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How to clean your cupboards without losing your mind
Spring-cleaning is an excellent excuse to sort out those kitchen cupboards.
It's surprising how mucky the shelves can get as a result of the to and fro of your crockery, pans and dry goods - not to mention the cutlery drawers, which somehow always seem to accumulate a vast quantity of crumbs and grime.
Go about this task very systematically. Do NOT repeat NOT try to do more than one cupboard at a time or you'll risk ending up with a vast quantity of stuff spread about the kitchen, just as the will to put it all back it ebbs away due to the size of the task. Instead the one at a time approach means you can do one cupboard or drawer every day if you have limited time and want to spread the job out. Or if you do intend to do it in one go you'll at least break up the task into manageable chunks
Take everything out of the cupboard and lay it out on newspaper on the kitchen table or work-surface (avoid the floor if you don't want to get dizzy from jumping up and down).
Use this as a de-clutter opportunity. If it is a food-store cupboard, now is the time to liberate that bottle of truffle liqueur you acquired ten years ago in Umbria and that six years past its use-by date tin of quails in aspic you got in a Christmas hamper. If it's a crockery or pan cupboard, then ask yourself when you plan to use that gadget that has gathered dust and you had forgotten you even owned. Your local charity shop or car boot sale will find a much better use for it than you ever will.
Give the inside of the cupboard a good wash with a solution of warm dishwashing liquid. If it's a high traffic cupboard you may want to line the shelf with some spare wallpaper, grease-proof paper or tinfoil - this will cut down the cleaning time next time!
Rearrange your (inevitably much smaller) stack of items in the cupboard.
Top Tip
When cleaning the cutlery drawers, if you have any silver items that look a bit tarnished then now's the time to restore them to their best by giving them a good clean. Here's how to do it without buying a proprietary silver cleaner.
If you do happen to have inherited the family silver, then it can be a bit of a task keeping it clean. If you are not using it regulary then it's best to keep it away from the air, to help stop it tarnishing. Just roll your "best" cutlery in a napkin, fold the ends under and secure with elastic bands. Do about six of each item at a time Not terribly pretty but very effective!
About the Author
Clare Flynn is the Managing Director of Make it and Mend it Ltd and ANT Consulting .
Make it and Mend it is all about making small changes to our lives that have a ripple effect and influence the world we live in. It doesn’t happen overnight, but adopting the Make it and Mend it philosophy makes a difference to your finances, your ‘green credentials’ and the way you feel.
Clare spent over 20 years in senior Marketing roles in the UK and abroad for global companies Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark and United Biscuits as well as 2 years with ?WhatIf! The Innovation Company.
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