# 10 Tips For Decluttering And Organising Your Kitchen

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/lifestyle/food/10-tips-for-decluttering-and-organising-your-kitchen/
- Published: 2017-01-05T14:00:28+11:00
- Author: Caroline Duncan

## _There are lots of areas in the house that can become hot-spots for clutter to accumulate… and the kitchen seems to be one of them._

From having a pantry that’s out of control, to too many cooking utensils you bought
on a K-Mart bender, to the kids using your counters as a place to dump everything,
from Pokemon cards and school work to random bits of broken toys, it can often feel
like staying on top of the clutter is a never ending chore.

If the struggle is real for you, here are some awesome hacks to try to get your 
kitchen back under control.

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## 1. Declutter your counters

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Get rid of the clutter and keep it away for good… if you need an incentive to keep
on it, think of this: messy counter tops can compel you to eat more, according to
researchers who found women with messy kitchens (filled with newspapers, dishes,
bills and so on) ate twice as many bikkies and snacks as women with clean counter
tops who had access to the same snacks. They found the difference was linked to 
how stressed the women felt.

## 2. Get rid of everything you don’t need

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This is probably a no-brainer, but you need to hear it. If you have all sorts of
crazy gadgets you never use (hello, pie maker!), you need to let it go. This includes
random plastic lids, dented old pots and pans that have seen better days, excess
cooking utensils, and all of those other things taking up valuable cupboard, drawer
and counter top space. Purge it. Be ruthless.

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 Caroline Duncan

 Caroline Duncan is a freelance journalist and photographer with almost 20 years'
media experience in radio, magazines and online. She is also a mother of three daughters,
and when she's not writing or taking pictures, she's extremely busy operating a 
taxi service running them around to various activities. She can't sew and hates 
housework.

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