Look quick! Clean cabinets & drawers:)

I spent last week getting my kitchen together. 

I thought I would share the fruits of my labor before the kids mess it up again:)

This is the bench at my kitchen table.  Before I decluttered this was full of old Play dough, kids art work from 9 - 10 years ago, dried up markers, generally a huge disaster.  Most of the contents of this went into the garbage.

I love that now all of my platters are in one place and I can pick without breaking everything:)

My food pantry oh where do I start?  I think I through away three garbage bags full of yuck from these cabinets~

Do you guys have this problem where kids put half eaten things back in the pantry?  Food wrappers?  Empty boxes?

This is my cook book and tea area.  I had tea bags in here that I bought when we moved into our house 14 years ago.  I think the garbage will smell wonderful!

This cabinet has all of my white china and my coffee stuff.  I am embarrassed to say that I had a lot of coffee on the shelf!  I will make an effort to rinse that scooper before I put it away in the morning:)

I gave away to Goodwill nine wine glasses, seven cups and two mugs.  Can't you feel the cabinet sighing in relief.

At last I can find big serving spoons:)

Oh and I had to put two opened wax paper boxes in the storage closet.  Hmmmmm, why did I have three opened boxes of wax paper?

I don't even remember how many lids and plastic containers I got rid of because none of them matched.

And look, I have four thermoses!  I kept buying more because I couldn't find any.

I can actually  move this corner caddy in a circle now:)

I filled two grocery bags full of Wayne's "stuff".  Things like a box of screws, duct tape, tools, caulking, glue.  All of these were thrown in here and ready to fall.  I am now asking myself why we need two lean grills.

That plastic bowl in the front is full of measuring spoons.  Do you think I have too many?  Again, I kept buying more because I could never find one when I needed it.

Yes, I do have a lot of white plates!  If you ever need to borrow any, you know where to look:)

This concludes my cabinet and drawer show.  I am so happy to know where everything is in my kitchen:)  I know I still have a lot I could get rid of but it is a great start:)

I hope your Wednesday was a good one.

~Dena:)