Recently I came across a book about being a minimalist. I am all for this, because I feel it would reduce my stress and less things to keep clean. After reading it I saw potential things in my home that we really do not need, other items we do not use, and other things we could be using if we could get to them. To me our home is not big, but when we first moved in it was. We were upgrading from an apartment with a baby on the way. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and a double car garage on a little over an acre of open land seemed big and perfect. Fast forward 11 years later, now we are a family of 5 with a bunch of stuff.
To try this out I did something very simple. I removed my blender and food processor from my counter top by placing them in my pantry (since I had the room in there). I also cleared off the top of my refrigerator, which is usually where I keep empty egg cartons. Talk about an eye sore! After doing those few things my kitchen looks bigger, more open, and easier to keep clean. Plus now I have more room on my counter tops (which isn't much by the way), to do more food prep and baking that I don't normally do due to lack of space.
Seeing how easy this, I want to do to this all over my house. Of course I have reluctant occupants that think I am out to get rid of their things. It is possible that items may find their way out the door, but wouldn't it be nicer to enjoy the things we do use rather than storing items we do not?
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