Clutter Buster - Kitchen Cabinet

I signed up for a free web seminar over @ Creative Organizing, one of my new found organizing online sites. Aby Garvey, the organizing expert @ Creative Organizing is sharing information and tips with us but most importantly challenging us to take ACTION and declutter on the daily. Just 15 minutes a day. I also like FLY Lady so 15 minutes a day is very familiar. I couldn't decide what area to hit to today. As I was looking for something in one of my kitchen cabinets it dawned on me that this would be a good place to start. It took 20 minutes but what progress. Hooray! It looks so much better and I was able to move the coffee stuff that was in a nearby cabinet into this one since the coffee maker is right below it. The cabinet was filled with expired meds, empty containers, candy from Valentine's Day, and Rx info. I love shedding unneeded things.

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THE JUNK

Clutter Buster

I have decided to start the long journey of decluttering my home. I don't have a lot of cash to invest in fancy organizing/storage pieces so I will have to get creative. There is just too much stuff in our home and plus we don't have a heck of a lot of storage space since we live in a renovated 1940's bungalow. The person that renovated this home forgot to add some extra closets ie linen closet, coat closet, pantry from the original design. Hellloooo... these are basic necessities.
I've decided to start with paper - old bills, children's artwork, mail, etc. Check out out this recycle pile. Yep that's 7 plus inches of stuff taking up precious space (there's a magazine that's inflating the value to 8 plus inches). I recycle junk mail weekly but this was stuff hiding in file cabinets and drawers. My shred pile was almost 3 inches tall. Don't ask me why I'm measuring, I guess it is the engineer in me. I'll keep you updated with my progress throughout the year.