We live in a rented house so can't do a lot. It is a stupid design that has not maximised the space at all. It looks such a mess though and I am so fed up with it! I can't find anything when I need it, there is clutter everywhere and there is just no space!
We have also found out that we have mice (although as far as I know, they are not in the kitchen but will find that out when I clean out the cupboards).
Let me descibe our kitchen:
We have one double cupboard under the sink, obviously with the sink in, and another double opposite, then above that we have one double top cupboard. We have since moving here 2 years ago added 2 shelves which run alongside the top cupboard, which are about the same size. We will probably get in trouble for that but besides having food kept on the floor, we didn't have much choice. We also do have a little cupboardy thing under the cooker which we use for baking trays etc but everything ends up covered in greese from the cooker??
The shelves are dangerously full and I am dreading something falling on my DD or something, the cupboards are overflowing and the sides are covered in clutter. But we seem to need pretty much everything!
We have got to store:
Sterlizer, cutlery, plates, bowls etc, food, glasses, mugs, cooking equipment, baby bottles, toddler bowls, cleaning stuff etc. And tonnes more but can't list everything!
What do you suggest we do? We need to do something about it but I don't know what. There isn't even any space to empty everything out and repack it all!
I bought yesterday from tesco those storage tubs with the poor out lids for stuff like cereal, pasta etc that should hopefully make the shelves look more tidy than having packets and boxes - and hopefully save a bit of space.
I just don't know where to start! I really want to have cleaning stuff and medicines up high out of reach but the cupboard isn't tall enough to accomodate the bottles of cleaning stuff, and I don't know where else to keep the glasses etc?
PLEASE HELP ME!