I don’t know about you, but my place mats and cloth napkins have a habit of being moved around from drawers, to boxes and cabinets, and often end up a bit wrinkled and musty.
That’s why I was pleased to come across this slim and compact $16 under-shelf holder from The Container Store. It’s the perfect solution to keeping mine tidy and giving hem a permanent and allocated home. This is especially helpful if you love to host dinner parties, have friends regularly stop in to share meals, or simply like rolling out the niceties for your household’s dinners.
It’s a great way to keep your wrinkle-prone cloth placements and napkins flat and ready to be used without needing ironing or refreshing, whilst also avoiding cluttering up your other kitchen storage ideas.
This under-shelf place mat holder is so handy
Simple, easy to clean, and it takes just a couple of seconds to install. Simple latch it on a shelf - either ina kitchen cabinet, dining room sideboard, or open shelving - and load up your place mats and napkins.
I like that it’s made from vinyl-coated wire, as this makes it very easy to clean, and the gaps allow fabric or natural materials stored on it to breathe, negating the risk of musty kitchen cabinet smells becoming a problem.
You don’t need any tools to install it, and as happy verified shopper, Jeane said in their five-star review, this organizer is ‘sleek and useful’. They added, ‘White, sleek, one second to install and extremely useful.’
Another, Annie D, reported that it’s ‘perfect for place mat storage’ and ‘exactly’ what they were hoping for as it’s ‘easy to remove and replace desired items’, including their place mats.
That certainly checks my boxes for what I want in a nifty kitchen organizer or shelf storage idea.
Other verified shoppers have thought ‘outside the box’, using it in a refrigerator with non-adjustable shelves, adding that it ‘works perfectly for a wine and champagne store’.
Smart uses like this make it versatile and handy to have on hand for your small bathroom storage ideas, too.
This compact utensil organizer would be great for storing your nicer guest silverware without taking over a whole drawer, be it in your kitchen cabinet or dining room sideboard.
Keep your extra or guest china safely stored in this hard shell, stackable, and sturdy organizer when not in use. It comes with four felt dividers to prevent chips and will help you free up space in your cabinets.
This food cleaning solution doesn’t need diluting or rinsing, and will make it a breeze to sanitize harder place mats that can not go in the laundry. It kills 99.9% of viruses, and bacteria if you leave it for at least 30 seconds before wiping off.
You can store up to 2.2 lbs of place mats, chopping boards or even paperwork for that matter in this sturdy metal and magnetic kitchen organizer.
These cute check place mats will never go out of style and will fit perfectly on the wire placement organizer. These are machine washable but will need to be dried flat. Once dry, stack and store on the mesh organizer.
Create a guest dining accessory station with this adjustable kitchen cabinet shelf organizer. Going vertical is always a good idea for small kitchen storage, but also allows you to group themed items together, for example guest napkins, placements and holders.
If you're on the lookout for great small kitchen storage ideas, this Joseph Joseph pan lid holder helped editor Punteha van Terheyden avoid cabinet tsunamis, whilst a pegboard organizer proved to be perfect for keeping pots and pans in check for content editor Chiana Dickson's awkward and compact kitchen.
