensils that you’re storing in them:

My sister recently moved into a new house and had nothing to store her silverware in so we decided on {this expandable bamboo drawer organizer} which gives you more of a custom look:

It’s available in black and white color options too.

She also had extra silverware that she wanted to find a neat way to store without taking up a lot of space. I found {this compact cutlery divider} which had over 60k glowing reviews and it did the job beautifully:

It’s the perfect organizer if your kitchen is tight on drawer space!

5. In-Drawer Knife Block

I like to keep my countertops as clear as possible which means putting anything that I can in drawers, including my knives. Instead of having them in a countertop knife block, I store them in {this in-drawer knife block} instead:

Since the knife block is shorter than the length of my drawer, I used my Command clip trick to lock it in place. And as you can see in the pic of this full drawer earlier in this post, I keep it from shifting left to right with an expandable bamboo organizer.

6. In-Drawer Outlet

Another kitchen drawer feature that helps keep countertops free of clutter is an in-drawer outlet. We had one in our Connecticut kitchen and I absolutely loved having it:

It was the perfect place to keep our iPad (that I use often for cooking recipes), to power up portable chargers, and to plug-in an iPhone that needed recharging. While I ordered this with our new kitchen cabinets when we remodeled, you can also add it to existing cabinets as long as you’re able to place an outlet in the base cabinet. With an outlet on the back wall of your base cabinet, you can plug in {this in-drawer outlet} that has two regular outlets and two USB outlets to the back of your drawer. Just like mine, it’s on a hinge that allows it to move back and forth as the drawer opens and closes:

It’s great for retrofitting bathroom drawers too! Just make sure you have the 2+” of clearance in the back of your drawer that’s required to make this work.

7. Baggie Organizer

One frustration I have with the drawers in our new house is that almost all of them are very shallow or very deep without only a few (like my spice drawers) in that nice in-between size. The shallow ones aren’t even deep enough for boxes of baggies so {this wood baggie organizer} is coming to my rescue (Update: it doesn’t seem to currently be carried by the Etsy shop I bought mine from but you can find several similar options {here}). 

It’s only 2 1/2″ tall so will fit in my shallow drawers and it has a hinged lid with compartments that you place your baggies in. I also want to give a shout-out to {these re-usable silicone bags} that I got a few years back in an effort to cut back on the number of plastic baggies I use. They’re dishwasher safe, close securely, and have cut my use of plastic baggies by quite a bit.

8. Kitchen “Desk” Drawer Organizers

I always need a drawer in the kitchen that’s more like an office drawer where I keep everything from stamps to pens, business cards, tape dispenser & stapler, and more. To get everything more organized and easy to find, a few years back I bought several of {these Poppin organizers} and organized the heck out of it:

Since there are several size options, I was able to play around with them to find an arrangement that fit my drawer really well. And they made everything so much more organized and easy to find. They come in several fun color options too!

9. Pegged Dish Drawer Organizer

I’ve always been so intrigued by {these peg board drawer organizers} for use in deep kitchen drawers. They come with a wood peg board that you cut to size to fit your drawer plus wood pegs that you place in the best peg holes to securely hold your kitchen items. They’re often found in kitchens where deep drawers are used to hold plates and bowls instead of placing them in cabinets:

but I’ve also seen them used to orderly arrange pots and pans. If any of you have these pegged drawer organizers, I’d love to hear what you think of them!

10. Pan Organizer Rack

And last but not least is {this pan organizer rack}. In our previous kitchen, I kept it in one of our base cabinets to organize our pans – I used it standing on it’s end since I had plenty of height in my cabinet but you can also use it on its side like this in either a cabinet or a drawer:

It can be used to organize pot lids too!

Those are my ten favorites – do any of you have kitchen drawer organizers you love that I missed?

Favorite Labor Day Sales

I’ll wrap things up by sharing a few of my favorite Labor Day sales – if there’s anything you’ve been waiting on to buy for your home, now may be the time to snag it!

Serena & Lily has free shipping with code YOUPICK including on furniture. It’s a particularly good deal if you combine it with a discounted item that they have as part of their Tent Sale including {these beautiful shams}, {this darling pillow cover}, {this super cute tray} and {this gorgeous side table/nightstand}:

My tassel-end duvet cover {found here} that I have in my primary bedroom is also on sale and ships free (you can see more pics of it in our bedroom {here}):

HSN has several Labor Day weekend sales including deals on {this highly rated Wolfgang Puck knife set} that comes in several fun color options, {this rolling storage rack} that folds for storage or simple transport (I have two of them!), and {this Dyson v11 cordless vacuum} that’s one of their newest vacuums with a large head (normally $799, on sale for $599). If you’re a first time HSN buyer you can save ANOTHER $20 off with code HSN2021.

Today (Sunday) only Amazon has big discounts on Walker Edison furniture pieces {here}. They have some bookcases and TV stands that look really nice for the price including 36% of {this long media cabinet} in white oak.

The T3 Outlet is back! If have and love the T3 hair dryer and they have {this T3 Featherweight 2 hair dryer} on sale for $70 this weekend (normally $200). Also {this motion-sensing, auto rotating T3 curling iron} is on sale for $99.99 (normally $230)!

One Kings Lane is having a sitewide sale with 20% off almost everything. They are one of my favorite sources for higher end lighting – check out {these bestsellers} which includes my foyer table lamps and {my kitchen pendant lights}:

J. Crew has 40% off your purchase (including new fall styles) {here} with code HELLOFALL. Along with their clothes, be sure to check out their accessories including {this super cute gingham-patterned pocket umbrella}.

Pottery Barn has up to 70% off for their Warehouse Sale {here} plus free shipping of most items with orders of $99+. Favorites from their sale include {this gorgeous wood canopy bed} that’s $750 off in the queen size, {this striped throw} that’s on clearance for half off, and {this buffalo check table runner} that’s on clearance too.

Anthropologie has 20% off ready to ship furniture and decor {here} including {this popular mirror} in four size options.

McGee & Co. has 15% off their entire site with code BYESUMMER – shop their best sellers {here} – they have the prettiest home accessories and furniture!

Horchow has 25% off sitewide plus free shipping on orders $150+ with code LABORDAY – you can shop their sale {here} including {this acrylic ceiling fan} which I’ve eyed forever and finally bought for our guest room:

The Company Store has 20% off sidewide with code H21LDW – I share some of my favorite Company Store bedding in {this post}.

Ann Taylor has 25-40% off all full priced styles and up to 75% off sale items with code FALLSTYLE – shop their sale {here}. I love {this pleated puff sleeve top} and {this long cardigan} in the prettiest persimmon color!

Rifle Paper Company has 25% off everything (except wallpaper & swimwear) with code LABORDAY. Most items ship for free too! The sale includes the awesome wireless charger found {here} that I keep on my nightstand (and my Air Pods case too!):

Ballard Designs has up to 20% off sitewide – shop their site {here}. I LOVE the look of {this round coffee table} that’s they just added to their site and is now on sale!