Hi everyone, it's Alejandra.
And I am in my kitchen in front of the dishwasher and I'm going to show you guys how I like
to organize and store all my dishes in the dishwasher.
It seems to be like the great debate inside our house how to put dishes away inside the
dishwasher.
Like Ed likes to - when he does the dishes and I'm so thankful he does the dishes but
when he does them, he just kind of puts them anywhere inside the dishwasher.
He'll put a bowl with the mugs, he'll put a plate with bowls, and they're not really
categorized.
And so when the next meal comes or when the next time comes to clean up the kitchen, I'll
come here or I'll come to the sink area and the dishwasher and start shuffling things
around, start categorizing just because it bothers me so much and I just feel like if
things aren't sorted properly in the dishwasher then space is wasted and I want to try to
maximize space.
So yeah, so I'm going to show you exactly how I like to do it.
OK.
So here's my dishwasher and I'm going to show you guys the top rack first.
OK.
So this is the top rack of the dishwasher.
And the top rack is where I keep all of the cups and the bowls only.
Those are the only two things that I store at the top rack of the dishwasher.
I always put all of the glasses and the cups on the very side of the dishwasher because
they seem to just fit perfectly on the sides.
And then I put all the bowls in the middle.
And you'll notice that I put all the same glasses together and then all the same cups
together and all the same bowls together and then all the same bowls together, which by
the way, these are my favorite bowls.
These are made by Crate & Barrel.
They're from the outlet.
I think they are called like the Confetti Bowls.
I just love them.
I love the colors.
I love - I don't know.
They're just fun.
OK.
So I sort everything by category.
When you sort everything by category, I feel like it saves space.
Like if you look at these glasses, there's really not much wasted space in between each
one.
The same thing with the bowls, there's really not much wasted space.
And yeah, I could fit like a few more things right here which if I'm about to run the load,
I'll see what else I can fit in the sides.
But this is pretty standard how I organize the top rack.
OK.
And then the bottom rack of the dishwasher is where I store all of the plates, the bigger
bowls.
So yeah, small bowls here and then the bigger bowls down here, and then all of the eating
utensils.
And you'll see that I never put any pots, pans, or Tupperware or serving utensils inside
the dishwasher.
I just feel like they're too big, they're too bulky and I rather hand wash them and
reserve the dishwasher space for the everyday stuff like the plates, the small plates, the
small bowls, and then the utensils, and the cutting board.
So yeah, OK.
So I always put all the cutting boards in the very back here which I guess is kind of
like the front if you're looking at it from this angle.
And then I put the big square plates in front of the cutting board followed by the smaller
plates and then our Confetti colorful plates on this side.
And does it always stay like this?
No, not really because we use different plates and bowls and eating utensils every single
day but this is what it looks like for a normal load.
And then for the forks and knives, what I like to do is categorize them when I put them
inside the dishwasher.
So I'll put all the big spoons together, the little spoons together, the big forks, the
small forks, and then the knives over here.
And I like to zigzag them like you'll see this spoon is facing forward, this one is
upside down because I feel like if you zigzag them, then you're going to not have all the
spoons facing the same way like this and then they're not going to get cleaned.
So zigzag them and then categorize them.
And it just makes it a lot easier when you're putting things away because you can just grab
all the spoons and then just put them away in your drawer.
It's not like sorting because you're not having to store when you're putting them away, if
that makes sense.
OK.
And then this right here and then that space right there, I usually reserve for like the
odd-shaped things like we only have two of these big bowls which by the way, these are
my favorite bowls, well, besides the Confetti ones.
I actually painted this myself.
This is a watermelon.
I love this one.
And then this is an orange one.
I actually just made this one like two months ago.
These are like the bowls that we use when we have - when Ed and I have jumbo ice cream
sundaes like it's a huge bowl for an ice cream sundae, isn't it?
But it's so much fun.
We just totally gorge sometimes.
And so, that's the bottom rack.
And again, categorize everything because it's going to save time when you're putting things
away and you're going to - I think you're going to save space if you categorize it,
when you're putting things inside the dishwasher.
OK.
Is that a little weird that I like to organize and shuffle stuff around the dishwasher?
You guys can let me know if that's weird or maybe you do the same thing.
Who knows?
Leave a comment below or create a video response and let me know.
And if you want more organizing tips, you can visit my website at Alejandra.TV.
I'll see you guys soon.
Bye!