Clutter free kitchens for joyful cooking

Even if you have spent a lot of time and money on the decor of your kitchen, it will not be a pleasant environment in which to cook if it is cluttered or used for more tasks other than just cooking. De-clutter your kitchen to decrease the chore and restore the joy of preparing food at home.

It may be tempting to host the array of designer worktop appliances you own across your different kitchen surfaces but clear surfaces make a kitchen look cleaner and more hygienic and are practical for purposes of cooking since vast space is always available.

Store the majority of appliances like food mixers, Panini toasters and coffee machines away, perhaps leaving just one of your very favourites on display.

If you have the option (or in fact, the room) try and keep laundry machines like washing machines and tumble dryers outside of your kitchen. Inevitably, clothes end up loitering in the kitchen, which is neither convenient or a sleek look. If your house lacks the space required for a separate laundry room, you may wish to purchase a integrated washing machine and dryer, which are seamlessly built and hidden away into the rest of your kitchen unit. Other appliances like dishwashers and fridges can also be integrated.

Dining tables are obviously great for family meal times and social events but it may be worth getting hold of easily collapsible ones if you lack a separate dining room and it is a tight squeeze with them constantly present in your kitchen.

Anything that shouldn’t typically be stored in the kitchen should be stored elsewhere. I know that when members of my large family come into our house, the first stop is always nearly the kitchen for a drinks or snack and because of this, shoes, school bags, coats and even my brother’s moped helmet get dumped within the kitchens walls.