Organizing kitchen maybe not sound like a sexy task but the process of getting things sort out properly can inspire you to want to eat at home more often in turn eat more healthily. Quite often, during the organizing process, I get inspirations for new recipes for myself and my dogs.
Besides, an organized kitchen gives you ample space on the countertop to place ingredients when you cook, with basic condiments placed neatly within reach.
Tips on How to Organize your Kitchen
- To get started, get rid of clutter. If you haven’t used something for a year, thrash it or give it away. There’s no place for chipped dishes, recycled containers you hardly use, or the tea set you didn’t know you had.
- For appliance you seldom use, store them in the cabinet instead of having them take up counter space. Make sure there’s space around the stove for hot dishes as they come out of the oven.
- Spices and seasonings should be placed near your cooking space for ease of access. If you are storing them in drawers and cabinets, line them with shelf liners in case anything spills.
- Examine your shelves and store things like teabags and biscuits in containers and stack them up neatly.
- Canned food should be stored together. Baking ingredients and cake mixes should also go on the same shelf.
- Place detergents and cleaners under the sink, away from places where you store your crockery and utensils. You can also get a basket to hold these general cleaning items and pick them up in one go when you do housecleaning.
Whether you will succeed in getting your kitchen organized depend on these two important tips.
- Your organize time should not be longer than 30 minutes.
- Always work on one area or task at a time.
- For example, if you have 15 minutes to spare everyday; you could organize one top cabinet per day and then slowly work your way to lower drawers, shelves, and work station.
- Or you could go by task instead of working an area at a time. For example, discard unused or broken thing on Saturday. Clean and scrub on Sunday. Next, organize all the things the following weekend.
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