3 Tips For a Tidier Kitchen
A tidy kitchen is more than just aesthetically pleasing—it’s more hygienic and functional. Not to mention, the cleaner you keep it, the less likely you are to have to call a plumber, or an exterminator.
Yet, anyone who has ever cooked before knows how much work tidying up after us. Yes, it can be time-consuming to keep your kitchen impeccable, but you’ll find that with the right tips, it doesn’t have to be a lot of work.
If you’re one of those people who feels like your kitchen is always in disarray, here are some of the best tips for a more organized and tidier kitchen space.
Declutter
When you cook, do you find yourself scrambling to find what you need? Is everything spread out in multiple directions with no rhyme or reason? It sounds like you’ve got a clutter issue. The first step towards an organized cooking space is getting rid of the clutter and getting organized.
Take a look at your kitchen as a whole, and decide what realistically needs to be kept out, and what could be put away. For example, do you really need your knife sharpener on the counter next to the toaster? Do you realistically sharpen your knives every single day? Probably not.
Only keep things on your counters that you use on a daily basis. The rest can be stored away, and organized in its respective place. This won’t just make things easier to find, but it will look a lot tidier when you walk into your kitchen.
Invest In Efficient Storage
Sometimes our kitchens aren’t equipped to organize everything we keep in them. For this reason, we have no other choice but to pile things on top of each other. In this case, you need to take matters into your own hands.
Purchasing efficient storage solutions can be a game changer for transforming chaos into order. From installing shelves to using storage compartments, maximizing your space and implementing a system will help you stay organized.
Clean Right Away
We’ve all been guilty of it at least once–- we make something to eat, and after all of that effort, the last thing we feel like doing is cleaning up. With the intention of digesting in peace, and resting after a long cooking session in the kitchen, we put off cleaning until another time.
Unfortunately, this leads to more and more dishes piling up, and often a foul smell. Instead of letting the dishes pile up, clean as you go. After you use a dish, wash it! After you use a utensil, put it away!
Get into the habit of regularly cleaning instead of procrastinating. In truth, by cleaning in small bursts rather than what do you things pile up, you’ll find that you spend much less time cleaning in the kitchen.
