It's Almost That Time of Year...

With the Holidays right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about organizing the one room where you will be investing a lot of your time. The Kitchen!

Starting to organize your kitchen is truly a cabinet by cabinet process. You will follow many of the same basic rules as organizing any part of your house.

1.       Start from the end of your kitchen and work your way around moving bottom to top with the cabinets.

2.       Give yourself a clear counter space to work with. An island top is ideal, but if you do not have one, try a large counter space or place a blanket on the floor to work with for the bottom cabinets.

3.       Open the cabinet and take everything out (it won’t be as scary as it sounds promise!)

4.       Begin creating categories for like items i.e. pots together, Tupperware together et. The purpose of this will be to make sure all like items are grouped in the same cabinet. So when you are re-shelving, make sure that only like items are placed back on the shelf. Has you work your way around the kitchen you may find more of the same items in other areas, these can then be placed with their counterparts in the same cabinet.

5.       Try to shelve according to usage. If you have items that you use on a daily basis, make sure that those are easily accessible to you. Any items that are not used often can be top shelved i.e. Fine China et.

6.       Organize things in a way that will be easy to maintain. Your organizing does not have to look perfect; it just has to be functional for you. Keeping everything grouped is the main key to finding everything easily.

7.       Keep up your organization. The best way to keep up your kitchen organization is to maintain your organization every time you do the dishes. When going through the organizing process involve your family, so that they know where things should go.

Another great company I have found for kitchen organization is Shelf Genie. They provide you with custom made glide out shelving for your kitchen. This is a great investment if you have deep kitchen cabinets that make it hard to reach all your items. They also supply great Glide Out drawers for your pantry as well!

This weeks reccommended link!

http://www.wikihow.com/Organize-a-Kitchen