Sunshine and a Summer Breeze: Kitchen Counter Declutter

For the longest time I have been trying to come up with a better solution for storing our fresh produce.

Some fruits and veggies go in our fridge, but for the rest they've always just been put in a kind of pile on our counter.

A few people suggested a fruit bowl or a fruit stand, but I still didn't like the idea of it on the counter. I wanted to free up as much counter space as possible so I turned to the internet and started searching for ideas.

I had seen a couple of hanging baskets but it wasn't quite what I wanted, until I found this shelving kit for only $27 on Amazon!

(I’ve linked this shelving kit and all of my recommended household finds HERE)

I have a pretty small pantry door, only 18" across, so this 12" wide set was perfect!

It was on back order for a week, but it finally arrived yesterday and I put it up right away.

The instructions were extremely easy to follow and only required a few steps.

I attached the top hooks to the metal extenders and placed it over the door.

I added one basket to make sure the distance between the metal bars was correct.

I have a hollow pantry door, and the screws the set came with were way too long (they would have gone right through the other side of the door), but luckily I had some screws on hand that worked perfectly.

It took me maybe 20 minutes or less to get the whole thing up.

I immediately moved the produce from the counter to the baskets and even had enough room left to add random things like popcorn packs, snack bags, etc.