I just wanted to briefly mention two of the ways I maximize space in my little kitchen. They are both was cabinet retrofit options but they have made an enormous difference in the ability to use the space well. I also easily and quickly installed both of these by myself (no hubby help at all).

The first is a two level pots and pans drawer that pulls out of your cabinet and allows for multiple size pots and pans on the bottom and then space on the top for all the lids. I really love that everything isn't crammed together, getting banged up every time I try to get something out. I really have no clue where we would have put all of our nice cook wear without this. I got this specific unit at Lowes

The second great organization tool I have is a skinny pull out drawer for cookie sheets etc. The skinny cabinet was too narrow to fit anything in and this made it very useful and functional space.

Following the instructions I use rubbing alcohol to wipe the spot on the floor where I want the strip to go, and then snap two of them together and place on the rug and on the floor where I want them. I generally use one strip per corner. For my rugs with a sturdy hard backing I can just attach the strips directly to the bottom of the rug and am done.

For my soft woven flat rug, it doesn't have much structure so I do use a rug pad under it to provide stability in the middle of the rug but I still use the Command strips in the corners. Since my dog loves to careen through the house like Mad Max I had added additional command strips to the corners to help keep them in place as well as using a curved upholstery needle to roughly stitch the strips onto the back of the rug. Since our flat weave rug dose not have a hard backing the command glue doesn't form a very long term bond.

This is a great solution for us because it's easy to un-velcro and move the rug for mopping etc but I know it won't damage my wood floors!