I was flipping through my HGTV Magazine (which has got to be my new co-favorite magazine - along with Country Living - both of which may or may not be part of my favorite things giveaway next week...shhhh) and they had a little snippet with under-the-sink photos from some of their contributors...I was totally inspired...
If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, you may already know that my kitchen is the complete opposite of awesome. Our cabinets are in weird places, and we have virtually NO counter space...this makes for a challenge when storing stuff...and by challenge, I mean it's a no-fun, next-to-impossible task.
Here...let me show you. And try not to gag.
PLEASE do not tell me I'm the only one with cabinets who look like this...pleeeeeeease.
These are 2 of the cabinets I have for stuff storage...now, I realize that my lack of organization is not the cabinet's fault...but, because they can't defend themselves, I will blame them...
I was tired of the balancing act I was perfecting in the larger cabinets. I can't tell you just how many times I pulled out a bowl or something and 3 other things came flying out toward me...scary stuff.
I emptied out the cabinets entirely (no small feat), took out the things I rarely use but can't part with(like the fondue pots - I don't think I've even taken these down for the past 8 years) and put them in a bigger storage cabinet in the garage. I also re-evaluated just how many plastic storage bowls I needed and chucked the overflow. I tried to keep like items together (novel idea, huh?) and put the things I use the most toward the bottom...here's what I have now...
I feel like a weight's been lifted. And it really took only about 1/2 hour...Ty was playing Angry Birds on my phone (did you know they have that for Android now? Am I the last to know?) so he didn't even try to "help" - which was the biggest help of all...(smile).
Now I have all of my fun plates (the single ones I love for photos and serving) in one area...
...AND I found this awesome little black metal container (shoved waaaaay in the back) that now is holding my leftover bowl lids...
Now, on to my spice cabinets...
Do you have anything in your kitchen that could use 30 minutes of attention?
