Survey #241—Full Response from Yvonne
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| How often are you troubled by clutter in the kitchen and/or pantry? | My kitchen usually has some clutter. |
| What sources of clutter or specific issues do you experience in the kitchen or pantry? | Dishes not put away in the dishwasher ( left in the sink) My kids leave their possessions on the table and counters Things that need to leave the house frequently get left on the counter by our back door. Our kitchen is an eat on kitchen, plus there is a bathroom and laundry room off our kitchen too. So it’s a multi use room that my family occupies the most in the house . |
| What organizing solutions or strategies have you tried or used in the kitchen, and how have they worked—or failed to work—for you? | I decant most of my pantry staples into matching Tupperware storage containers with labels so when I open my cupboard doors everything looks neat and tidy. I always do a night-time reset on the kitchen before I go to bed. Everything is out of the kitchen that does not belong there, floor is vacuumed and dishes are all in dishwasher and dishwasher gets run regardless of how many dishes are in it. I HATE coming downstairs to a messy kitchen in the morning. |
| What “one-trick pony” resides in your kitchen or pantry? Why do you keep it? | My juicer. It is up in a cupboard and rarely gets used because cleaning it is such a pain. I keep it though because I love the way a good green juice resets my health when I’m not feeling well and how it improves my skin. |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | How do you stop “ stuff shuffling”? I have noticed that this is a bit of a problem for me especially when it comes to my closet. Often instead of doing a really intense purge, I’m constantly moving things around to find the best use of space, even though I know that if I decluttered more the space would function better. It’s just so hard for me to get rid of my clothes. I have spent a lot of time and money curating my closet and I have really nice clothes that I take very good care of. Wearing nice clothing makes me feel put together, sophisticated and attractive . I don’t think that I have an excessive amount, I just have a relatively small closet ( I live in a Victorian house built in 1884), so the closet is not big especially in comparison to modern closets. I try to stick to the container concept and only have enough clothes that can realistically fit in the closet but it is a constant battle between having the wardrobe that I want and dealing with the size of the space that I have to house it . |
| Future topics | How about a discussion about preventing clutter in the first place? I have been decluttering for a few years now and it seems like it never ends ( but part of the problem is that I keep bringing new things in). Recently I realized something that never occurred to me before which has prevented me from bringing new items into my space. I used to try to think about the money I’d save if I didn’t buy the item or if I already had something similar, but recently I have been simply asking myself 2 questions : do I have a place for this and am I willing to let something else go in order to have this new thing? When I think about if I have the space for this, if the answer is immediately a “no” then it discourages me from buying the item because I have become tired of trying to find space in my house to fit things. I truly live by the motto that there needs to be a home for everything and if I can’t think of where something will live I usually abandon the idea of buying it because I don’t want to figure out where it will live in my house or have to move or get rid of something else just to make the new item fit. It’s too much mental and physical work for me. Any other strategies or questions to think about before buying new items would be helpful. Thanks 😊 |
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