15 Insanely Cool Ideas for Storing Fresh Produce


Save money and keep your food fresh! Learn how to store fruits and veggies properly. Discover DIY fruit and vegetable storage ideas using simple materials – stands, crates, and hanging baskets.

Storing fresh produce correctly and safely is also a great way to save both your money and your food. Tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, onions, and other non-refrigerated foods, if stored properly, can last for many days. There are numerous creative and budget-friendly DIY produce storage ideas that you can easily implement. A touch of creativity along with some scrap materials is all you need. You can create a vegetable stand, wooden crate drawers, and even hanging wall baskets for storing produce.

#1. Built-in vegetable storage to keep non refrigerator veggies safe from pets.

#2. Paint an old blanket rack and then add some wire baskets to turn it into a farmhouse vegetable stand.

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Easy DIY Potato Stand

Use plastic barrels or buckets and a few boards to craft this stand, perfect for storing your potato harvest from the garden or containers.

Recycled Paper Bag Baskets

Create baskets from old paper bags for extra strength. You can even paint and label them for organization.  Tutorial: craftster

Foldable Wooden Crate for Veggies

Maximize space with versatile wooden crates. This collapsible option is functional and stylish, ideal for items of varying sizes.  Image via: gardeners.com

#3. Hang some wire baskets on a rod that is fixed on the kitchen backsplash.

#4. A potato, onion, bread storage cabinet at the end of the cabinet.

#5. Use reclaimed wood and baskets to create the wall storage for fresh produce.

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#6. Add farmhouse style to the kitchen by replacing cabinet drawers with these old wooden crates.

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#7. Kitchen island with pantry storage for vegetables and fruits.

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#8. Attach wire baskets to the side of the kitchen wall or cabinet.

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#9. Build a multi-layer shelf as produce storage.

DIY tutorial at Ana-White

#10. Woven baskets fixed are in wooden frames.

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#11. Ventilated drawer to store non-refrigerated foods (tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, onions).

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12. Build a produce storage stand with reclaimed wood and some woven baskets.

#13. DIY Stackable Produce Crates

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#14. Add Baskets to an Old Ladder.

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#15. DIY Multi-Tier Wood Produce Stand

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