The kitchen probably has the most traffic in your home, which means it can also be the messiest. Keep your counters and cabinets clutter-free with these clever storage ideas.

1. Looking good 
Display your pretty serving pieces on open shelves and use decorative baskets to house the less attractive and infrequently used kitchen necessities (think small appliances and tools).

2. Mix it up
Varied storage keeps items of different sizes in their place: deep drawers for medium-to-large appliances, stacked shelving for wine bottles and shallow drawers for spices.

3. Within reach 
Keep the items you need most, such as cereal and snacks, between waist and eye level, and move the rest of the goods up high or down low.

Beach house bins, $26 to $31, containerstore.com. Zippered Mason jar bags, $5 per set of four, kikkerland.com. Cage wall clock, $80, umbra.com. Bloomingvale ceramic jars, $62 per pair, wayfair.ca. 

 The biggest advantage in a kitchen is accessibility, yet the most common blind  spots I see are cabinet shelves that are too high and wasted space between  shelves. Whether you've just moved in or you've settled into a kitchen, it's worth  the time to adjust shelving to fit the contents and to lower shelves so you can  reach what you need. After adjusting the height, you can often add an extra shelf  to accommodate wide narrow items, like trays. 

 — Marie Potter, Professional Organizers in Canada, Vancouver