Decluttering project, Sunday, 1/23/11: kitchen shelves
What got tossed/donated in this round, an ice shaver and a tin of old unused silverware.
Decluttering project, Sunday, 1/23/11: kitchen shelves, after.
Tea is now all tidied up into two bins, with extra shelf space for bananas, potatoes, and a basket or cloth napkins.
This whole shebang took about 15 minutes, and now I know what food is in stock again, instead of a mystery avalanche of snackfoods on the top shelf, waiting to fall on my head when I try to find the almonds.
Decluttering project, Sunday, 1/23/11: Kitchen pantry shelves, before.
Lower kitchen shelf, this contains what are supposed to be my baskets of teas, our cloth napkins, and food wrapping supplies.
I needed to swap out some items between this and the top shelf, get rid of some items, and add in some better storage containers.
Decluttering project, Tuesday, 1/18/11: cookbooks, after.
Timed myself, and this took under 9 minutes. I was able to move a few cookbooks over from another spot in the kitchen, and tidied up my messy pile of nuts in bulk bags from the grocery. Not an earth-shattering difference, but it’ll help.
Got rid of anything I hadn’t used or looked at (or remembered that I owned) in a year, and I’ll be revisiting this for another culling in a few months.
I’m always amazed at what you can get done in 15 minutes.
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The junk drawer (and lower cabinet) in my kitchen will have its day of reckoning soon. First, I want to make a space in my laundry room for all of the junk that’s not junk, like batteries, tape, and hardware.
