A snapshot of Curees' progress from our Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool: Kitchen Cure participant Purple Plum shows us her breakfast and says, "Yoghurt with oatmeal, banana, kiwi, almonds and a touch of vanilla. Kicks off my morning." Yum! Good energy-food for cleaning out the kitchen. More

A snapshot of Curees' progress from our Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool: Kitchen Cure participant coffeechaser shows us this favorite shelf and says: "Holds great finds like my oversize coffee grinder, $15 thrifty Kitchen Aid, some vintage pans from estate sales, and the extremely loud alarm clock I use for baking. I'm behind on the Kitchen Cure so I'll paint pantry and shelves after the kitchen remodel." Looking good, coffeechaser! More

The Kitchn Cure theme for this week is Beautify, and we can't think of anything that does this better than a vase of fresh-cut flowers on the counter. We feel happy just looking at them. Here are a few spring blooms we're starting to see come into season! More

A snapshot of Curees' progress from our Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool: Kitchen Cure participant windowshoppinginpjs shows us her freshly clean tile grout. She says: "After my husband pooh pooh'd our grout cleaning efforts, I showed him the before picture and he agreed it was indeed cleaner." Yay! We love deep cleaning week! More

A snapshot of Curees' progress from our Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool: Kitchen Cure participant meghan_e shows us her neatened-up pantry. What a great storage spot! And so neat, too. (See the BEFORE photo here.) More

This Week's Assignment: Deep Clean & Beautify
Cure Clock: 3 weekends down! 1 and a half weeks to go!
Cure Takers: 2649

Happy Monday, Cure-takers! You're now over halfway through the Kitchen Cure, and we are curious about how it went last weekend. Your assignment was to deep-clean, add some beauty, and pick a special project. How did this go? Did you do some scrubbing this past weekend? More

A snapshot of Curees' progress from our Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool: Kitchen Cure participant Purple Plum shows us her organized pots and pans. She says: "Love my Ikea drawer-shelves - they make it so much easier to reach all of my trays and pots." Looks great! More

This Week's Assignment: Deep Clean & Beautify
Cure Clock: 2 weeks down, 2 to go. You're halfway there...
Cure Takers: Over 2,600

It's the third week. How are you doing? I'm so impressed with the photos Cure-takers are posting on the Cure's Flickr page. You guys are going deep, and I know it's not easy. Even those who are behind are keeping their eyes on the prize - a more beautiful and organized kitchen that's ready for some serious spring cooking.

This week you'll do a deep cleaning, start that "special project" and add one beautiful thing to your kitchen. More

[Today organizing expert Stacey Platt shares a few tips on finding more space in the kitchen. Stacey is the most organized person I know, but understands with great compassion how unorganized many people can be. Here are some ideas from her new book, What's a Disorganized Person to Do?. Welcome, Stacey!]

Now, thanks to The Kitchen Cure's Week #2 assignment, your kitchen de-cluttered and you've probably freed up a lot of space. But if you still wish you had more (and who doesn't?), then look around your kitchen. Extra space abounds. More