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By Samuel Murray
By now, the surface areas of your kitchen are clean. Just a
few
more steps and you’re done in this room!
11. We’re gonna get down and dirty here: under your sink! Most
people keep cleaning supplies under there; some keep garbage
cans, and still others, appliances. No matter what’s under
your
sink, tackle it! If it’s cleaning supplies, look and see what
you’ve used and never used and what’s just dried out and old.
Pitch what you don’t use, won’t use, or is old. Organize your
cabinet in the way that’s best suited to you—what you use the
most up front, what’s less-frequently used in back. If you
don’t have a dishwasher, remember to leave room for your empty
dishpan to collect dirty dishes.
12. Next is your dish cabinet(s). However many of them you
have, you probably don’t use everything in them. Be brutally
honest here: if you haven’t used it recently, you probably
don’t need it. And I’m certain that if you offered it to
someone else who was just starting out, they *could* use it.
Consider looking up a Freecycle group in your area
(www.freecycle.org) and joining. It’s free and keeps
things that still have life in them (but no use in your home)
going around. Pare down to 8-12 place settings with your
dishes; serving dishes are necessary, but no one needs 7
serving dishes that are the same size. If you’re cramped for
space, consider how much more relaxed you’ll be when you open
your cabinets and can actually FIND what you’re looking for!
Organize your shelves in the way that best suits your family
needs—it doesn’t have to be perfect, just useful.
13. Hit your spice cabinet next. I recently went through my
spice cabinet and was shocked at how much I had (duplicates!)
and didn’t use—and I’m a born-organized person! Pitch what you
don’t use or is out of date. Consolidate in to smaller
bottles,
if possible. Use lazy-susans if applicable to your cabinet
space.
14. Finally, go through your appliance/baking cabinet. If you
don’t bake cheesecakes, why keep the springform pan? Do you
have 12 cookie sheets? Three or four is as many as one family
needs—even if you have two ovens, each only has 2 shelves. One
sheet is on one oven shelf, so 4 would max out your ovens. Do
you have broken appliances? Pitch ‘em! Put what you use in
front, and things used less-often towards the back, but still
in reach.
Whoo hoo! Now your cabinets are organized! And by now, your
entire kitchen should look as if it’s had a mini-makeover!
Congratulations!
About The Author: This article courtesy of
www.kitchen-remodeling-shopper.com
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