Kitchen Organization Is Real Simple (And Real Cheap)

Real Simple magazine will be here with easy tips on how to organize your kitchen.

The publication now has a TV series on TLC, Real Simple. Real Life., which airs Fridays at 8pm. The new lifestyle makeover series helps busy women tackle their daily challenges and shares strategies to help make life easier.

For more on the magazine, visit www.realsimple.com. For more on the TV series, visit www.realsimplereallife.com.

KITCHEN TIPS AND VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP...

1. The RefridgeratorUse a dry erase marker to mark your plastic food storage containers. It makes it easier to find what you are looking for in the fridge and the markings come off when you wash it.

2. The Soda Organizer
Soda Shoot, $3, www.bedbathandbeyond.com
Never rummage through the refrigerator looking for a Diet Coke again. The Soda Shoot made of easy-to-clean plastic, fits inside most refrigerators and dispenses 10 12-ounce cans with ease.

3. Spices
Instead of going out and buying an expensive spice rack, you can label the lids of the spice jars and stick them in a drawer. Then, the next time you are looking for a certain spice it will be easy to find!

4. Drawers
You can use your old ice cube trays as desk drawer organizers.

5. Instruction Manuals
Put instruction manuals in a three-ring binder and you'll never rifle through drawers again.

6. Pot Lids
Rationell Variera Rack, $3, www.ikea.com
Instead of having your lids scattered all over with your pots and pans, organize them in the Rationell Variera and attach it to the back of a cupboard door. It has spaces to separate your pans so they don't get lost in your cabinet - now you can easily stack pots and pans!)

7. Sink
Pivo Storage Tray, $21, www.umbra.com
Washing the dishes just became easier (and less risky)! Instead of worrying about the wedding ring down the drain, or getting the soap all gunky, place all items in the Pivo Storage Tray! The tray keeps all your soaps and sponges in one place and even has a place to put your rings while working at the sink. With three layers of space, you will (knock on wood!) never lose your valuables again!)