Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

Do you have problems with plastic lids in your kitchen? I swear they have taken over the kitchens of America. When you need a particular size for a bowl they are nowhere to be found. You have taken the time to match the bowl with the lid so you think all is great in plastic land, but no it doesn’t end there. Somehow that lid makes itself scarce just when you need it or is always falling out of the cupboard.

I suggest the following action and solution:

•Do match the bowls to the lids, any leftover lids put in a plastic bag and place them where you know where to find them (a shelf, cupboard, drawer) and if there is no bowl needing a lid in two days recycle all of those orphan lids, do not keep them. The reason for keeping them for two days is because there may be a bowl hiding in another room, in the fridge or in the dishwasher.
•If you have more bowls than lids then either recycle the bowl or use it for a cat/dog dish.
•It does not work to keep the lids on the bowl it belongs to—I have never met a kitchen yet that is large enough for that ‘luxury’. And besides what a pain to have to take a lid off every time you want to use a bowl.
•Placing the lid under the bowl it goes to only works in special occasions, and it takes up more space in the cupboard when stacking the bowls—which is what you have to do.
•The Solution: Place the lids in a separate plastic container. They are then easy to reach and are contained and aren’t falling out of the cupboard every time it is opened. Everyone is happy. If you have extra drawer space they can be put in a drawer, even then it is best to have them in containers or they become l jumbled.

What solution have you used for containing your plastic lids in your kitchen?