Boring topic, isn’t it? I have been planning to clean out my kitchen for a while. This morning I was thinking about it before I got out of bed and decided I would do it today. Not necessarily all of it, but at least the pantry to begin with …it might look all ok but the tell-tale signs of stuff just shoved in there are clear to see.
It holds so much. This is evident when everything comes out – there is a lot of real estate in there.
Lots and lots of stuff.
I went through everything and tossed a few out of date items (not too many I am happy to say). Lola was watching me with amusement.
Items were grouped and re-installed after a quick wash of the shelves. I kept all of my GF foods together. My breakfast items are in the container on the left – I eat a mix of nuts, seeds, yogurt and fruit and it was tedious getting out all those jars. Tins are to the right of the GF food.
There is a snack area next to the cereals – this is where I will place appropriate foods for the kids to eat. Underneath are baskets with pasta and other dry goods. Pizza trays are in the corner. I will get another 2-3 baskets and place the plastic plates and extra cutlery that we use when entertaining into one of them and put it next to there.
I found some extra space on the bottom of the pantry for my rice cooker and slow cooker – both bulky items that were difficult to pull out of the cupboard they were living in.
I am very happy with it now – it took about 3 hours to do.
I found all these bread tags lurking on the shelves – ewewww – are people lazy or what?
Now my kitchen is clean again – if I hadn’t taken these photos, nobody would believe it happened, especially the people who live here.
And I found a little friend of the insect that we found the other day. It was on the retaining wall next to the front steps and I saw him when I was coming in from the letterbox today. It looks like a juvenile version. I took his picture and left him there.
Now Michele, you know you’re not supposed to use dirty words on the internet! ;p I am up to my ears in housework at the moment also. I’m off Saturday for a week-long quilting retreat on the Oregon coast, and my sis is coming to house/dog/cat sit for me. I’m generally messy, but not dirty, but given the amount of mud the dog tracks in lately, I can’t bear the state of the house. So, I’m cleaning. I hate it, but I have to. Also decided to re-arrange the bedroom while I’m at it. My sis always complains that she trips over the end of my pilates machine when she gets up to pee at night, so I’ve now got it in a corner out of her way. It’s all good! Your kitchen looks fab.