My Kitchen

The kitchen is the busiest room in my house. Not only it is my throne. It is the hub of all other things non-kitchen – mails, calendar, homework, office supplies, gadgets, and whatnot. So... A place for everything. Everything in its Place. This is my mantra.

What used to be an empty wall, we put up a collage. We had IKEA’s Spontan magazine rack  and magnetic board as the focal point, and filled the rest of the space with assorted frames in the same silver scheme.

All paper trails from school and elsewhere go into those coloured folders. Kids' school/daycare calendars, grocery list, library book list are pinned on the magnetic board, making it disappear in the background. Good!  The frames hold memorable family photos and kids’ artwork, which we constantly update one frame at a time.

We kept the MARKOR sideboard even if it doesn’t match the kitchen’s new theme. It's hard to let it go, after all the hours we put into the assembly. Besides it provides ample storage. On top, a breadbox, a tray of glass jars & vitamin bottles, the tired rice cooker and cereal boxes.

This drawer keeps an assortment of tea which we drink a lot of especially at Fall/Winter, noodles, yummy instant noodles, and pasta.

I have saved the emptied babyfood jars knowing someday I will make good use of them. Now they uniformly house my spices.

Beside the stove I have all the cooking sauces.  In lieu of a drawer liner, the aluminum tray catches all the drip if any.

This drawer is for all the disposable wraps and bags. I use an empty box to keep grocery bags we later use to line the trash cans.  I snatched the small red container from the kids for my rubber bands.

This is the bento corner, for the Tupperware®, lunch and snack boxes. The lids and all the bento tools are in the plastic bins from ONE’s.

An organized space makes life more organized. Especially in this high traffic space.