Every spring, I get that bug. You know – the one that makes you want to simultaneously send everything but the clothes on your back to the thrift shop…while at the same time buying all new furnishings from someplace schmancy. Like Pottery Barn.
*drool*
Like I said. Totally nonsensical.
So, I appease my inner bugs by rearranging things. These shelves used to hold an assortment of brown and tan glasses and mugs, plus a few tins full of tea. It was a cute idea – a beverage bar! – but it looked so very blah. All that tan, beige, brown and black. And nothing was EVER used.
Then one day, when my mother in law was visiting, I overheard her joking with my father in law (as she strained to pull some Chinese serving dishes down from the top shelf in my cupboard), “When we move to town, our daughter in law is going to have to put the Chinese dishes down where they can be used on a regular basis! haha.”
And I realized…I have 18 cupboards in this kitchen. Why on earth CAN’T I put things like serving dishes down where they can be reached??! (Anything to encourage my MIL to do as much cooking as possible. She’s that good, y’all. Just that good.) And so I did.
It’s silly that such a little change could make me so happy, but it’s so nice to just hop over to this set of shelves each night and pull out pretty serving dishes. And you know what they say – when mama’s happy, EVERYONE is happy.
Or something like that.
It looks so good! Much much better than before. I find myself in the same place a couple times a year, needing to purge, re-arrange and re-organize. Aftewards, when it's all done, is one of the best feelings EVER.
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Reorganizing is so much fun!!! We don't use the top shelves - it's basically a waste of space up there! We use it for big Costco boxes of food that are not yet in our Oxo containers (the double bags), the trash bags, and the paper bags. Beyond that, we don't have much up there!
ReplyDeleteI love the top shelf the best- so much COLOOOOR! :)
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