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Posted on July 25, 2007 by Robin Gray | Posted under Self Improvement
Ideas For Decluttering The Kitchen
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Other stuff just doesn't belong in the kitchen, especially if we're tight on space there. Cleaning supplies you use in other rooms, stuff belonging to other people or other rooms, and equipment used only at the holidays could all be stored elsewhere to free up kitchen space. Special-purpose equipment you haven't used for more than a year also comes under this category: if you really will use it again some time, store it somewhere else, otherwise: get rid of it! Then there's the stuff that just seems to accumulate when our backs are turned. Gadgets and small appliances are a common problem here. Do you own small appliances you have never used, or used only one time and never again? Or that are broken and almost certainly will never be fixed? Or maybe you have "As seen on TV" gadgets that never operated as you'd hoped? Many of us also have many duplicates of stuff like can openers, utensils, china and flatware: pick the ones you love the most to keep, get rid of the ones you really will never use, and stash the “just in case" or “spare" pieces outside the kitchen. Oh, and we mustn't overlook the plastic tubs (and their lids, which somehow never match up) and glass jars that we hang on to because they are SO USEFUL! Of course, they are, but how many of them do you really have room for? More are entering the house all the time! Disappointingly, many of us also have a shelf full of recipe cards and cookbooks we never look inside. The photos were - and still are! - so enticing, but we just never had time for making the dishes. Will you - ever? No? Then perhaps someone else should have the chance to benefit from them. With lots of stuff gone, perhaps you now have room to breathe and move in your kitchen. In future, try not to let the clutter collect again, as it will try to do. It's much easier to organize the things you really need and use, once the unneeded stuff is out of the way. About The Author: Robin Gray facilitates local organizing courses in Western Canada and reflects about clutter and organization at Declutter First!, the decluttering and home organization site. |
Tags: DECLUTTER, DECLUTTERING, CLUTTER, ORGANIZING, HOME ORGANIZATION, KITCHEN
