spring.cleaning.day.3

It should be days 3, 4, and 5, but I'm pretending that I got it all done in 1 day.  Having 3 kids in the house and home schooling doesn't make for a lot of time in my day that I feel like spring cleaning!

But, I do have a renewed spirit because I'm seeing progress!  Here are before and afters of my kitchen counters!

Main area:

Stove and area to the left of the stove (which is a catch-all location of the kitchen...1 of 3 hot spots):

And the mail/phone/calendar area (one of the hot spots).  And how crazy is it that my wall colors look so different??!!!  Lighting, lighting, lighting:

So I pretty much did the following:

1.  I put everything AWAY that didn't belong on the counter.  That took care of a ton of it! 

2.  The mail holder needed to move, so it crossed the kitchen to the other side of the counter.  I hate having it in the kitchen, and Josh tells me that we can move it to the office once the office is in workable condition!  Yay! 

3.  Our keys, phones, and Josh's knives/wallet/watches always collect on my calendar.  It drives me crazy that it's all sitting out there.  So, I headed to the local dollar store and found that cute little blue container (2 for $1!) so those items have a place to land.  It will be Mod Podged to coordinate with my box soon!

The kitchen feels soooo much better these days!