If you’re like me, Your kitchen countertops seem to get cluttered easily and fast. It’s a high-traffic area that naturally calls for messes to be made when in use. It can sometimes feel truly difficult and even impossible to keep counters free of clutter.
But with the right tips and the right understanding of what you’re trying to accomplish, you can get it done.
Below are a few different ways that have helped me, and others, manage the issue of messy countertop spaces. Between cleaning up after yourself, and adding extra storage space, these tips will help you get the life-giving and clean space you dream of in your kitchen.
Define What You Want Your Kitchen Space To Be Like
The very first step in decluttering your kitchen countertops is to figure out what your vision for that area is. Is what you are trying to invoke, structure, order, freshness, and/or an overall feeling of cleanliness? Great, I can help.
The ‘ideal’ kitchen is going to be different for most people. While considering style, time, other household members, daily use items, really just LIFE in general, it’ll come down to what is satisfying to you and brings you joy. What do you want your standard to be? and what can you do differently to meet your Goal?
Create The Right Mindset To Achieve Your Goal
The very first step in creating this ideal setting is to make sure you have the right mindset to have your vision become a reality.
Realize that it’s going to take some time and dedication to get your kitchen to look just like it does in the images you’ve seen on Pinterest. But don’t let it discourage you. Trust the process.
The habits we will talk about will eventually become second nature to you and help you do the things you don’t want to or put off for later. The results will speak for themselves.
Continue to remind yourself of the end goal – that you can create the picture-perfect version of your kitchen countertops, as long as you put in the work.
Set Clearly Defined Rules To STOP the clutter!
The second step is making the correct formula to keep your picture-perfect version, well, perfect. And that is creating rules on how to set simple ways to declutter.