
People keep all sorts of things in their kitchen so I thought I'd start with a couple of things collectors collect.
What does a Tyrosemiophiles collect?
What does a Sucrologists collect?
I promise to provide the answer at the end of this week's message.
As with all areas of your house, the first thing you need to think about is, what does your future look like. Are you planning on still having lots of people round for dinner? Is it likely your new kitchen will be bigger or smaller? Will you still have outside space and need items such as BBQ tools.
Spending time reducing your kitchen items will not only help make your move that little bit less stressful, but it will also save time in packing and unpacking
Decluttering your kitchen can also help sell a property. The kitchen is such an important part of the home and potential buyers need to feel and think that your kitchen would be suitable for them. So, imagine someone was going to open up your cupboards and drawers, does it give the impression of space or cluttered?
Step 1: Assess your Kitchen
Evaluate the current state of your kitchen to identify clutter. Do you have lots and lots of items, duplicates or things you haven't used for a long time. Just get that initial view of your kitchen.
Make yourself a list of all the areas you want to address. You may want to prioritise this list with what you want to start with first. This could be items you haven't used or things you definitely wouldn't want to take with you.
Step 2: Declutter cabinets and drawers
Remove any items that do not work, are not being used or unlikely to be used in the future. Are you a collector of something and these are just taking up space. These are likely to be items that you can dispose of prior to putting your house on the market.
Step 3: Tackle the Worktops
Clear off any unnecessary items from the worktops. What items are rarely used? Is there somewhere else they could be kept. If necessary find storage solutions so that the worktops look neat and organised.
Step 4: Address the food cupboards
Sort your the cupboard, checking for any expired goods or soon to expire. It's so easy to just put new items in at the front but at this stage it's important for the cupboard to look presentable. Therefore it is now that you need to arrange your items in a systematic way and a way that would show to others that there is logic to the set up of the kitchen.
Step 5: Have designated places
Walk around your kitchen and see if it is clear that everything has a designated place. For example does it make sense where the cups, tea bags and the kettle are located? Do you have items placed in a range of cupboards? Are items that are used frequently kept in an easy to reach place.
Step 6: Keep it going
Now you have your presentable kitchen, it's important to keep this in place while you sell your home. This is a great time to make dishes where you can use the food you already have in the house.
Enjoy sorting out your kitchen and keeping it organised.
OK now I'm going to reveal the answer to my Collection questions
Tyrosemiophiles collect the labels off Camembert cheese
Sucrologists collect little sugar packets that you see in restaurants
Have a great week
Vicki
Organised and Proud
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