For many families, the most activity happens each day in the kitchen, even if people are mostly pouring cups of coffee, grabbing bag lunches, and heading out the door. If you’ve lived with the disorder and chaos of a kitchen with no system, you don’t have to live this way! Getting your kitchen organized can bring a ton of benefits over time that make the initial time investment well worth it.

Easier to Clean

If the countertops are cluttered and constantly shifting various piles of items, it’s so much harder to take good care of your kitchen. If, however, it is organized, you can quickly return items to their designated spaces, wipe down countertops and sink, and move forward.

Easier to Find Items

We all know the headache of knowing you’ve bought one or even two boxes of baking soda or another kitchen staple but then not being able to find it for the life of you. When you have an organized system, you can quickly zero in on each item you need, gather them, and get down to work.

Easier to Prep for a Future Sale

Doing a full kitchen overhaul during the busy work of prepping a home to sell is just another to-do list item that you really don’t need during a busy time. Instead, keep your kitchen functional and organized all the time, and it will only take a quick spruce to be ready for photos and showings.

Easier to Make Useful for Multiple Family Members

Whether you have a spouse who wants to pitch in for cooking or children who want easy access to their healthy snacks, organizing the kitchen helps many people use it, not just the primary chef. A disorganized kitchen may give children access to things that aren’t good for them, like the sharp knives of the kitchen, so this process makes for better kitchen safety as well.

Easier to Avoid Food Waste

When we don’t know exactly where and what is in our kitchen, it’s much easier to let fruits, veggies, and other food items go to waste because they expire. No one likes to waste a tasty, valuable food item just because it was hidden behind a pile of other foods in the fridge. An organized system should, ideally, let you sweep your gaze across pantry and fridge and know exactly what’s running low, what’s available, and where you could potentially use something before it goes bad. 

Easier to Cook Quickly

Let’s face it - no one these days has a lot of extra time to waste running back and forth around the kitchen to find each gadget and utensil they need. Even people who love cooking elaborate meals prefer to have everything close at hand, so extra time in the kitchen means extra love going into the food, not a bunch of wasted time.

Easier to Enjoy Food Time With Family

The kitchen is the heart of so many homes, and if your kitchen is organized, it’s easier to hop from task to task while enjoying a glass of wine with a friend, or while hearing about a child’s day at school, or while passing items to a spouse to put on the table. Removing some of the strain of a disorderly kitchen makes the core time together much richer and helps everyone relax after their days out and about.

Guest Contributor: Angeline Gonzales