So I think my husband was right, the basement was the hardest to accomplish and maybe we shouldn't have started with that but he did make a good point. I'm a, rip the band aid off quick, kinda gal. I prefer to run a full speed and then walk during my workouts, and that's the method I chose for this task.
So now it's smooth sailing. Well... it's easier.
The kitchen is probably the most used room the house (aside from the bathroom). We are in their all the time. However, when we moved into our house almost 6 years ago, I was 8+ months pregnant (and actually had the baby 1 week after we moved in), so I had to rely on the help of family and friends to put things away in the kitchen. And here we are 6 years latter and not much has changed. So I still have problems reaching items I use all the time and have to dig around items I rarely use.
Because of that to start with I reorganized the food cabinets moving items to the top shelves that my husband (who is 6' 2") uses and items that I (a mere 5' 3") use regularly to the lower shelves. We also found that we had 2 open containers of the same bread crumbs and 2 half used bags of powdered sugar. So after some consolidation and reorganizing things make much more sense in those cabinets.
I didn't do as good a job with pictures in the kitchen because I was being productive and I choose to ride the productivity train instead of the make the best blog possible train. That and my husband had the kids outside playing so I had the Pandora tunes cranked, was working at full tilt and I forgot to take pictures.
But I do have some so I'll share them with you.
I did some organizing, consolidating and getting rid of items in my cabinets. The spice cabinet was the most scary to open before this, it was always a guess what would fall on you (so be prepared).
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The next cabinet I didn't take a before picture of (sorry but trust me it was scary). I also don't understand how a clean cabinet that you put clean dishes in gets so dirty but needless to say YUK was the right word for what I cleaned out of the bottom of that cabinet (and all the others).
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This one holds many dishes I use a lot and I just love to take all the dishes out to get the bottom dish when needed.... NOT. Now it is much more functional and I only actually took 3 things out of this cabinet.
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Now here is the before and after picture of my kitchen.
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Some things you may not notice is the decreased clutter on top of the cabinets and the larger amounts of counter space and less wasted space. Believe me it's all there. I implemented "centers" into my kitchen and so far 24 hours latter it has revolutionized my kitchen experience. Before I always did my baking in the same spot (kinda near where my Kitchen Aid mixer is), but kept my flour and sugar canisters on the other side of the kitchen sink. I kept pens and tape (for marking sippy cups and items for school) and some sticky notes in a bin over near my fruit and the "baking" area and the rest of the "paper work" stuff on the other side of the kitchen. Basically my kitchen didn't make sense. So now I have "Centers."
I have a "command center," for phone messages, lunch stuff and bills/mail items.
We have a "cooking center," with easy access to cooking sprays, wines, utensils etc...
And my favorite area in the kitchen the "baking center." Flour, sugar, Kitchen Aid Mixer, and other baking things all in one area. And my Bear cookie jar is the perfect place for me to prop my Nook while I fallow recipes on it.
Completing this project in such a quick amount of time has me so excited to do the other rooms of the house. But they will wait a bit because all this stirring up dust these last few days has stirred up my allergies so I'll be resting for a few days.
Other Purges
Project Purge: Basement Edition
Project Purge: Master Bedroom Edition
Project Purge: Kids Room Edition
Project Purge: Office Edition
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