I was inspired by soapfaerie's recent post about reorganizing the pantry. It made me conscious of how much time I spend hunting for things, or picking something up to get to another thing. I realized further that since we are gifted with a rather large closet-style pantry, it has become the depository for all sorts of stuff that doesn't belong there!

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How should I organize my recycle items in my kitchen? Should I use I separate trash can? My kitchen is a little small? I don't want too much clutter in there. Ideas? Thanks!

Just wondering what you use to store your "under the kitchen sink" cleaning items.

I have a ton, and I'd like to see them a little more organized. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I posted looking for a dish drainer rack that would fold up and out of the way to preserve my limited counter space. I ended up finding one that is working perfectly and wanted to share....it's from Ikea, though we don't have Ikea stores here so I bought if off Ebay for 14 plus shipping. Was the best 20 bucks I've ever spent ( Read more... )

So, when one is organizing a kitchen, and trying to get rid of some things, how does one go about deciding what cookware to keep and what to give away. Especially if that someone doesn't "bake" to much. Does she really need 3 metal and 2 glass loaf pans? What is the best to keep?

If a mess is going to develop, it's going to be on my kitchen counter. The narrow breakfast bar ends up cluttered with mail, photos and purse-emptyings. I eventually get so overwhelmed that it all gets swept into a big pile and dumped into a cloth basket to "be sorted later" and well, that never seems to happen ( Read more... )

I am going to take the fly lady challenge. I am so excited to go home and clean my sink...LOL ( Read more... )