you might be able to live with a small bedroom or even a cramped bathroom but a small kitchen that seems like a harder pill to swallow especially if you love to cook take a look at our tips for learning how to live in a small kitchen store stuff out in the open no pantry no problem put your most used items and ingredients in a clear container and show them off this will allow you to free up some cupboard space and make it easier for you when you re cooking use windowsills as storage if you have a window in your kitchen think about how you can use the sill as storage use the tops of your cabinets the tops of cabinets are often forgotten about real estate for storage if you re worried about how it will look then get rattan baskets to store your stash use your sink as extra counter space during dinner prep your sink is often wasted space get a sink strainer to help you as you cook up a storm clear out everything you don t use ask yourself how often you really use that ice cream maker bread machine deep fryers etc if you don t use them get rid of them