The following post is from Joshua of Becoming Minimalist:
Source: Lucy*Lou
There’s something very refreshing and life-giving about a clean, uncluttered kitchen counter. It sets tone and culture for the entire home. It communicates calm and order. It promotes opportunity and possibility (who enjoys cooking in a cluttered kitchen?). Not to mention, it saves times and promotes cleanliness.
Yet it is one of the most difficult places in the home to keep clean and tidy. There are, of course, several reasons:
- The kitchen is hard-wired as a natural gathering place for the family (that’s where we keep the food).
- The kitchen is physically located in a high traffic area of the home.
- The purpose of the room requires messes to be made during its use.
- The kitchen is often used as a collection area for various odds and ends (mail, shopping trips, etc.).
