Join us in Homekeeping Society for a fresh approach to clutter and organization to help you find the clean home of your dreams.You finally get up the energy to start cooking dinner, and when you step into the kitchen you're met with dishes strewn about, and appliances lining the counter that you don't ACTUALLY use anymore. Head to this post for all the details on our kitchen – paint colors, countertops, floors, appliances and more are included in this post. Put your coffee pot back by the coffee mugs. If you keep baking goods (flour, sugar) on the counter, put them back by where you store your mixer or measuring cups. Put the remaining items back on your counters and think about zones as you return the items. A little space on the counters is a good thing – you don’t need to fill it up! If you only use your toaster or blender once or twice a week and you have limited counter space maybe it would be better stored elsewhere. Look at all your counter goods on your table – is there anything that you don’t use daily that can be put in a different place or in a cupboard or cabinet? Is there anything that you can donate or give away? Before you move everything back, take a minute to edit your counters a bit. I like to keep a dry cloth with me as I’m cleaning the counters to dry them as I go. Rinse the cloth as needed and re-dip in the warm, soapy water and keep going until you have wiped your kitchen counters clean.If you have a backsplash, you can use this solution on backsplashes as well. Move quickly, wiping the counters, taking care to get the edges and counters. You can find the Bar Mop Towels in my shop along with my Foaming Dish Soap – two of my favorite products! Submerge a clean cloth – my preference is a bar mop towel. Mix up your cleaning solution. Mix up drop or two of dish soap in warm, soapy water.Remove everything and place it on your kitchen or dining room table. It’s like most things we put off doing – they take less time than we think they will! Want to start fresh with your kitchen counters and do a deep clean? It only takes a few minutes to move everything off the counters and about 10 minutes to wipe them down. If you really work at this for a week, you’ll see how easy it is to keep it up, it’s when you let it go that it becomes a chore and overwhelming! The NIGHTLY SINK SCRUB is part of the Wipe Counters task – check that out here – if there’s only one thing you try, it’s this!.WIPE COUNTERS is a Daily Task in the Clean Mama Routine – you can find out more about the routine here.
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