My kitchen hotspot

In my old house my kitchen hotspot was a buffet-type piece of furniture. Now it's my kitchen island. It seems everything gets dumped on there and it bug me to no end. It makes the kitchen look like a horrible dumping ground, not a place where you would want to cook. My big problem is surface clutter which is mostly paper clutter or things that are put there so the baby can't reach it because the island is higher than the table which he can now reach. So I took a pic or what it looked like this morning (I hate coming down to this in the morning) and then what it looked like after three-10 minute session of cleaning/decluttering. I will make an effort to keep it this way, the kitchen is so much more peaceful.

The power of 15 minutes

Starting point





After 15 minutes




Another 15 minutes






And another





The final push to see the result





So after an hour of my time (broken up during the day because I have little kids) my kitchen area and stove went from pretty horrible to looking good. I just wanted to remind myself of that.