Hey, YouTube! Welcome back to my channel. It's Lucie Fink.
Welcome to our new kitchen. You've probably seen it in a number of videos
on this channel already, and you will likely be seeing it a lot in the future
because this is my favorite spot in the apartment. Every single kitchen that I've
lived in in New York has had brown cabinets and really dark marble kind of
countertops... so living in this white kitchen is a game changer. Every single
time I walk into the apartment it's bright, it's airy... I love that the cabinet
material is actually reflective... so, as you can see, you're kind of seeing
different parts of the windows bouncing back at you when you look out... and it's
just really refreshing and incredibly uplifting and open in here. I have to say
you are seeing a bit of a mess behind me right now, and that's because I've
actively been living here now and I actually just did a full shoot in this
kitchen all day today... so a lot of stuff is just drying behind me. Living in New
York City, our kitchen is of course very compact. So although there is kind of a
lot of storage space in here, it's very tall. It's not wide. So a lot of the cabinets
require you to step on a step stool and climb all the way up and reach three
stories over your head to get something. So of course, Michael, being six foot five,
is thriving in this kitchen. I am loving it as well but I do need to use the step
stool a lot more often than he does. When we first moved into this apartment, this
kitchen was, as you would expect, entirely empty. So we had to come in, look at the
empty space, and figure out how to sort all of our belongings to fit properly.
This also coincided with the time when our wedding registry was being built and
we were starting to get gifts from our wedding registry... So we have a lot of new
kitchen appliances that we had to put away. When we first moved in, we decided
to lay everything out on the countertops and to not put things in the kitchen
just yet, because we wanted to make sure before we put them away we were being
strategic about where we put them. And this was when we called a personal
organization service Horderly to help us
assemble the entire kitchen. Horderly is the company that I worked with a little
while back when I did Five Days Of Organization for Refinery29.
They're a personal organization company. They come to your apartment with a
couple of team members, and then, depending on what area of your life you
want to revamp... they help you do the entire thing. Start to finish. So from
pulling things out and actually looking at what you have, to paring down and
doing that initial edit, to then sorting things and maybe buying new
organizational tools, and then actually putting things away.
They are pros. I love them so much, and they came in here to help with this
beautiful kitchen. Because Horderly was helping us assemble a brand new
kitchen that had nothing in it, that was of course a little bit easier... but this
whole organization process is something that you can do with your current home.
You don't have to be moving to a new spot in order to completely reorganize.
You can pull everything out of the cabinets and start from scratch on your
own. I'm gonna walk you through the steps of what the personal organization
service did for our kitchen so that you can learn how you can do this on your
own. Step number one: The edit process. First things first, you take everything
out of the cabinets. As I mentioned, nothing was already in
the cabinets, so we just laid everything along our window so this is the time to
look through all of your belongings and make sure that you don't have any
unnecessary items that you never touch.
Having just moved before we started this process, we really didn't have too many
items that we didn't want because we did the edit process before we moved. Step 2
after this edit process, is to start organizing things into categories. So the
organizers were going through and they were forming small piles. Kitchen
appliances, kitchen tools, forks and knives, serving ware, vitamins and
supplements, snacks, food products, baking ingredients... you name it. At this point
it's a good idea to do a second edit, because when you see how many of one
item you have, that's the time you know you gotta let go. Once you really see wow
I have 1,800 knives... Huh, I have five whisks... Why do I have 17,000 spoons? Why
do I have eight sets of measuring cups? Edit things down one more time, and make
sure that you only have what's essential. Step number three: This is when you look
at the blank space before you and you actually see the cabinet space that
you're working with. Everyone's kitchen is different. Everyone has different
cabinet arrangements and layouts... so it's very important to look at your
particular kitchen and to determine the best Fung Shui. For instance, in our
kitchen, there's really only one drawer that makes sense to be the fork and
knife drawer. Also in our kitchen, it was a little bit unfortunate, but we didn't
have a garbage can built in. So we had to figure out where in the kitchen we could
place a really slim garbage can that would be incredibly functional. We also
had some interesting drawers that swung out, and some cabinets that were on the
diagonal, so it took a lot of looking through the space and actually
calculating in our brains where we thought certain items should go to make
it easiest when it came time to cook. This is the moment when the organizers
ask you the very important question of "How often do you use this?" And this is
very important for one of these tall kitchens where not all of your items are
easily accessible at ground level, because it's really important to look
through what you have and make sure that the items that are low down and easy to
get to are the items you're going to use every day. You do not want to be climbing
up on a stool to get your morning coffee mug. Instead, it's probably best to put
things up high that are either for special occasions...
like special serving ware, or napkins, or candlesticks, or whatever you only use on
the holidays... so that was Step 3: Figure out where everything is gonna go. Once
everything has a place, this is when it's really important to figure out the most
efficient way to put things away, and the most efficient way to utilize your space.
I'm a big fan of not just throwing things in your cabinets and hoping that
they remain organized for the rest of time... but instead purchasing organization
tools that you know are going to help you stay organized. I worked with The
Container Store for this, so I got a ton of organizational boxes and holders and
shelving that really made this process easy. For example, if you open the cabinet
behind me, you will see that we sorted things by pasta and rice, grains and
lentils, desserts, snacks, and baking goods. We also made two separate bins, one for
our coffee and one for our decaf drinks, like teas. We were also really efficient
when it came time to organize our shelves. So we bought these shelf risers
that actually make one shelf into two shelves... And now you can put something
beneath that second shelf and something on top of it and you've just doubled
your space. The spice rack is one of my favorite items, because we now have three
tiers of spices and all of the spices have been transferred over to really neat
glass jars with simple labels on them. It's also a good idea when you're
putting your cutlery away to not just shove things in the drawer and hope they
stay organized... So we got individual wire baskets for our forks, knives, spoons, and
our reusable straws. Additionally, in the drawer below we're keeping a ton of our
cooking utensils there, but if you just shove cooking utensils in a drawer
they're gonna slide around every time you open it. So we cut a nonstick mat the
exact dimensions of the drawer, put it inside, and then placed all of the
utensils neatly on that. Now when we open and close the drawer, nothing moves, and
it's very neat. So now we've put things away, we've come up with the most
efficient use of our space, and the last thing that the organization service did
is labeled everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. I have everything labeled, so now I will
never forget where anything is ever again.
And now that our new kitchen is assembled all I really want to do in
this space, is cook. The only problem for me is that sometimes I have difficulty
figuring out what to cook, and even when I do know what to cook it's kind of a
nuisance to have to figure out exactly which ingredients I need and I don't
always have exactly what I need on hand... so this is where HelloFresh comes into
play. And especially now that I've organized this kitchen and everything is
labeled and put away neatly... cooking with HelloFresh is so easy in here. Every
single HelloFresh box comes with pre-measured ingredients, and there's
also a step-by-step recipe card telling you exactly what to do, and it also tells
you exactly how long it's gonna take you to make the meal... which I find very
helpful because I always want to know when I'm gonna get to eat. The recipes
are so delicious, and you can pick and choose from different menu options, so
whether you're a vegetarian or you're cooking for a full family of four people,
they've got you covered. And lastly I love how flexible they are, so you can
change delivery dates if you're not gonna be home for some reason... Or, if you
go away (like I did on my recent yoga retreat) you can just skip a week.
HelloFresh is now from $6.99 per serving, and you can get EIGHT FREE MEALS... that's
$80 off your first month of HelloFresh... Just go to HELLOFRESH.COM and enter
the promo code LUCIE80. Having pre-measured ingredients when you're cooking
makes things so simple, but it's also extra simple when you're working out of
kitchen that is fully labeled. So I cannot express how much time it saves me
to know where everything was and to be easily able to grab all the cooking
utensils I needed while I was cooking. I thought cooking in this kitchen was just
gonna be fun enough because it's a brand-new kitchen and it's so beautiful...
but add in a layer of simplicity of using a recipe card, plus having your
cabinets labeled, and this is just another level. You can get eight free
meals, that's $80 off your first month of HelloFresh...
just go to hellofresh.com and enter the promo code
LUCIE80. Wedding registry... I want to talk about some of my favorite items. Everyone
has been asking about my wedding registry, and we haven't made a full
video about it or anything... but I think it's time
that I tell you about some of our favorite items and I let you take a
closer look at them. So I'm gonna give you a quick list of maybe my 10 favorite
kitchen registry items. Number One: These pearly iridescent wine glasses. I fell in
love with them the first time I saw them and then I wound up putting about 20 of
them on the registry... We definitely do not need that many wine glasses... but I've
been drinking water out of them because they're stunning. Number Two: This really
pretty circular stone slab that we keep on our moveable cutting board. It can be
used as a cutting board itself, or you can use it to display food. We kind of
just keep it in the middle of the kitchen and it's really pretty. Number
Three: This beautiful two-tone cheese board that comes with beautiful copper
cheese knives. Number Four: Our cast iron skillet. I've never had one of these
before, but you can cook everything on it from just classic morning eggs, to an
entire enchilada skillet dish... and I'm telling you, I'm gonna use that for
everything. Five: This should have been number one cuz it's my favorite... Our
brand-new white toaster. I love this toaster. We got the extra big one that
has slots for four pieces of toast! Number Six: We got really pretty cereal
bowls. They're kind of shiny and speckly silver, and they're so beautiful. Number
Seven: We got these beautiful, small dessert plates that have a gold foil
stripe going down the middle, and then really pretty sunset pastel colors.
Number Eight: This. You put the lemon wedge in here with the open side face
down, and then... It doesn't sound like that. Eight: Our brand-new coffee machine. Got
to have that morning cup of coffee... Number Nine: This beautiful turquoise
bowl that we're keeping right now on our shelves in the entryway... but I'm gonna
have to figure out something beautiful to do with it because it is drop-dead
gorgeous. My favorite color in the whole world. And Number Ten has not yet arrived,
so stay tuned, but we got a brand new juicer. So excited to juice some veggies
and fruits! I hope you enjoyed watching this kitchen organization video! If you
have a kitchen or even just any room of your house that needs organizing, I would
highly recommend working with a personal organizer. This is something that you can
attempt to do on your own, and if you are really organized person, you might be
great at it... but for someone like me I truly need help and backup support from
experts in the field. I'm not sure if I would have been able to do this as
orderly and as neatly as they did it, so I'm so grateful that I had the chance to
work with them and I'm so excited that we have this lovely kitchen to live in!
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