The Kitchn Cure Day 1: Make a List of What You Like and Dislike In Your Kitchen

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was The Kitchn's founding Design and Lifestyle Editor as well as Managing Editor of Re-Nest, Apartment Therapy’s late '00s green living site. She now thinks a lot about design, kids, and designy kids' things. She lives with her two daughters and their father in St. Paul, MN.
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The Kitchn Cure Day 1: Monday, August 11
Assignment: Make a list of what you like and dislike about your kitchen.
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Welcome, everyone! Today is the first day of The Kitchn Cure, and we’re so happy you’ve decided to join us. Over the next four weeks we’re going to clean, organize, and beautify our kitchens from top to bottom. Are you ready? Stick with us and at the end of the month your fridge will be scrubbed, your appliances sparkling, your pantry restocked, and your general cooking enthusiasm renewed — or at least we hope!

This week our focus is the fridge and freezer, but don’t pull out that sponge just yet. The first assignment is a simple one: just poke around your kitchen!

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Today’s Assignment (estimated time: 20 minutes)

  1. Take a walk around your kitchen: Pull out all your drawers, look into your pantry, open the cupboards. Really notice everything in your kitchen. What’s the overall state of cleanliness and storage? Is your pantry looking a little overstuffed or a little bare? What jumps out at you right away, either as an eyesore or something you love?
  2. Make a list of things you like and dislike about your kitchen: Once you’ve thoroughly evaluated your kitchen, make a list of all the things you like and dislike about it. Maybe your pot rack goes on the favorites list, but the sorry state of your under-sink area doesn’t make the cut.
  3. Star the things you’re capable of changing: Now look at all the things you dislike about the current state of your kitchen, and star the ones you’re capable of changing in the next month. You may hate your countertops, but replacing them probably isn’t an option. But your dusty pantry containers? Greasy range hood filter? Scary, disorganized junk drawer? You can deal with those this month. You may even want to double star the areas that are in desperate need of some TLC. (Hello, overabundant collection of expired spices.)
  4. Get ready to clean the fridge and freezer! Over the next four days you’re going to tackle your fridge and freezer, so get ready now. Double check that you’ve got the necessary cleaning products and tools on hand. Get a cleaning playlist queued up on your iPod. We’ll see you back here tomorrow!
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