52 Weeks Organizing – Kitchen Counters, Fridge and Island

My DH and I were talking about decluttering and our organizational issues.  It came out that he hates having things on top of the fridge.  I never knew that!

So I decided to tackle the kitchen counters, the outside of the fridge and our island.

Here are the before pictures, you can see the fridge issue he doesn’t like:

I started by taking EVERYTHING off any flat space, including the magnets.  Those procreate as much as my pens and pencils do!

I ended up with this:

It looks great doesn’t it?  But I actually need some things on my flat surfaces, like our toaster oven!

So I put back only the essentials!

Ending up with this: 

I love it!  You can see my bill holder top left of the picture on the left.  That I didn’t de-clutter.  But it always looks empty AFTER I pay the bills.  I love the new look and so far (after a week) don’t miss anything that was up there.