Clutter control in the kitchen is the theme of my blogs this week. Here are 4 more ideas on how to get a handle on clutter control in your kitchen. When we don’t have clutter around we feel so much better about ourselves and our homes.

4 timely tips on clutter control for your kitchen:

1. Have a landing place for mail, like a basket or some other container. It is easy to move to the office or other places where you like to sort mail.
2. In a cabinet below the counter place small appliances you don’t use every day. This will make more counter space and reduce clutter.
3. Add inexpensive, under-cabinet lighting to make it easier to work, to see and to clean the countertops. Battery-powered, stick-on varieties are available at most home improvement stores. I also use this as a “night light” that the last one home at night can turn off, but it makes it cheery for them when they come home after dark.
4. Clearly post emergency numbers for poison control, neighbor’s phone numbers and relative’s numbers. In an emergency it is easy to forget even often called numbers. Write these numbers in large print so they can be seen easily. Also program them into your phone and have a list of the programmed numbers.

What clutter control have you done in your kitchen?

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).