The Journey to a FUNCTIONAL kitchen: Unstuffed!

I have always hated our kitchen, though it was too small and i started to hate having to do anything in there and that's been hard for me because i love to cook and bake. Upon reading the kitchen section in this book i realised that i could work with what i have, all i needed to do was to unstuff the space and create a functional kitchen. The book suggests creating a special space for each are invloved in food preparation. I will hopefully be able to explain in the pictures how i have broken my kitchen down.


These pictures were taken after i had started pulling it apart, it didn't always have junk all over the benches, i did try my hardest to keep it tidy, but i felt i was fighting a losing battle. You get the idea.

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This is the finished product, i did a little more moving things around, you'll see that later. I love the gadget/appliance shelf now. I was very reluctant to have to get out the blender or the mixer as it was near impossible to get to it and now i can't wait to use them all again!!! I have swapped the positions of the microwave and toaster oven/kettle from where they were to here and back again but i think i'm loving it here at the moment. The knife block up on the shelf and chopping board form part of my preparation area which is the little 'L' bench space they are near/on.

This is my preparation storage space i lined all of the shelves with the matting as i HATED that stuck on gross mouldy torn stuff that was on there previously. Eventually i'd like to paint them. Anything that i would need to prepare food lives here and i have labeled all of the cupboard doors with the contents that are to be placed in there. The top shelf are the prep items and the second shelf will have all of my cookbooks and misc items like piping bags and cookie cutters. p.s. wish i had larger cupboards ☺

This area is pretty self explanitary cleaning and wraps/bags etc.

This is my food service area, really needs to be ten times bigger but i am making do as i have lost some storage space in the kitchen for now. All of the cups, plates, bowls and serving bowls. trays etc are in this section

The cooking area, includes saucepans, frypans, baking dishes etc. This area stretches along the back wall, the cupboard to the right of the oven was meant to contain my trays and tins (muffin tins, cake tins etc.) but we'll get to that later. I have since moved the saucpans.

Saucepans live here for the time being as well as the cooking utensils

Pantry, i have always labeled my pantry i think even if it's full everything has it's own little space.

 These are my ruined cupboards, the cause of the frustration i have felt in sorting this space out. Left is pantry, right is what was meant to be my pans and tins storage.

We had time today while i was avoiding the kitchen to do a quick unstuff in the boys rooms, this is Finny's room.

Owen's Room

 I still have plenty of spring cleaning to do and i still need to clean the oven and fridge and sort out the kitchen drawers but i'm glad i have gotten this far. I hope there might be some tips to help you in your unstuffing journey ☺☺☺