The First Kitchen Organizing Workshop

This past Tuesday was the first in a series of kitchen organizing workshops at Cucina Fresca in downtown Elko.  Cucina Fresca is one fine kitchen store.  If you can’t visit the store in person, check out the website.

The workshop was an enjoyable one!   The evening was filled with lots of questions, lots of laughter,  lots of great stories and solid organizing information.

 We learned how to zone our kitchens.  If you haven’t heard of  “zoning”  it is the process of determining specific areas in the kitchen where you do specific activities.  Examples of kitchen zones are the cooking zone, the food storage zone, the food prep zone, the clean-up zone.  Generally, there are 4-5 zones but you can have as many zones as meet your needs.   The secret to zones is to keep all the things you need for an activity in the same area.  For example, the cooking zone should be near the stove with pots, pans and cooking utensils stored in the same area.  This enables you to cook without searching for what you need.  It also saves time and reduces irritation.  I am all for anything that saves time and makes the kitchen a welcoming place.

Next we learned about the organizing process and how to do each step of the process.

The evening ended with several give-away items.  Participants left with new motivation to organize at least one drawer or cabinet in their own kitchens.

The workshop was a great success.  I hope you will join us next Tuesday for Workshop #2 on organizing the pantry and cabinets.

What About The Kitchen?

 

If you’re like me, the kitchen is the “command center and gathering place” in your home.  It’s the place where I cook, keep the family organized, meal plan, read the mail, enjoy a glass of wine with my guy and visit with family and friends.  No matter the event, everyone always ends up in the kitchen.  I love it that way! 

Sometimes though, the kitchen runs amuck.  The cabinets are a mess.  Drawers are overloaded.  I have tons of herbs and spices but none of what I need for dinner.  When it reaches that point, the kitchen drives me crazy and I really don’t want to be there (for any reason).  After too many  “let’s have a sandwich or let’s pick up something  for dinner” options I just have to whip my kitchen into shape. 

Does your kitchen make you crazy?  Would you like some new ideas about kitchen organizing?  Join us at Cucina Fresca in downtown Elko for four free kitchen organizing  workshops.  We’ll be talking about the organizing process and how to do it, zoning your kitchen, new organizing products, and much,much more.

 During the last class we will collect excess kitchen items to be donated to the Committee Against Domestic Violence (CADV).  If you have items you would like to donate but are unable to attend the workshops, call Unique Spaces Organizing @ 744-2503 and I will gladly pick them up.

The workshops begin Tuesday, April 13 from 6:30 – 7:30 at Cucina Fresca on Idaho St. in downtown Elko.  Each Tuesday in April and the first week in May we’ll talk about a different aspect of kitchen organizing.  Join us for one or all of the workshops.  Sign up for our drawings at each class.

For more information contact UniquesSpacesOrganizing@gmail.com or call    744-2503. 

 Hope to see you there!