Working with what you've got

I am behind on the Cure tasks, but I did get to cleaning the floors in the kitchen, dining room, and living room. I still need to clean the floors in my bedroom, closet, and bathroom. I also was able to clean out a couple cabinets in my kitchen, particularly, the cabinet that holds spices. My ultimate goal was to buy a spice rack so I can have them in a reachable space, but since I am not really in a place to spend extra money at the moment, I was able to find a new home for them.



Here is the cabinet before cleaning. This is a small spot above the sink that is hard for my shorty self to reach. When I moved in I was in a fog and just unloaded the kitchen stuff wherever they would fit.

I started off by removing everything from the cabinet, sorting what was still good and what had expired. I had spices that I bought when I lived in Nashville in 2008!


We don't have Kroger in Florida!



After sorting everything, this is what I was left with. I started trying to figure out how to house these items so I can access them, and started looking to the cabinet next door, which was also a mess.



So after cleaning and decluttering this cabinet, I did some rearranging, and was able to find a new home for spices, where I can actually see them without the use of a step stool.





I moved the items I do not use as often to the higher cabinet, but now I can see everything!



This kitchen is much smaller than in my previous home, so it may take a little more work to make things fit. The next kitchen task is to figure out how to store my dishes and containers without an avalanche happening every time I open the cabinet!
Since it is now just me, I am questioning how many dishes I really need to own. I have 16 dinnerplates- and that is just what I walked away with after the separation! I think it's time to downsize!