Will and I started living together at the end of 2010. As we had both lived on our own prior to that, we both brought a decent amount of kitchen stuff into the cohabitation.
Some stuff was easy to pick off – one of us had a “better” version and the other was donated. Other stuff has just been stuffed in kitchen cabinets and not dealt with.
Until now.
Post-wedding, we went through all our cabinets to reorganize to make sure the stuff we used was easily accessible (and all our fun new stuff had a proper home). In so doing, we uncovered a decent amount of stuff we don’t need. We could keep it… it’s decent stuff… but we don’t use it regularly and need to seriously evaluate if it still deserves a place in our lives.
Will got up on our ladder and put this stuff above the kitchen cabinets. It’s now “on probation” – in six months or so we will re-evaluate whether or not we really need it. I even set up a Google calendar alert so we remember to review the probation items (rather than just letting them sit up there forever).
I love a good “stuff purge” and a logical system. I’ll let you know where we end up in six months.
KimberlyRose says
And then 6 months from now, you have a garage sale, right? 🙂
Helena says
Ha – we are too lazy, we will just donate.
Erin says
I do that with jewelry every so often. I accumulate accessories at a truly alarming rate, so I stash some of the pieces I don’t wear very often in a bag and hide them in my dresser. If I don’t miss them, out they go.
renita says
I should probably try this with my drawer full of kitchen utensils. I seriously own four sets of measuring spoons, plus all kinds of other random utensils/spoons/forks/ladles that rarely get used.
I definitely try to do this with clothes, too, once or twice a year (if I haven’t worn it in a year, time to let it go) although I still have lots of t-shirts I can’t quite bring myself to get rid of…
renita says
I should probably try this with my drawer full of kitchen utensils. I seriously own four sets of measuring spoons, plus all kinds of other random utensils/spoons/forks/ladles that rarely get used.
I definitely try to do this with clothes, too, once or twice a year (if I haven’t worn it in a year, time to let it go) although I still have lots of t-shirts I can’t quite bring myself to get rid of…
Helena says
I’m all about the closet clean-outs!
Helena says
I’m all about the closet clean-outs!