Storing bags in the kitchen with your own hands: 7 fashionable ways + photos, videos

Types of sachets

There are a huge variety of bags on sale, ranging from garbage bags to the smallest sandwich bags. As a rule, several types of packages are used on the farm:

• Disposable small ones. Used for packing children's lunches for school and for storing food in the refrigerator.
• Household portable ones. We use them when we go shopping at the grocery store. Often, forgetting to take another bag with us, we buy a plastic bag again at the supermarket. In total, a great many of them gather at home.

It’s a shame to throw it away, and it’s not recommended. Because polyethylene is harmful to the environment. It is better to save them and use them later on the farm.

• Garbage. The biggest ones. They often come on a roll and are used as needed. They do not take up much space if stored in their original presentation.

Classification

Our home (be it an apartment or a country house) is inhabited by the housewives’ faithful assistants – plastic bags. Today this is the most convenient packaging. Supermarkets offer it for free. The bonus makes a good impression and is a priority when choosing a store. Based on their shape, packaging is divided into several types:

• “T-shirt” is the most common. Convenient to use, has a large capacity (due to folds on the sides) and an affordable price;
• with a slotted hole - more expensive. Purchased for packaging gifts, business papers, and in the form of advertising. They are distinguished by more durable material and look representative;
• the best option is bags for packaging. Used for bulk products and small goods.

The benefits of creating places to store packages

Regardless of whether you organize a place to store packages with your own hands or purchase ready-made containers, the kitchen will only benefit from this. There are several advantages here:

• Saving space in drawers or cabinets;
• Neat appearance of the room and furniture;
• The ability to stylishly decorate the kitchen interior;
• Saving money on purchasing new bags instead of discarded ones.

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For the office

If, in search of a pen, you turn the whole house upside down, then a master class in making organizers with your own hands is your option. Let's try to make a convenient device for storing pens, pencils and other small things that may suddenly be needed.

To do this you need to take:

• cardboard;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• tourniquet;
• paint (in a can);
• scissors and glue;
• paper;
• tin cans (at least 2)

Lubricate the jar with glue and cover it with paper. We wrap the jars with a tourniquet, then paint and leave to dry. It is better to take an even number of cans to create convenient organizers. We place them in pairs and insert a handle in the middle.

Wrap it with a tourniquet. Ready! Now in organizers you can separately store accessories according to the types and purposes of work.

Option 1: classic

This is the so-called banal package with packages. To prevent it from lying around in a heap in a desk drawer, secure it to the back of the desk door or cabinet with two hooks. Place all other packages in it. They can first be folded into a rectangle or triangle.

How to fold a package

It is important that all bags are dry and relatively clean before folding. If moisture or food fat remains in any of them, the bag will lock from the inside and will emit specific odors.

Packaging for bulk products

If you buy cereals, pasta and other bulk products by weight, then using the neck of a plastic bottle can greatly facilitate their storage and use.

1. Cut off the top of the bottle.
2. We unscrew the plug and let the upper part of the bag inside.
3. We wrap the bag outward and tighten the cap.

Now it will be much more convenient for you to measure out the required amount of powder, and there will be no possibility of scattering it all over the kitchen. More visual instructions can be found in the following video.

Option 2: cardboard boxes

Suitable for absolutely anyone, any size. As an idea, you can take a rectangular shoebox. Divide it inside into two or three compartments. And put the bags there according to type or color. As you may be interested.

Or you can use several square boxes of the same size. Before doing this, cover them with decorative paper. It is sold in office supply stores. You can even use adhesive paper. Choose colors to match your kitchen decor. This will complement the interior design of the room. Make small holes in the lids of the boxes so that the bags can be removed through them. Then simply place your bags in each of the boxes and close them. You can secure such cardboard containers with double-sided tape in a place convenient for you. For example, on the window, on the kitchen table, cabinet.

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How to fold T-shirt shopping bags: 7 ways

To ensure that packages take up minimal space, you should not store them scattered. It is much more convenient to carefully fold them and place them in a small box, drawer or organizer.

Packages folded into triangles

The method is quite scrupulous, however, very effective. Each bag needs to be folded separately, and then can be placed in one container.

Action plan:

• Unfold the bag and place it on the table or floor.
• Fold the bag in half lengthwise.
• Repeat to create a narrow strip.
• Fold the corner at the bottom to form a triangle.
• Fold the triangles in the same way up to the top edge with the handles.
• Bend the handles into the hole made from the last triangle.

Now bags and T-shirts will take up minimal space

The hard way

Fold into a tube

Folding the bags a little faster this way. For this:

1. Straighten the plastic and place the bag on the table.
2. Bend the bag lengthwise several times to create a narrow strip.
3. Roll the strip around your fingers.
4. Wrap the resulting tube with handles to secure it.

Envelope

An envelope is convenient for folding bulky and dense packages.

Procedure:

1. Flatten the bag.
2. Fold the bag first horizontally and then vertically.
3. You should end up with a square or small rectangle.

It is convenient to put such blanks in a drawer or box.

One in the other

The method is suitable for storing bags in a container or tissue box.

• Lay the bag flat on the table.
• Fold the bag along a vertical line.
• Start twisting the plastic from the bottom edge.
• Stop where the handle begins.
• Place the second bag folded in half here.
• Continue twisting, adding one bag at a time.
• Place the finished package in a container, pulling the handles of the last package out.

Compact ball

Large bags can be folded and tied with an elastic band

Option 3: plastic bottles

There is an interesting idea to store bags in the kitchen in a plastic bottle. Moreover, the bottle can be of very different sizes from a small liter to a large eggplant. The principle of such storage is simple. You need to turn the empty, clean bottle upside down and cut off the bottom, but not all the way. So that it opens like a lid. Then place your plastic bags in the eggplant. You can stack them one by one. All you have to do is pull out the bags from below through the neck of the bottle. This type of storage is very convenient. It is better to mount a homemade plastic container on the wall in a place convenient for you or on the inside of any cabinet or table door.

You can secure the homemade container with double-sided tape on foam or with a self-tapping screw.

Tips and tricks

With each new trip to the store, the number of packages in the house increases by an order of magnitude. To avoid getting bogged down in a ton of polyethylene, you need to use a few simple rules:

• Before storing packages in the kitchen, you need to check them for integrity. Those with even small holes should be thrown into the trash. It is advisable not to throw them in the trash, but to take them to special recycling centers.
• If possible, it is better to replace plastic bags with biodegradable ones made from organic materials.
• Packages that are planned to be stored for a long time must be perfectly clean, without sticky spots. Otherwise, they may stick together, forming a solid polyethylene lump. Then you will have to throw them all away.

Plastic bags should be in every home for future use. The task of a good housewife is to arrange them in such a way that they do not take up space. Sometimes packages can be played with ideas using a fancy container or other device that will become a worthy element of the interior and decorate the room.

Option 4: bright covers

In this case, you will have to dig around in the mezzanines and cabinets around the house. Surely every family has a couple of covers for folding umbrellas. As a rule, they are lying around unattended. It would be a shame to throw it away. However, we rarely or almost never use them. It’s especially good if the covers are made in different bright colors. You can even ask neighbors or friends for covers. Choose several of these bags to match your furniture and design. Just hang them on hooks on the wall. Place folded bags in there and remove them as needed.

This is how you can store bags in the kitchen, as shown in the photo.

Tidy in a small kitchen

A small kitchen is not a problem if you know how to properly organize it and how to maximize the free space.

Cabinet doors

You can attach special hooks and holders to the cabinet doors. The main thing is to make sure that when closing, things do not come into contact with the shelves, otherwise they will not close. The method also applies to light items, since heavy items can break the holder.

Ends and external walls of kitchen furniture

These useful devices can withstand both potholders with towels and heavy objects: boards, frying pans, various jars of oils

It is important to choose durable holders and secure them well

Internal cabinet machines

The inner wall of the cabinets can also be equipped with various hooks. It is convenient to hang light objects on them: sets of measuring spoons, attachments for household devices, the need for which arises rarely.

Space under wall cabinets

Under the wall cabinets you can place small shelves for all kinds of spices. To do this, screw the lid with screws at the bottom of the cabinet and screw in jars with various bulk products.

Wardrobe under the ceiling

In a small kitchen where it is difficult to turn around, you can take advantage of the free space from the cabinet to the ceiling by installing additional hanging furniture there. It is inconvenient to use, so it is recommended to place things in it that are practically not used in everyday life, for example, holiday and old sets, conservation.

Option 5: plastic containers

In this case, just use whatever plastic container you use the least. Fold the bags into a rectangle or triangle and place them in the container. Remove as needed. If desired, the plastic box can be beautifully decorated on the outside. So it will also become an interesting addition to the interior.

Option 6: handicrafts

If you have time and have a passion for sewing and creativity, then sew homemade bags or pouches for bags. The principle of their operation will be the same as that of umbrella covers. Only here you can choose the size of your handbag or pouch yourself. Cute products can be beautifully placed in the kitchen interior. No one will guess that this is a place to store packages.

Creative ideas

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Throw it away or keep it?

Many people don’t worry about storing packages, so they simply throw them away. And they do it in vain. This is not about “huge” cost savings or the inability to buy a new polyethylene friend - this is pollution of the planet.

A plastic bag takes one or two centuries to decompose. Other scientists claim that the decomposition process lasts a thousand years, and during this time it poisons the environment with toxic compounds.

Since such a household item appeared only in the second half of the last century, it is too early to talk about empirical data.

Bags harm not only nature, but also humans. For example, in Bangladesh they clogged sewers, causing flooding and killing thousands of people. You can often see photographs where turtles or fish are entangled in plastic, unable to get out and suffering from their limited abilities.

Storing polyethylene is not a matter of saving, it is a matter of a healthy attitude towards your planet and yourself. To understand how to store packages beautifully and compactly, you should first understand their classification.