Tips for organizing your refrigerator like a pro

Most of us regularly skip cleaning and organizing the refrigerator. And who wouldn’t do the same when everyone has a busy schedule and organizing the fridge ends up falling off the to-do list? If you, like me, fall into the majority, then this article will make your life easier.

Before we start organizing the refrigerator, we need to see what its benefits are and why it is good to do it frequently to avoid overcrowding our refrigerator.

Organizing your refrigerator helps you see the products you have in it.

I think you also ended up opening the refrigerator door with the thought of “something good.” But surprise! Your refrigerator is full of things that you don’t know where to move to reach the chocolate at the bottom of the shelf. In such situations you close the refrigerator and leave with the thought that “this week I will clean the refrigerator”. Well, the week has passed and the refrigerator is the same. To prevent situations like this from happening again, the ideal is for the refrigerator to always be tidy.

No matter how much you are in a hurry, when the refrigerator is ready, you will know, as soon as you open it, what you will eat.

When we are hungry, standing in front of the fridge looking for tomatoes that have ended up on different shelves or sauces that «seemed lost» is the last thing we want. Therefore, to prevent such situations and not turn it into the «forever place» of lost food, organizing the refrigerator is essential in every home.

And, since any organization starts by freeing up space, we’ll start by emptying and sanitizing the refrigerator to prepare it for organizing.

After cleaning the refrigerator with special solutions, the fun part begins: filling the refrigerator. Of course, so that we know who each food belongs to.

For this process you will need organizers for the refrigerator, vegetable bags or any other boxes or casseroles, made of plastic or glass, in which to store the groceries.

After getting some organizers, you will divide the refrigerator into 4 parts.

1. Upper shelves

On the highest shelves of the refrigerator we will place things that do not leak or leave traces, cans of drinks or other foods of smaller volume. You will avoid placing foods such as raw meat or things that could spill onto other shelves on the higher shelves. If your refrigerator does not have a special egg holder on the door, then you will find the set of 2 egg holders from mDesign very useful. These are perfect for higher shelves.

2. Reflections from the center

They are the most important. This is where you will store most of your food as it is easy to access and spacious. Our set of 2 mDesign Clear Plastic Refrigerator Organizers measuring 11″ x 7″ x 3.5″ is perfect for middle shelves.

Set of 2 mDesign Refrigerator Organizers, Plastic, Transparent, 27.94 x 17.78 x 8.89 cm

If, for various reasons, one set is too much, you can purchase just one One mDesign Plastic Refrigerator Organizer, 11″ x 6″ x 6″.

mDesign Refrigerator Organizer, Plastic, 28 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm

3. Lower shelves

They usually house fresh food. Whether it’s fruits, vegetables or greens, they will remain in the refrigerator drawer. Most refrigerators have this dedicated drawer that is equipped with features to keep food fresh for as long as possible.

Even though refrigerators come with a separate space/area for vegetables, smaller organizers can be placed in these boxes to keep fruits and vegetables separate. Therefore, our set of 6 FINEW refrigerator organizers, with dimensions of 25.5 x 14.5 x 7.6 cm, can be divided for each individual food item.

FINEW Fridge Organizer Set of 6, Plastic, Transparent, 25.5 x 14.5 x 7.6 cm

4. The freezer

While this article is about organizing the refrigerator, we shouldn’t forget about the freezer either. For this reason it is advisable to use labels on which to write the date and name of the food products you have placed in the freezer. This way you will always know what is in your freezer.

Also, if you like to consume frozen drinks, you will need a set of 2 M8C silicone ice cube trays. In addition to the cute look of the cubes, you will always have ice for your drinks.

Set of 2 ice cube trays M8C, silicone, blue, 18 x 13 x 5 cm

Now that we have finished organizing the refrigerator, all that remains is to respect the position of the food when we fill the refrigerator. I hope that this article has been useful to you and that from now on your refrigerator will not cause you problems in controlling the food you have.

Keep up the good work, dears!