Remember that time I went to a Decluttering Workshop with Regina Clutter Coach and Robyn Michon and I came home soo excited to declutter my house? Yea! I do too! So the decluttering has begun.
One of the best things that Amanda – Regina Clutter Coach said that day that really stuck with me was that organizing doesn’t have to be pretty! I know. So simple. But totally something that has held me back from getting organized. I have dreams of my Pinterest cupboards, and closets, and basement, and kids toys. I envision beautiful organizing baskets, sturdy shelves and cute little trinkets to accent the amazing organizing. That’s just ridiculous. To be well-organized, it just has to be organized! Who cares how cute the containers are that stuff goes in inside my cupboard? So, I went out to the dollar store and bought some items to start with a space that I use everyday, but is SO disorganized – my spice cupboard.
I went to Dollarama and bought these spice containers and some labels. I had a black pen at home that I wrote on the labels with. Once I started cleaning the cupboard out, E was so excited to start being ‘a big help, mom’ and joined me with her little Peppa Pig chair at the counter. She was an excellent help.
We started moving all of the spices out of bags into the jars and continued with the weird shaped and sized bottles. E helped me open the containers, I filled them, she closed them up, and I labeled them. It definitely makes it more fun when I can do things that turn into a special time I can have with her.
After the spices were finished, we moved onto the other shelves. Did you know spices expire? I chucked all the ones that were expired or that I knew I wouldn’t be using anytime soon. I then put all of my package of things in one basket (also from Dollarama), my baking sweets in one basket, and then the rest of my baking gear in another. I did end up leaving a few spices/seasonings in their original containers because they have instructions on them that I need for dips, etc.
And voila! I have an organized spice cupboard. It makes looking for items 100x easier and nothing falls out at me when I reach in. AMAZING.
As a side note we also did the ‘junk drawer’ – which I’d like to add that Amanda said is TOTALLY FINE and acceptable to have! I took everything out, garbaged the garbage, and sorted things into these awesome drawer containers I also picked up at… you guessed it, Dollarama.
Overall, for both the cupboard and the drawer, I spent about $25. WIN.
If you’re looking for decluttering and organizing help, check out Amanda and Robyn at https://www.facebook.com/pg/amandalaiprofessionalorganizer/posts/ and http://www.robynmichon.com/.
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Yay!! That looks amazing! And You started with an easy area which is great for building up your confidence! You go girl🤗
Thanks Amanda! Hearing you say it doesn’t have to be pretty seriously changed the game for me. I’m excited to do more!
That’s awesome Amanda,
I bet your Mom would be pleased with what you are doing.
Finally after all these years due to my age and height, I put things that I don’t use often in a clear tub and put it on the top shelf so I can see what’s in it without having to use a step ladder which is hard for me to do because of arthritis
And bending over or squatting is getting difficult, comes with age, so for me the bottom shelf also contains see through tubs so all I have to do is pull out the tub and slide it back in when done.