- Hi guys welcome back to my channel.
So I have been nesting like crazy.
Some of you will know that I'm 38 weeks
pregnant now and I really have been nesting
and cleaning and sorting
so today I wanted to show you how
I have cleaned my kitchen and organized things
I have used some really cheap storage solutions,
mostly from Poundland and Ikea
so really really reasonable and it was just
really time for me to have like an overhaul.
So I thought I would share it with you
because I personally love videos like this
and you guys seem to loved my utility sort out
and my under the sink sort out as well.
So this is now kitchen and I will
give you a full kitchen tour as well
so here we go.
Right so this is our kitchen,
it is very much a part of our main
like living space so I love that the boys
can play there and I can always be doing stuff
in the kitchen, it's like a pink and gray theme
and I think I'm going to start out
by showing you what's in this sideboard
'cause I posted a picture on Instagram
of this spice rack, hold on here.
Everyone went crazy for it
and it even got copied onto the Daily Mail
Femail online, it is Andrew James
and I bought it on Amazon.
We measured it and made sure that it would fit
perfectly in this cupboard so that it's on the door
but it closes perfectly so now you just open
it up and all of our spices are here
and they are lined up and I had so many duplicates
so I ended up putting like two into one
or and I even alphabetized them
and then down here we have all of our sachets
like we always use these sachets with like
fish and with like fajitas and stuff like that.
So it is so organized.
And then I had a good chuck out of all of our canned
goods and things in this cupboard.
We had so much rubbish
and I don't know why it was sort of sat in here
but now I've tried to like
put products that are the same together
so you can see that I have really been over buying.
I have so many of the same things.
I think I can probably stop buying baked beans now
I have so many cans.
I also went a bit crazy and I even got
like a label maker.
I got this Dymo label maker
which is totally unnecessary
but so much fun and so satisfying
and me and my eldest son Fraser
have gone around like labeling everything
to the point where it's running out of ink now
but anyway I'll link it down below
if you're interested.
To clean this sideboard out I took everything out of it
and I put it right into the middle of the floor
so that I could see how much stuff was there.
There was so much stuff and there was so
much stuff that shouldn't have even been
in the kitchen.
Like things that were really,
would sit better in my desk
or my bedroom.
I found pregnancy tests like it was just so weird.
So by putting it all out on the floor
I could see where other things should go
see what should be chucked out that I never use.
Then we had loads of stuff for baking
so I've made all of this like the baking section.
I got this little tub for our smaller baking things
from Ikea and then I got this little thing
from the pound shop and I have decided
to keep all of our herbal teas in it.
We had boxes and boxes of herbal tea
but now I've just taken zip lock Baggies
cut the labels out and stuck the tea bags
into the zip lock Baggies and you can see
exactly what we have now
but there is so much more space
because there aren't just loads and loads of boxes.
So in these three cupboards there was just so much rubbish
so I had a good clear out and now the top one
is home to all of our like larger utensils.
These used to sit on the side of the kitchen over there
in a pot but really they were always in the way
and there were so many, too many for the pot
so now we've made this drawer just for them
and it's really nice to have them hidden.
This drawer now is just home to all of our zip lock
bags I use these all the time for snacks
particularly these little ones
from Ikea I just love them
for just days out and packing snacks and things.
I get all of those from Ikea
and our straws which again
I was way overbuying I had so many straws.
Then in this bottom drawer I have loads
of birthday cards and tape
and ribbon and things like that
because we always have a kids party to go to
so now that all has a home.
And then on this side of the sideboard,
I have put all of our casserole dishes
together but I did chuck out some
that I just never even used so these are all
the ones that I actually use
and as well our larger like salad bowls
and things they're all together now.
I've put a few random things at the back.
Down here is a little bit miscellaneous
as well but now it's nice that like
his lunch box has a place to stay,
the straws that we're using,
the measuring cups and things like that.
Onto these cupboards,
I had a good clear out of these ones
as well.
One thing I wanted to show you was our microwave
which is hidden in a cupboard.
When we had this kitchen made six years ago,
we couldn't afford like an integrated microwave
to be like in the unit so we ended up measuring
and having a shelf made and buying
a 20 pound Tesco's microwave and hiding it back
so it wouldn't be just like on the side.
So that is hidden with power.
Then I reorganized our plates
so that it's easier for us to use.
These are all staying here,
our larger cups are in the back
because we tend to use some of the smaller cups
that are normally here but they're in the dishwasher now.
I chucked out loads of mugs.
We had so many mugs that we never
even used and you know you just accumulate
them over time but you have your favorites.
So chucked out loads of those,
put all of our bowls up there.
And then I turned this shelf
into like the kids shelf
because like before
all of their cutlery and things
were down in this lazy Susan.
But it was really hard to see
and I actually reached for their stuff
more than anyone's 'cause I feel like
I'm just forever feeding them all the time.
So their plates that are now in the dishwasher
are normally here so it's plates bowls,
their cups, all of their like plastic
cutlery is there.
Yeah and then I got a bin like this
from Poundland and the chalk labels are
from Amazon and I just put all of my
favorite cups of theirs in here
because they're always everywhere
and I feel like now they've got a home
it just looks so much tidier
and cleaner so they all go there.
And then I put three more bins like that
from Poundland.
Yeah I know this might seem really random
but I had so many candles that it warranted
a whole storage bin.
Sweets I've put them up really nice and high
so that the boys can't reach them
and I love these Poundland things
because although I'm really short
I can like stick a finger in there
and pull them down so all of their
sweeties and stuff are now in there.
Randomly we were just buying and buying
loads of salt and pepper.
Who needs this much salt and pepper
like every time we must have run out
we must have bought a brand new one.
That all has a home.
And I had a good sort out of this cupboard.
It was basically mostly dry things
like pasta and rice so I got a few containers
like this from Ikea which are great
for just housing loads of stuff like that.
And our brown rice packets that I use.
Our oil and salt which we use a lot of
is just there and then
I've used another Ikea caddy like this
for all of our vinegar and oils
and other things that we use
maybe less often.
I turned the top shelf into a place
for our cookbooks because they used
to sit on the counter but they were
in the way so I've put them up there
and then I've also put our squash up there
which I use all the time but now it's nice
to have them off of the counter
and I've put all of our stock cubes
just in a little glass pot like that
with a label.
I kept our fruit bowl out on display
because I do feel like we eat so much more fruit
when we can see it every day
and when the boys ask for a snack
if I just see it sat out there
I'm like shall we have an apple,
shall we have a banana?
And because it's summer I have a little thingy
from Sainsbury's like that to keep
the flies off of it.
All of our cutting boards are here
and I have now chucked out any other ones
that we had because we had so many cutting boards
that we had accumulated,
so now it's just all now nice and safe.
This is from Joseph and Joseph.
This work surface as well I have completely
changed the toaster and everything
used to sit much closer to the stove
and it was always in the way and I needed
more space to prepare stuff so
now that things have spaces in the cupboards,
I've moved the toaster over here
and the nutribullet over here as well.
Yeah and then we've got our bread bin
from Next here so I've got all of our bread
at the top and then I never really knew
what this little drawer was for
so I am now storing our eggs in it
so the boys have actually dyed them.
We used to have a really cute little egg house
but it only held six eggs and we go through
eggs like crazy in this house.
Matt has them every morning so now
I can buy like 24 eggs and stick them in there.
And then I've got just one soap out
I used to have loads so I've put all of the other
ones away and there is nothing on this bit
of the counter.
Before I used to have all of these things
just on the actual shelf
and things used to slip through here
all of the time so I picked up
these little bins from Poundland.
This actually still looks quite disorganized
but it is so organized now.
All of the kid's bowls are here,
all of the kid's extra cups are here
for when they have friends round.
All of their Tupperware for days out
you know for like putting grapes into and stuff
are here, more Tupperware here,
more plates and weaning things here
and all of our like random bits
like ice lollies,
the apple cutter, all of that now
has a bin as well.
Yeah and now the bottom part
of the lazy Susan is a bit random
but still organized.
Our cling film from Costco is here
all of the crisps are in a bin as well
'cause they just seemed to go everywhere before.
I've put all of their cereals into these nice
little containers which are from Dunelms
and Ikea.
Baking cupcake cases I had do many
they warranted their very own container
and then I'm keeping extra bread down here
'cause we go through bread so quickly in this house.
And then place mats and crisps and stuff
like that.
Right I had a good clear out of our cutlery.
We had loads of random extra spoons
which I ended up just chucking
or putting in the garage for if we ever
did have a party.
And then a few miscellaneous things
like clips for crisps and lids for cans
and things I've just put them to the back
with matches and stuff.
And then all of our sharp knives are here.
I ended up chucking out lots of sharp knives
as well that we never used
'cause you know you have your favorites.
And then in this cupboard I have organized
the boys' snack drawer it was so nice
and clean now and just used again Poundland
bins to go in here
they fit perfectly so all of the fruit snacks are here
like pouches, fruit wrinkles,
raisins things like that they're all there.
All of the breadsticks, crackers and pastas
like baby pasta and stuff is in that one.
While having a snack drawer
that is just completely accessible to the kids
isn't for everyone like my mum when she's here
she's like, it drives me crazy that they can
just go up and get a snack
whenever they want but for me
I find it really easy and I think
with a newborn, if I'm sat breastfeeding a newborn
it's really easy for me to say
go ahead and get a snack from the snack drawer
'cause I know they're all healthy,
I know they can get them and it's just
it actually makes my life easier
so I love having it but I know it's not for everyone.
And then all of our pots and pans
are in this cupboard with the grater
and things, they all stack up really well
to be honest we never had too many pots and pans
so this is pretty much stayed the same.
Then I wanted to show you this area over here
which houses like our bins and our tea and coffee
and things like that.
Our bins have always sat there
but then there was kind of like a dead space
on top of that.
So we have our meal planning board,
our calendar.
Yeah and we have this pin board which is really
handy for party invitations,
I need to go get something from the Post Office,
a few photos you know just like the random
bits of paper that just clog up your kitchen.
And then this area is really handy.
We have a little shelf made
so that we could have like a tea station
and we have power there, we had that put in
so now this is where our kettle,
coffee, tea it all sits
and our like kitchen roll and just like
pens, we were forever looking for pens
my husband was always like where's a pen?
So I have so many now, I've put them in
like an old Nutella pot.
Yeah so having a shelf like this
is a great way to get all of your tea and coffee
station off of your counter so you have more counter space.
In this cupboard now, because we chucked so much stuff out,
I have been able to just put our big appliances
here rather than on the counter which is amazing.
So we have our juicer just there,
popcorn maker and our slow cooker
and our knife sharpener so that is all
nice and clean.
This is my under the sink cupboard,
I did a whole video on how I reorganized this
one cupboard 'cause it was like out of control
so I will link that down below
but I'll give you a quick look
but all I wanted to say is in the months
since I did do a big organize,
it has stayed clean because everywhere
has a place.
I know it might look messy but it is
organized chaos.
I have a bag holder here
so you can shove all of your bags
in and then take them out when you need a bag.
And I found these amazing shelves which go around
pipes so I bought them on Amazon
and then I put them up and you can work out
where the pipes are and put these little slacks
exactly where you need them.
And then I get, and I've got like an Ikea caddy here
for all of your j-cloths and scrubies.
All of our cleaning products are at the back
and also just here.
And then I keep my surface spray
and my window lean like just hanging on there.
This is my favorite surface spray
it's the pink grapefruit method one.
So just hang it on there
so it's really easy to access.
All my dishwasher tabs from Costco are there,
extra hand soap and stuff like that,
bin bags and everything
so it's all down there,
really organized.
Right so that is our kitchen now
I hope you like this tour
and I hope you've got some good ideas
for storage.
In total it took me about five hours
to sort the whole kitchen out but it only
took five hours and I'm really hoping
that this will last now that everywhere
has a place, I'm really hoping
that this will work out.
So yes thank you so much for watching,
don't forget to subscribe to my channel
because I will be posting some more
organizational videos and I've got nursery tours
and bedroom tours and all kinds of things
coming up.
And I will see you soon, bye.
Today I'm going to do a video
on meal planning and how we do it.