Even if your kitchen utensils drawer is full, it's hard to remember which ones you use. Throw away chipped, twisted, or peeling plastic. Put the remaining in a kitchen counter box.
Extra plastic forks, condiment packets, and straws from fast food and takeout orders tend to accumulate, occasionally becoming scrunched-up napkins or unwrapped straws.
Most of us have a scruffy outfit we wouldn't mind destroying for painting, gardening, or other dirty tasks. No need to save them for an unlikely moment.
Check the information before throwing it away. Your phone can hold vital numbers and addresses, while a scrapbook or digital album can hold memories.
However, such specialty gadgets make cake pops, quesadillas, and ice cream easy, but they rarely justify the space. Unused ones should be thrown away or moved to another room.
It seems wasteful to throw away takeout plastic boxes, but they build up quickly. Keep the ones you'll need during the week, like those that fit in your lunch bag or hold leftovers, and throw away the others.
Smoothie bottles, tumblers with straws, water bottles, and thermoses take up a lot of cupboard space. Limit your water bottles and travel mugs to those you use regularly.
Smoothie bottles, tumblers with straws, water bottles, and thermoses take up a lot of cupboard space. Limit your water bottles and travel mugs to those you use regularly.
Old razors can cause razor burn and skin infections if left in a damp shower where bacteria develops. Replace blades used more than four times.
After three months, discard mascara and SPF products. A one-year expiration date is a good rule of thumb for everything else in your makeup kit.
Yes, those plastic shopping bags can be useful, but that doesn't mean you should keep an unending supply on hand. Consider how many you actually use on an average week.
If you remember, reusable grocery bags are stronger and greener than plastic ones. When you forgot yours at home, you probably bought more. Some of those bags are crinkly and underfilled. Keep favorites and discard others.
Don't keep every gift bag in case you can utilize it. Big stacks make bags wrinkle and look used. Keep two generic small, medium, and big bags.