Starting off the New Year Right - Organizing Once again

The week after Christmas I started working in my attic so that I could better organize my Christmas decorations when it was time to put them away again after the holidays.  I spent days cleaning out old clothing and knick knacks and then took them to Goodwill.  Then I spent a day getting out all the Christmas stuff that I haven't used in years.  I let my daughters pick what they wanted, set some back for grandchildren, then again took a big box to Goodwill.  My attic has never been so clean.  I bought storage boxes for my ornaments and the remainder of my Christmas stuff and everything is neatly put away so I'll know where to find it.  I even labeled a box of vintage items that I'll sell on Ebay at the beginning of next Christmas season - I was too late doing it this year.


Today a tackled another job that I've been meaning to get to.  My kitchen has limited storage space, but  I do have two nice pull-out drawers that I haven't made good use of.  Things have been mumble-jumbled in there for quite a while - it's really a catch-all for odds and ends.   I have many pots and pans - one for every occasion and just about any size you can think of - and many pot lids to go with them.  Don't you just hate to store pot lids?  I try to store them with the pots, but that makes stacking the pots difficult so today, I decided to clean out those two drawers and make a place for lids. 

Wow, how junky these drawers have gotten!  Hmm....everything but the kitchen sink in here but no organization.

No wonder I can never find anything.

Almost to the bottom of the drawer - but still a ways to go!

Finally there with fresh paper down!

Now the top drawer is holding all my lids.  To keep them upright and a little better organized, I put some of them in a box that fit just perfect at the back of the drawer. 

Now, the bottom drawer is empty with a fresh white lining so time to start filling it up.  Do I really need all those pie plates.  Actually this is after I took two of them out to take to Goodwill.  But there's a pie plate for just about any size pie I want to bake!  Besides, I might break one.

 

 

I don't need those two lids though!   Someone will.   They're vintage, so I'll take them out and list them on Ebay.

Just like I listed the pretty vintage Pyrex Pink Daisy casserole dish on Ebay below:  It's worth quite a bit and it's just been sitting there forever in that drawer.

Aha!  Doesn't that look better?  A place for my KitchenAide Mixer blades - plus room for that old General Electric hand mixer that I received in 1966 for a bridal shower gift.  It still works like a charm.  They don't make them like they used to.  Also room for those Pampered Chef things that I thought I needed, but can do without.  Maybe I'll sell those on Ebay too.  Now I can find things.....and I'm wondering why didn't I do it before now! 

I surely hope I don't wait as long to post another organizational job as I did before this!  I'll just have to keep telling myself - "one step at a time"!  Happy organizing!