Only once you've decluttered all of your bathroom cabinets or closet shelves should you begin the next part of this process, which is to organize all of these items. The reason you declutter completely first, is that you may have similar or like items stashed in a couple of cabinets, an...
I'm repeating this, because it is such a big deal -- do not try to tackle all of your kitchen cabinets or shelves at once. You will regret it. Instead, choose only one smaller area to work on. Yes, it may seem like you'll backtrack this way, when you come across yet another ...
Open kitchen shelving began in the early 30s in the US. It was during the Great Depression when home kitchens chose open shelves over covered cabinets. Then, it wasn’t about style but convenience. Open shelving offers easy and quick access to tableware. The Most Common Kitchen Shelf Ideas...
What do you Put on open shelves? This is all up to your personal preference. The location of my open shelves is where the cabinet that held my cups was. I loaded the lower shelf with glasses and mugs, The middle shelf with lesser-used glassware, and the top shelf is mostly knick-knac...
You know how you wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time? Chances are the contents in your kitchen cabinets follow the same pattern. Take five days (or five hours or five weeks!) to follow these steps and go from towers of Tupperware to a clutter free kitchen with neat shelves and...
If you aren’t trying to reuse or donate your old cabinets, you can speed up the process by using a crowbar to remove the doors, but you’ll want to wear gloves and goggles. Remove shelves if possible. If you plan to reuse your cabinets, take these additional steps before moving on ...
The idea was to go with an open plan look for the top cabinets that I hoped would brighten and lift the flow of the room, you know, like I mention in my book. But of course, as I rent, I wasn’t about to rip everything out and install wall shelves. So I had to figure out ...
Organizing your kitchen cabinets is similar to organizing any room in your home, and before you put permanent practices in place, it's always a good idea to take stock of what you have and pare down, pare down, pare down. Here's how to properly organize
Start by taking the cabinets apart. Remove the doors. Next, take out the shelves, and remove all the hardware. Put any hardware you plan to reuse in a safe place. This will ensure that you can find the hardware when it's time to put the cabinets back together again. ...
•Move appliances back into place, and maybe clean out your cabinets/ drawers if you’re feeling productive… without the cabinet doors, my kitchen shelves looked like a disaster, yikes!! DAY 5: PUT KITCHEN BACK TOGETHER Now that all of the painting is done and over with *phew* it’s...