Spring Cleaning: Kitchen/Dining Room Part 1

I have done a lot of Spring Cleaning in my Kitchen this week but I'm not finished with it yet. I am sharing what I have accomplished so far.   I am a little closer to being ready for Easter and Celebrating the Resurrection with my family.

You can read my Detailed Cleaning of my Kitchen/Dining Room Zone here: 
 Cleaning Zone 2: Kitchen & Dining Room


Kitchen/Dining Room:


I washed the curtains.

My Spice and Drink Cabinet:















I forgot the before picture but it wasn't too bad. I keep a box of tea in the basement so I sorted everything from my cabinet and box. I decided what to put back into the cabinet and what to keep in the box in the basement. 

I stacked everything up based on type of tea such as herb, black, green, medicinal, and then matched up the same flavors. 

I cleaned and organized the shelves.I also sorted and cleaned the canisters.

I forgot the Before but here is the After: 

I purged 4 food items from my Spice/Drink Cabinet.

The box before its return to the basement.















My Everyday Dishes Cabinet:

I didn't purge anything from this cabinet. I just took everything out cleaned it and them put them back nicer. I don't prefer the coffee cups in the cabinet because they don't match but they belong to my boys so I am leaving them. If it was up to me they would be gone and I'd have more drinking glasses in the cabinet instead of the extras being stored in the basement.

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After:

My Drawers:

I didn't purge anything from the drawers. I did take everything out cleaned and then rearranged everything back into them.















Our silverware.

I ran the plastic silverware container through the dishwasher.

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After:

Dishtowels: 

We have been paper free for over 10 yrs. now. We use cloth napkins, hand towels in the bathroom, dish towels in the kitchen, rags in a bucket for nasty stuff, and rags in the shed for cars. We keep paper products in a box in the basement but don't use them but a couple times a year. The only paper we buy regularly is toilet paper and feminine products.

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After:

Our Wraps:

Yes, We do buy wraps.

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After:

Tablescapes:

I decided to put together a couple tablescapes and put away the older ones that I had out.

My Chick Tablescape:
I bought the chicks for $9.00 at a Antique Store a couple weekends ago. The yellow rose plate at a rummage sale last weekend.















My Easter Tablescape:
I bought the cross and Jesus statue at a rummage sale this past weekend for $1.00 and the sheep last year for $1.00.















My China Cabinet:

This is my China Cabinet before I started. I took every dish out and ran them through the dishwasher. 















It took 3 loads to wash everything.

This is after everything was put back away and I purged a few things.

Stop by at the end of the month when I share my Clutter Busting Challenge to see everything I have purged and donated for the month.