These are the key giveaways that there is too much stuff in your kitchen.
Laurey W. Glenn
Its likely that you have more things in your kitchen than anywhere else in your home.
Food, dishes, small appliancesit all adds up fast.
Credit:Laurey W. Glenn
Theres no magical threshold.
Becky Marpleis the owner and a professional organizer atBeeNeatin Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Your countertops are cluttered.
You own multiples of everything.
Marples team typically begins an organizing session by pulling every single belonging out and categorizing it all.
While there are certainly use cases for owning multiples of some things (like if youre a chef!
), typically, you only need two of anything, max.
You dont even know what you have.
Youre in a new stage of life.
As you and the people in your household grow older, so do your needs.
Youre combining homes or inheriting hand-me-downs.
Items arent being used.
Its a simple point, but its true.