Declutter – Kitchen Cabinet

by Leigh Anne on April 9, 2008

Last week I decided to tackle another “Declutter” project.  I have already shared  my Declutter the Desk project and my Pantry Organization.

Now it was time to tackle the kitchen corner cabinet – do you have one of those?  It is amazing how much stuff you can fit into one!

When you open the cabinet door and look in - it really doesn’t look that bad, does it?  Not totally organized but nothing falls out on you!

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Well, I started pulling things out and  I felt like I was reaching into Mary Poppin’s carpet bag – things just kept coming and coming and coming!  I ended up with this pile on my counter.

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Yikes!  Yes – all of that came out of that small corner cabinet.

An assortment of all kinds of different rubber/plastic containers.  I think there was about 5-6 lids for every one storage container – what happened to all the bottoms???

I decided to get rid of all the storage containers I had – yes, all of them and start over.  I made a donation to Goodwill  and bought a new box of disposable storage containers from Ziploc – love those things.  I also found a really cool food storage container organizer at The Container Store.  It wouldn’t fit in my corner cabinet so I had to clean out one of the bottom cabinets for it to fit into.  I love it!

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My corner cabinet now looks like this….

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It is now the perfect home for my food processor, and a few other kitchen tools I use all the time.  Now really – how many storage containers does one person need?  Have you counted how many you have recently?

What declutter project have you tackled lately?  I am onto my master bedroom and what lurks under the bed!!  Scary!

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1 Tina April 9, 2008 at 4:53 am

I’ve just this week been thinking I need to RE-declutter that darn corner cabinet! I did it last summer and I swear the stuff in there propagates overnight! I’ll do it sometime this week and post it on MY blog! Thanks for the inspiration!

2 Meg April 9, 2008 at 6:26 am

You are definitely inspiring to me! I just did this last week! Maybe now I will move on to my bedroom, yikes!

LOVE, love, love the new look!

3 Cariann April 9, 2008 at 10:31 am

Thanks for the inspiration… I was looking for a small project my youngest and I could do this morning… Off we go to declutter the container cabinet… By the way, if you watch Costco you can get the ziploc containers in a value pack!!

4 Org Junkie April 9, 2008 at 1:37 pm

Beautiful job, the container you purchased is brilliant!!

5 Melinda Groth April 9, 2008 at 9:24 pm

I, too, am thrilled with the new Ziploc storage containers!
Beautiful granite counter tops in the picture!

6 Melinda Groth April 9, 2008 at 9:25 pm

. . . or is it a marble counter top?

7 Jane @ Kidzarama April 15, 2008 at 4:57 am

I had a similar experience recently with my childrens’ toys. I saw these great 5litre plastic containers that were really cheap and immediately grabbed some for a tidy-up during the school holidays.

It gives me such a feeling of achievement to look across from my desk and see them neatly filled, labelled and stacked on the bookshelf. Plus it gave me something new to post about.

~Now I just need to find somewhere new for the books!

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