The Kitchen.....

 Is almost done!

Since moving here, I've struggled with storage space in the kitchen.

There are cupboards under the stove, counter top and sink, but they smell. It's hard to describe, but it makes me heave. Currently, I have cleaning supplies and Tupperware stored under the sink. The drawers under the little counter area hold my cooking utensils and bowls, but I have to rewash them before using them! Under the stove top, I keep the very large pots, and bake wear that I use very occasionally.

The cupboards above are too high. I keep things that I don't use very often up there, but I am thinking of putting a small step ladder in the kitchen so I can store things like flour, sugar, etc. I want to find some kind of container that would be easy to pull out. I'm glad that we have 100 yen shops! For things like that, they are great!

One thing that I've changed that has really helped is moving where I store the plates and dishes we use every day. Before they were in the cabinet where I was also storing food. It was alright, but putting the clean dishes away was a hassle, so many times the dishes got left on the drying rack. This meant that many times dirty dishes were waiting to be washed because there was no room on the drying rack. For a day or two, this is okay, but when it gets to be a week, it gets crazy. We bought a dish rack to replace one of the drying racks, so now dishes are washed, dried and stored very quickly. No more mountains of dirty dishes in the sink!

Before

After

I want to buy some sort of storage container for the things between the two racks. Basically, the daily cleaning supplies. 

I'm happy with how it looks and functions now. I want to try and save some money as it does need to be pulled out and remodelled. I think the bad smell might be from the drains, but we need professionals in to fix that!

Next is my bedroom. I really want to do a deep clean. Hannah will be staying over Christmas and New Year, so I want to make the room a bit more comfortable!