A kitchen pantry with food items lined up on shelves.
FOOD NEWS
The Tension Rod Trick For Maximizing Storage Space In Your Pantry
BY MARCO ROSSI
An assortment of kitchen tools, plans, and cutting boards. Top view.
Nifty tools and accessories for cooking are one of the joys of spending time in the kitchen, but they often lead to a storage nightmare.
A stack of baking sheets in a drawer.
Luckily, tension rods can organize haphazard stacks of baking sheets and platters, securing them in place so that removing one doesn’t topple the lot.
White cabinet shelves with cups, bowls, and pans.
For a neater cupboard, install tension rods vertically to create slots for each item. Use two rods, one in the front and one in the back, to ensure each tray fits securely.
Black shelf in the kitchen with various cereals and seeds in glass jars. Front view. Kitchen storage concept.
Since a pack of cabinet tension rods costs less than $10, this simple DIY technique will bring order to kitchen storage spaces in a budget-friendly way.
Pots and pans hanging on a kitchen wall to save space
Tension rods yield other creative solutions, too. For example, place S-hooks on a fitted rod to hang pots and pans, which otherwise could be damaged when stacked.