Space saving: 7 things you can shamelessly eliminate from your kitchen: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Whatever our (good!) Reasons for wanting to sort and tidy, it is not always easy to part with objects that have been part of our environment for a long time. However, making space is sometimes necessary… and good for morale, especially when you get rid of things you know you won't regret.

1 / Vintage bottles

Did you fall for a bottle of water celebrating the brand's twentieth, thirty, fifty years? It’s not a bad thing. She made the decor. But if it's still hanging out in your kitchen and gathering dust a decade or two later (so much that you can't see it anymore!), It's time for a change of scenery. It is the same for bottles of wine or champagne consumed in moderation months ago. Throw them away, you won't regret them.

2 / Promotional mugs

They are fun at the moment. Gleaned individually as a souvenir of a trip, offered in the supermarket for the purchase of a particular product, they end up taking up space in the cupboards and, for the most part, we do not dare take them out to share a tea or hot chocolate … Make a clean sweep of all your dishes that are never used because they got there a bit on a misunderstanding. Unless you are deliberately making a collection, but then maybe it doesn't belong in the kitchen?

3 / Lids and containers that no longer match

Did you break the jar but keep the lid on? Did you lose the lid but kept the jar? … And in the end you don't use either of them. Exit! Anything that was made to work as a duo and end up alone is not meant to hang out in the kitchen.

4 / chipped cups and plates

Yes, they have crossed generations, sometimes. We kept them because we were attached to them. But we have to face the facts: we don't really like taking them out for the occasion because they are still in terrible shape. The glue will do nothing, we part with it and choose a nice new tableware.

5 / The little electro that never serves

That was a good idea, that cotton candy, hot dog, popcorn maker. But you have to face the truth: of course "it can always be used" but you have (almost) never used it. Give a second life to devices you do not use by reselling them on dedicated platforms, you will have won everything!

6 / The expired spice jars

Yes, there is an expiration date on these small jars which, for some, we use more or less. It is advisable to check regularly that the aromatic herbs are not "passed" and still good for health. You will be surprised …

7 / Menus and brochures

At a time when almost everything is online, there is no point in keeping all these loose sheets with the price of sushi, pizzas to be delivered … No more than these recipes cut out of the wrappers of chocolate bars or packages of pasta. Have confidence in the Internet: it is full of good tips and good recipes!

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