Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's video is a power hour declutter of our kitchen.
Some of you will know that we're moving house soon. So I'm now starting to minimalize our
things as much as possible before we need to pack everything up and move. And our kitchen
is getting quite cluttered. We did a full deep clean about seven months ago, so I will
link that video down below. But today me and Matt just have an hour and a bit to blitz
the kitchen and a few cupboards that have really got out of control. So I hope you really
enjoy this video. If you do give a big thumbs up. And if you're new to my channel, I would
love for you to consider subscribing if you like this kind of content because I have so
many more rooms to minimalize before we move. But anyway, with all that said, let's get
into the declutter.
Okay. So because we do only have about an hour to declutter our kitchen, we're firefighting
and tackling our messiest cupboards. So this pull out pantry is brilliant, but it's also
got really out of control. So what we're going to do is pull everything out of the cupboard,
check all of the use by dates on our products, try and group them into some kind of order
and then put them all back nicely.
(singing)
Okay, so
that is our pullout pantry looking so much cleaner. So now we have treats right at the
top out of reach. Then we have jars and cans, cereals, and then some pastas and rice. And
then right at the bottom we have some protein shakes and breadsticks as well. Next up, I'm
going to move on to the boys' snack drawer, which has got a little bit messy. And I'm
also going to clear out our little spice drawer. This isn't terrible, but I have noticed there's
been a couple of spillages and I think I could make it look a little bit nicer by grouping
the spices together. So again, I'm just going to pull everything out, give it all a good
wipe down, and then put it back in some kind
of order.
(singing)
So I'm just finishing up the snack drawer, putting everything back. It's mostly crisps,
granola bars, or rice cakes and crackers. Just things that I can either chuck into our
bag if we're off out for the day, or that the boys can choose to put in their school
bag for snack. And I know some people think I'm crazy to have a snack drawer that they
can access, that they can reach. But I started this snack drawer when I was still breastfeeding
my youngest and it was so helpful to have a snack area that they could actually just
go up to an access if I couldn't move off the couch. And since then we've loved having
it. They do always ask me before they get something. So it really works for us. And
the last drawer that I'm going to do here is the bottom one, which is a really random
one.
We tend to keep our big utensils in it, that really don't fit in the cutlery drawer. As
you can see there's little tray and our baking bowls and our knife sharpener and a few appliances
as well. So again, I'm just taking everything out, giving some things a good wipe down because
our beater was actually really dusty and dirty, and that is it. That was that one looking
a lot better and it only took about five minutes. And now we're going to move on to our breakfast
larder which as you can see has got really messy. There is some random flower at the
top, loads of books, tacos, bread is everywhere. It's just a real mess. And I also have not
cleared out the toaster in quite a while, so we're going to pull everything out of this
area, wipe everything down, just clear it out and put it all back.
But we love this breakfast larder. It's one of the best things that we put in this kitchen.
And if you're considering a remodel, I would totally recommend it. As a busy family, it's
a great place to hide your microwave, toaster, blender. You can just hide it all away, have
access to it in the morning and then just put it away once breakfast is done. And it
just makes everything look nice and clean. Stuff off of the counters and it's all behind
that door.
So yes, we're pulling everything out and wiping everything down. The microwave is pretty clean
inside, but because it's stainless steel, there were fingerprints all over the place.
And then we're just sorting out the bread bin. I think we probably need to get a bigger
bread bin because there are five of us, and there's a lot of bread in this house. And
then it was time to empty out the toaster, which it was so funny because one side, I
think it was this side had so many more crumbs in it. It must be the one that we always tend
to use. So yes, we're going to give it a good clear out and then put everything back.
Whoa. That music was getting intense. Sorry about that. But now we're going to move onto
this corner cupboard, which is where I keep everything for baking. I love to bake, especially
with the kids. And we have so many little icings, sprinkles, chocolate chips, literally
any ingredient you could think of. So today I'm going to pull it all out to try and make
of it all and organize it. I actually have two new little things for storage. They are
Perspex, Lazy Susans, so they spin around, which should make it a lot easier to find
things. So I'm going to try and put all of the smaller baking things in there, like the
sprinkles and the icings and hopefully that will help us organize this cupboard.
I feel so much better now that that baking cupboard is so much cleaner. So now we're
going to move on to this cupboard here, which is right next to the hob. So because of that,
we keep a lot of our cooking sauces and oils in this cupboard. We also have salt and pepper
right at the top, gravy. Some random juice boxes which I have just for picnics or if
the boys have a school trip. I'll put one into their pack lunch. But we're just going
to pull everything out and give it all a wipe down because there was salt and pepper everywhere
in this cupboard.
And I also want to show you, I have another Lazy Susan here, which again is clear and
I keep all of the soy sauce, rice vinegar, vegetable stock, all of it goes in there.
And it's so handy because you don't have to constantly keep reaching to the back of the
cupboard. You can just spin it and then use what you need. And I got all of these Lazy
Susans on Amazon. I would say if you go ahead and order these, make sure that you do your
measurements. Because I had to send one back because it was actually too big. But I also
have these in our bathrooms upstairs for our skincare. I just find them so handy and useful.
But anyway, we're going to give everything a good wipe down and put it all back.
(singing)
Okay, so that is all we have time for today, but I'm really pleased with how much we got
done. Thank you so much for watching. And I'll see you in my next one. Bye guys.