Putting stuff away?

18 years ago

Three questions:

First, now that the granite is in, can I start putting stuff back or is there more work that might cause dust/disrupt workers/have to be moved out/etc? Still need plumbing (next week), electric (this week), tile work (this week?), paint (???), floors (next week), and finish carpentry work with molding and toe kicks (the very end). I have started using the recycle/trash bins already on the theory that if dust gets into the trash, who cares? :)

Second, I want to organize things efficiently this time around and am wondering about better arrangements. I had four upper cabinets in old kitchen, used for 1. everyday glasses, 2. everyday plates (1. and 2. were either side of sink and near DW), 3. good glasses and 4. good china (3. and 4. were above cooktop and next to oven). I still have more or less the same arrangement of uppers in the same locations, plus one 27" upper above the MW. 1. and 2. will have frosted glass fronts. (I've planned opaque glass so that I won't have to worry about good china on display at all times.) Pots & pans will go in lower cabs, and I have a separate pantry closet. I'm short and anything put on very high shelves is very, very rarely used; the cab above the fridge might as well be Siberia. I guess this is how I've always done it, but is there a better way?

Last, do the TKO put down shelf liners everywhere?

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edlakin
18 years ago
i put stuff away last weekend (although we started using the pantry for food long before that). we're basically down to toe kicks, cabinet hardware, molding, and paint and it hasn't been a problem. they have to move things in drawers around a bit to put on the pulls, and a little sawdust gets in there, but i just use the dustbuster to clean it up.

i'm an organizing freak when i put stuff away, and i had to really re-think this time around. we used to always keep tupperware and such in an upper cabinet and it would turn into a clutter pile. i moved it to a deep drawer in the island which i think is going to work out well. i also allocated one deep drawer for various plastic wraps, aluminum foils, baggies, garbage bags, etc, because the stupid grocery-store version of those things drives me nuts and i want to buy the big rolls i use at the restaurant.

i'm not sure i can really give you advice, due to the fact that our new kitchen just has so much storage that i was able to really spread out and put stuff where i want it.

but...have fun. for me, unpacking is really one of the most fun parts of the experience.
raehelen
18 years ago
I would use the time to start putting things back in slowly, and think carefully about editing as you do.

Since I'm still waiting for drawers and pullout shelves, I have half my stuff in the basement. It's been close to a year, and I haven't missed a lot of it- so it may just be given away, or if it's food-stuff- thrown out. Looking at my beautiful new cupboards, I don't want to clutter them up, so it's been a forced lesson in cutting back. And, the bonus is, cuz my new shelves/drawers have less in them, I'm finding things quite easily, and don't waste any time looking for stuff!
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