every home has specialized containers and bottles some come in form of gifts from our grandparents and others we buy for decorating our homes making sure that you use every inch of cabinetry is a skill that should not be overlooked food storage containers are a necessary luxury to our kitchens but these components come with clutter such as lost lids and tumbling stacks which can be a nuisance of fighting with a drawer that won t open thanks to a stuck container or never being able to find that one lid you need without a proper storage plan you can end up with missing lids and mismatched containers toppling from your cabinets solve your food storage container problems in five easy and inexpensive ways 1 match container bases with lids put all your bases and lids together and lay them out on your kitchen counter or dining table carefully match lids to bases this will help you get rid of lids or bases that do not have a pair toss away containers that haven t been used in several months and enjoy the new ones you recently bought 2 group by brand and size sort your collection into groups based on brands and sizes each brand of storage containers are designed to nest organize the bases in each group by size and stack the same sizes together do the same with the lids they will often snap together 3 fit same size containers together always start with the biggest sizes first start fitting the stacks of bases depending on the height of your storage space this will determine how much you can nest or stack for drawers you want to make sure you can open and close the drawer without it getting stuck for cabinets it depends on the height of your shelves tuck lids into any gaps or spaces in the nest 4 store stacked containers in larger plastic baskets storing the stacks of bases and lids in larger baskets prevents them from shifting around when a drawer is opened or closed and makes it easy to grab what you need from a shelf just pull out the basket take out a base and lid and put the basket back plastic baskets will make your life easier they are the key to keeping everything organized and not falling to pieces 5 use shelving inserts if you re working with a cupboard space that doesn t have many or any shelves shelving inserts will change your life these maximize your space and allow you to further refine how you sort your containers like organizing the baskets based on usage frequency or size