Further, take some before and after pictures and share what you've done with me, and I'll add them to the site so we can all celebrate your accomplishments.
Knife block is a new (used) addition bought from the thrift store, so is the beautiful pitcher holding the spatulas and such. Totally freed up drawer space which will help in the coming challenges.
Got rid of my old dish drain, it was the basic plastic one and replaced it with this beauty Santa got me from Costco :-)
A little hook I screwed under the cabinet and a chip clip is holding up my rubber gloves. The flower brush in a cute plastic container
Alison says:
I live in an apartment, and my itty bitty kitchen is (WAS) always a mess.
I was so excited to start this challenge that I forgot to take before pictures.
But honestly. I am so embarrassed. Just imagine the worst possible scenario and it probably looks good compared to what mine was.
I am NEVER letting it get like that again, so honestly, I'm glad I don't have the before pictures.
I don't even want to think about it when I can look at my organized, clean, clutter free kitchen!
Taylor says:
Alison, you did a wonderful job. You really should be proud of your accomplishments!
My super clean kitchen #2 cause it doesn't fit in one picture
What I got rid of: a knife holder, a chandelier, a broken bowl, 3 knives, a vinegar holder...
Today I cleared off my kitchen counters, my table and sink!
It was quite easy because I don't really like to cook, so I don't have a lot of small appliances in there.
I don't have any pictures of my kitchen before, but I took a picture of what I got rid of and one of my kitchen free of those items and clear of any dirty dishes, cause there was a lot! (plumbing problem over the week-end... so I have not been able to wash anything during 3 days in a row.... ouash!)
So now I have taken possession of my kitchen again, here are the pictures!
Bry from Team Collard showed two after pictures after doing this challenge.
Great job Bry!
Have You Been Inspired To Organize Your Home Now?
I hope these transformations from cluttered to fabulous have inspired you to work on your own kitchens.
In fact, why don't you get your whole house organized? You can by joining the 52 Week Organized Home Challenge today. Over the course of a year you can work on each room of your home, and specific types of items, slowing getting everything decluttered and organized.
Further, if you specifically want to organize your kitchen counters take Week #1's Challenge which is specifically about this task.
this year my counters had hardly anything to fix up by: Jenny R
Thank you Taylor for the Declutter calendar - this is the third year I have started in January and I am really pleased that this year my counters had hardly anything to fix up thanks to the previous decluttering, so this year I will focus on the evening reset habits to try and dry and put away dishes for that clear kitchen in the morning which puts a big smile on my face 😀
( I haven’t persisted past January previously 😚 so this year am going to try to consolidate the daily decluttering habit for the whole year 😄)