Day 3: Project Kitchen Counters

For whatever reason, Jayme and I got a wild hair this weekend about how cluttered our kitchen counters were/always are. Jayme started it by clearing off the smallest space which is to the right of the sink. This is the area that usually ends up with all the plastic containers he "doesn't know where to put" if he deigns to unload the dishwasher. I also use the area for stacking said containers prior to putting them away. As you will see in the picture, it's also our "bar." Speaking of pictures, I was WAY TOO EMBARRASSED to take before pics (except for one) but here are the afters:
The aforementioned "bar area"

The area to the left of the sink is usually full of dirty dishes, along with the big coffeemaker if I have regular coffee that morning

Here is the "catch-all" area of our kitchen. It is to the right of the stove and other than a small sliver of space for food prep (usually cleared by shoving everything else to the brink) it is often cluttered with old mail, magazines we have already read, the boys' schoolwork, toys, and anything else that doesn't yet have a home. The things that belong there are the phone chargers and a nice candle

Next step was the computer desk. A major graveyard for all things that need to be filed away

During this entire process, the things that had a home and needed to go there were piled onto our dining table. This was the only before picture I was brave enough to take

But a few minutes later, we were ready to eat there again

So we cleared off our counters and it looked so nice! Of course, none of the counters look like that anymore, and no, you can't see a picture!