The IKEA Spice Rack Hack That'll Revolutionize Your Kitchen Cabinet Storage

If there's one area of your house that's high labor and low reward, it's the kitchen. It's bad enough that we have to spend a lot of our time and energy doing activities there — it may as well be as neat as possible to lessen the stress of preparing meals. Organizing your kitchen cabinets and making your utensils more accessible is the quickest way to make grabbing items a breeze. A neat hack will revolutionize your kitchen cabinet storage by converting IKEA's BEKVÄM spice rack into a multipurpose tool that will fix up a wide range of items.

We all know that IKEA's whole mode of operation is letting its customers assemble the furniture themselves. This can give you several ideas on how to use the spice rack to your advantage in the kitchen. You can place things in it, hang items off of it, and whatever else your creativity can conjure up. The IKEA BEKVÄM spice rack is an affordable organizer and will only set you back $7, so you can purchase as many as you need.

Just one of many IKEA BEKVÄM spice rack hacks, this is perfect for people with cluttered cabinets who need a breather. The spice rack comes with a tray compartment that carries the spices and a wooden bar that keeps them from falling when the cabinet door is opened. This rack is easily attached to the inside of your kitchen cabinet doors, so as soon as you swing them open, you can grab the spice containers off of it. 

This tool is so versatile that there isn't much you can't do with it. The spice rack also makes for an excellent chopping board organizer. If you have a cutting board collection you'd like to show off and reach for painlessly, then this is perfect for you. The rack could easily be installed inside a cabinet door or onto your kitchen wall for easy access. To prevent the boards from falling over, double up the spice rack by dislodging the bottom compartment of one and screwing it to the cabinet or wall right above the other. 

The rack is also made from solid wood, which means you can sand it down and color it to match your kitchen cabinets. You can use these $10 wood stains from Amazon, which has a range of colors to choose from. If you don't want to purchase a stain, you might have everything you need to stain wood already in your kitchen. 

The IKEA BEKVÄM spice rack works amazing when faced upright as intended, but you can do so much more if you just rotate it 180 degrees so that it's upside down. Try attaching it to your wall upside down and folding hand towels onto the bar that's now facing downward. You can have a rack where your hand towels and dishcloths are easily accessible and replaceable.

If you need a vegetable organizer, then this trick will benefit you, too. Do you have a bunch of onions, potatoes, or garlic that lie in pantry bins, rotting quietly? Give them some air by putting the perishables into mesh storage bags. Buy or repurpose some extra shower curtain hooks and load them onto the bar of the down-turned spice rack. Attach the mesh bags of food to the hooks, and let them hang from the bar. You can also hang kitchen utensils like your spatula, whisk, and ladle from it. 

When you flip the spice rack this way, you instantly get a shelf to easily grab things from, as well. If you're hanging your kitchen utensils, use the shelf to stack measuring cups and spoons, jars of dried baking goods like flour and salt, or other small cooking necessities. You could even embrace the rack's original purpose by lining up your frequently used spices over the hanging back of fruits or vegetables. No matter how you utilize it, the BEKVÄM could revolutionize the storage in your kitchen.