Spring Cleaning – Day Thirteen (and probably several more!)
Took the weekend off from cleaning. It was sunny and beautiful here in the Seattle area and that’s something you never want to miss the chance to enjoy. The rains always return.
Today’s project will be starting work on the inside of my kitchen cupboards. I’m going to begin by taking everything out of the cupboards, wiping down the insides, and then putting everything away neatly.
Emphasis on neatly. It’s just amazing how quickly the cupboards get trashed and messed up with adult “children” cooking for themselves, emptying the dishwasher, etc.
I suspect this may turn into a several day project because I really don’t want to spend the entire day doing nothing but cleaning my kitchen. I do have a life, you know. Sort of. ;-)
I think I’ll start with the plates, glassware, and mugs. I have too many mugs and drinking glasses to fit in the space allotted to them, so I’m also going to do some sorting out of the excess … looks like a trip to Goodwill may be in my future, too. I found this blog post called The Kitchen Cull – One Third Less in the Kitchen inspiring in this regard. Can I clear out one third of my kitchen stuff? I suspect I probably can. The less stuff I have, the less stuff I have to organize, right?
Also, I’ve been thinking today about how my cupboards are super dark because of the old pressed wood cabinets that came with the house. The outsides have been painted and look at least a little more up-to-date, but I’m thinking I may put “painting the inside of the cupboards a lighter color” on my agenda for doing later in the summer. I think it’d make it easier to see what’s inside and the cabinets wouldn’t look so much like dark, dreary caverns.
All righty … back to my Spring Cleaning Project-of-the-Day as originally planned now that I’m finally caught up on laundry and dishes after the broken pipe incident of last week.
Well, today I was going to do a deep cleaning of my bathrooms but because the water’s turned off (due to a broken pipe under the house), that’ll have to wait for another day. If I have time today (while dealing with the pipe situation) I think I’ll tidy up the cabinets and pantry in my laundry room.
Today I was going to vacuum under furniture, but when I went to the store last night, they didn’t have the size vacuum belt I needed. So once again I have to put off the vacuuming marathon.
