I had seen a few versions of these kitchen organizers on the net, then remembered we had an old shoe organizer hanging in the back of one of our closets. I finally found it and once I noticed it was a horizontal configuration and not the vertical ones I had seen, I wondered if it would still work. It did! Even better than the vertical one for me actually with some of the longer/larger items I was able to store in there. Best part is that I can just roll it up for packing. That part is pretty sweet!
This is the "front" of it. This part stays packed and is what I roll up. Top slot is knives, scissors and sharp utensils, next three are spoons, forks, butter knives, below that is the long tongs and the bottom is the spatula and serving spoons
This is the "back" of the organizer. These things get packed in the dishpan, then get loaded into the hanger when we get there, otherwise I couldn't roll it up. The hot mits hang off the very top, then dish towels in the top slot, heavy duty foil and extra trash bags in the next space, there's a pocket missing so it makes a perfect space for the cutting boards and extra ziplocs, then salt and pepper and my pill case herb and spice storage in the bottom
So nice to just pull out whatever you need. I might try to hang the paper towels from this unit somewhere too, but not sure quite how to do that yet.
On a side note of "things to steal out of your closet for camping", I also grabbed a couple of those clip-type pant/skirt hangers on a whim, and they ended up being quite handy! We used them to hang trash bags, dry stuff by the fire, hang the dart scoreboard and pen, I will definitely be adding these to the camping bin!
This is the "front" of it. This part stays packed and is what I roll up. Top slot is knives, scissors and sharp utensils, next three are spoons, forks, butter knives, below that is the long tongs and the bottom is the spatula and serving spoons
This is the "back" of the organizer. These things get packed in the dishpan, then get loaded into the hanger when we get there, otherwise I couldn't roll it up. The hot mits hang off the very top, then dish towels in the top slot, heavy duty foil and extra trash bags in the next space, there's a pocket missing so it makes a perfect space for the cutting boards and extra ziplocs, then salt and pepper and my pill case herb and spice storage in the bottom
So nice to just pull out whatever you need. I might try to hang the paper towels from this unit somewhere too, but not sure quite how to do that yet.
On a side note of "things to steal out of your closet for camping", I also grabbed a couple of those clip-type pant/skirt hangers on a whim, and they ended up being quite handy! We used them to hang trash bags, dry stuff by the fire, hang the dart scoreboard and pen, I will definitely be adding these to the camping bin!
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