How to organize a fridge right? Today we are sharing all the tips and ideas you might need if you want a functional and aesthetic refrigerator. Let’s make it as stylish inside as it is outside!
Clean The Fridge
The first thing you need to do is to clean it. Remove all the food, all the shelves and drawers and wash and then dry them. Put them back and place a box of baking soda somewhere in the fridge, it will help you avoid any odors.
You can do the organization with boxes and containers with lids almost completely, which will make your fridge aesthetic and free of odors.
Remember that the lower shelves are the coldest ones and place there food that needs lower temperatures and longer shelf life.
Clear acrylic boxes, containers and turnables make the fridge well-organized.
Clear airtight containers with lids and drawers are perfect to keep everything organized, and drinks can be placed on the upper shelves.
This fridge is well-organized, with airtight containers, stands and holders and drawers for food.
The upper shelf of the fridge is the warmest, so it's a good space for things that you need just to cool.
The fridge is done with drawers, boxes and airtight containers, which make it perfectly aesthetic.
The fridge is done with jars with lids, mason jars and airtight containers, and the produce is placed most in drawers.
Clear boxes are great to store produce, and the drawers can be used for cheese, butter and meat.
Clear boxes, drawers and airtight containers are great to organize the fridge and you can also add labels to them.
Check Inspiration Dates
When you replace your food in the fridge, check all your items for their expiration dates. If there’s food you haven’t touched for a long time, perhaps you can throw it away, and this way it will be easier to find food in the fridge.
Such tall clear trays with labels will help you keep everything at hand and well-orrganized.
The top shelves are done with turnables, which makes it easier to reach the stuff you need.
Clear organizers and airtight containers, jars and drawers help you organizer everything well.
If you have special designated drawers, use them as there must be proper temperature and humidity inside.
These drawers for meat and cheese allow you have all the appetizers at hand and at a right temperature.
If you store produce in drawers, make sure to divide fruits and veggies.
Drinks are great to store on the upper shelf if you don't need to store them for a long time.
If you have pre-cooked food, it can be stored on the upper shelves to store it longer.
Boxes and containers with lids are great to organize a fridge, add labels and voila.
The veggies and fruit are separated into different drawers, and the pre-cooked food is stored on the lower shelf to make it edible for longer.
Sort Your Shelves
Time to organize everything right! We should fill the fridge using shelves that match in temperature, and here’s the guide.
Jars with lids, containers with lids are great to organize pre-cooked and partly cooked food in the fridge. The herbs here are wrapped in a wet towel.
Fresh herbs can be stored in clear jars with water, and the matching jars add style to the fridge.
Fresh fruit are stored in air tight containers and all of them are separated to prevent riping too early.
The clear drawers are filled with fresh produce, herbs and the top of the fridge is taken by sauces.
I love the idea of organizing the fridge with such cool pastel containers and the jars with lids make the fridge cohesive.
The large drawer is done with various food in containers, the drawers are holding cheese and meat.
If you want, you can store some food in the containers, in which you bought them, if they are comfortable.
Plastic crates are a cool way to store produce and drinks, they are non-typical and add color to the fridge.
The fridge is filled with matching airtight containers and jars with lids.
Such plastic containers will be a good idea for fruits and berries, and your fridge will look elegant.
Upper Shelves
The upper shelves are the warmest, which makes them best for eggs (prefer the second shelf), milk, fresh squeezed juice, fresh herbs, dairy products and baking soda.
Lower Shelves
Lower shelves are colder and they are perfect for snacks, pre-cooked food, bread and produce. As for pre-cooked food, it can be also stored higher, and veggies and fruits should be separated because the latter emit ethylene, which wilts vegetables. You can also use drawers for produce.
Drawers
Drawers are good for meat and poultry, produce and cheese and butter. Of course, if you don’t eat these, you can store there something else but if these are specially designated drawers, use them according to their purpose as they will help you control temperature and humidity.
Door(s)
Doors are excellent storage for shelf-stable items you want to chill – like juice or water – and items, typically with high sugar or vinegar naturally preserving content that inherently have a long life: jams, jellies and applesauce, condiments and dressings, pickles.
Organize
Prefer clear containers and holders to organize all the food. These can be bins, trays, bins with handles, airtight food storage containers, turnables, mason jars, plastic dispensers and so on. Label containers with general names like ‘snacks’, ‘veggies’ and so on. All these containers will save you a lot of time on finding what you need and will keep your fridge organized and aesthetic.
This well-organized fridge features boxes, containers, holders for drinks and it's very well-organized.
As there are lot of veggies, they are placed in drawers and the fruits are placed in airtight containers.
This is a vegetarian fridge that accommodates a lot of veggies and fruits, fresh juices and some pasta.
The drawers are taken by fruits and veggies, the drinks are stored on the upper shelf to make them cool.
I love turnables for fridge organization: you can get whatever you want easily.
This is a vegan fridge with salads and veggies in containers that are ready and you just need to add them here or there.
These clear drawers and boxes hold all the fresh produce, and only the top of the fridge is taken by drinks and snacks.
Store the herbs in a bottle with water to make their life longer, and divide veggies and fruits to avoid spoiling the vegetables.
The drinks are stored on upper shelves, and the lower ones are taken by dairy products, fresh produce to make their shelf life longer.
Clear trays and drawers help to store the fresh produce, and the eggs are placed in a clear plastic box.
Useful Tips
Even if your fridge comes with a built-in thermometer, get an inexpensive one like this Taylor model to set on your shelf as a double-check.
Never wash or peel veggies and fruits until you are going to eat them. Despite the popular idea of prepping everything, they will expire much faster if you wash them.
Place older items in front of newer items so they are eaten first. Create an “expiring soon” group to ensure you put back those items in a place where you’ll be reminded to use them quickly.
Attach a shopping list to the fridge and put there everything, of which you are running out every time, so when you need to go shopping, the list is ready.
If you often eat salads, you can wash, peel and cut the veggies and fruits and place them in containers to make them ready anytime. (via oursouthernhomesc).
Storing cheese and dairy on the lower shelves is a smart solution as it's colder there. (via 31daily).
Label the containers to know where and what is stored, and your fridge will be comfortable in using. (via southernliving).
Containers with lids are great for storage as they can be stacked, so feel free to use some. (via lifeinjeneral).
The clear containers here are used for everything, from veggies and fruits to dairy products. (via thehomeedit).