We're working to simplify here so no need to haul everything out of the kitchen cabinets and have a total mess. Start by going through your cabinets and removing broken, chipped and unused items. If there are two people in your home maybe you don't need 15 juice glasses. It isn't always easy but be ruthless....let the duplicates go, decide what is a reasonable amount of each item you need and donate the rest. There are no hard fast rules, you know what will work for you. It helps to ask yourself why you are hanging on to a specific item and if you have some attachment to it or is it there because it has always been there?
Now, take a look at your kitchen. Are your dishes and glasses in a cabinet near your dishwasher for easy unloading? Pots and pans near the stove? All baking items together? Trash bags near the trash can? Start working toward like items together and in the most logical place. Seldom used items can go in the cabinet over the fridge or high places. Save your most convenient space for what you use most. Swap things around until they work for you. I like my mugs we use everyday in the cabinet with my coffee supplies while my cups and saucers are in the cabinet with the plates and bowls.
Don't the drawers seem to always be the worst? I have two. One for silverware and one for cooking utensils. My husband built dividers in both so like items live together. I would love a big deep drawer for dishtowels and pot holders but must make do stacking them in a cabinet. I could put the utensils in a crock on the counter but space is an issue. My silverware drawer has a section for a skinny pad of paper for grocery lists, a pen, scissors and the few odd and end things that always wind up in the kitchen. I don't have a junk drawer because they always end up being a place to dump things instead of putting them where they belong. Sound familiar?
Take your time or do it all at one time. You will be surprised how quickly your kitchen will come together. Letting go of what you never use frees up your space for what you use and enjoy. It really is simple. And don't be discouraged if the first sweep doesn't have your kitchen in perfect order. It may take a few times but little by little, each step along the way brings you closer to a more organized, workable, simply irresistible kitchen.
If you have specific needs send me a comment and lets work on them together.
