10 Smart Ways to Store Your Silverware
Photograph by Laure Joliet for Remodelista Design Credit: Koan McNamara
Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista Design Credit: Alastair Hendy
While the conventional method of placing your utensils in a tray inside a kitchen drawer works well, sometimes a unique situation—lack of drawer space, antique silverware, an eclectic interior style—calls for more creative solutions. Here are 10 different ways to organize your flatware—from casually organized to rigidly categorized.
Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista Design Credit: Workstead
In the upstate New York home of Workstead‘s founders, flatware is stored in a single ceramic container on the kitchen counter.
British chef Alistair Hendy employs a narrow vintage filing cabinet to house his utensils and cooking tools.
Photograph by Justine Hand for Remodelista Design Credit: Deborah Ehrlich
Designer Deborah Ehrlich keeps her flatware, inherited from her grandmother, in bowls and within easy reach.
Tomato cans with the labels peeled off serve as charming utensils holders.
Photograph by Laure Joliet for Remodelista Design Credit: Joan McNamara
Joan McNamara, owner of Joan’s on Third in LA, likes to keep her collection of vintage silverware neatly displayed inside a fabric-lined drawer.
Photograph courtesy of March and RTH
Fork-knife-spoon sets, inserted into sleeves, make setting the table a breeze.
Photograph courtesy of Kara Rosenlund
In this well-organized utensil drawer, vintage finds are grouped by use or by finish.
Photograph courtesy of Garde Hvalsøe and Dinesen
Chefs René and Nadine Redzepi enlisted Garde Hvalsøe, three cabinetmakers, and an architect working with Dinesen to create their custom kitchen, which includes a two-tier utensil drawer.
Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista Design Credit: Tiina Laakkonen
A perfect fit: Fashion stylist Tiina Laakkonen’s collection of black-handled flatware looks neat and tidy inside this kitchen drawer.