Daunting Dishes

When you open your cupboard do you get attacked by bowls or are your dishes crammed into the back and you have to dig them out? If so here are a few tips that will help. Let me warn you, you may find this hard to deal with. I am suggesting that you reduce your amount to dishes.

               First take all of your dishes out of the cupboards. Plates, bowls, lids, cups, glasses, etc. Sort them according to type i.e. plates, bowls, lids etc. Now place all of your matching sets together. Make sure your dishes are in good shape. If they are cracked, chipped etc. throw them away. Now any storage bowls you have make sure they have lids. If they are bowl without lids or lids without bowls toss these out. Do you have any dishes you never use? If so get rid of them. If you have dishes you only use on special occasions put these in the higher shelves that are hard to get to. Or place them at the back of your cupboard. Now of the remaining dishes, cups, etc. that you use how many do you have? You should only have enough for 2-3 meals per person in your household. This will not only cut down on the amount of items in your cupboard, but will also force you to keep up on your dishes sot that they do not pile up. For storage containers you don’t need tons of them. Sure you will want to have several on hand of various sizes, but you don’t need enough to fill your refrigerator. I personally love the newer sets of storage containers that all stack together and the lids are only 3 sizes which also nestle together. It makes storing them neatly a snap. As far as glasses, cups and mugs you only need enough for 2-3 per person in your household. If it is glassware you may want to have a few extra just in case any get broken of you have guests. Silverware is the same as dishes enough for 2-3 meals per person. Again this will cut down on items in your drawers and keep them from piling up.

               Like I said this may be hard for most to follow. If you are too scared to completely get rid of these items box up the extra & place in your attic, basement, garage, etc. If in a few months you have not had to get anything out of the boxes you know you don’t need them. So now you can get rid of them. Whether you throw them out, donate them or put them in a garage sale.