Step 2: Choose What to Keep on Your Kitchen Counters
If you want to have uncluttered and organized kitchen counters, the big question then is what should be left out on kitchen counters? The answer is, that depends.
How much and what you deliberately leave out on your kitchen counters depends on how:
- big your kitchen is
- much counter space you have
- you use your kitchen
- tolerant you are of visual clutter
If you are a baker and use your stand mixer daily, you will want to keep it on the countertop and create a permanent home for it there. That is unless you love the act of hauling it out of a cabinet every time you want to use it.
If visual mess causes you stress, and you don’t mind opening drawers when you want a spatula or slotted spoon for cooking with, then those things should not live on your countertop.
Do you need to keep your paper towels on a holder on the counter, or can you mount a paper towel holder under a cabinet?
So take inventory of what you use regularly. Decide what needs to be out on display and what doesn’t. Make note of the main spices you reach for constantly and keep them on a tray on the counter or decant them into small mason jars stored on a wall-mounted DIY spice rack. But put the coffee make away in a cupboard it’s only used for company.
Make sense?
