Given that youre likely spending a little extra time cooking these days, its possible that youve noticed a few dingy, neglected areas of your kitchen that could use some love and attention.
I am not suggesting you spend all of your socially isolated hoursscrubbing your oven, but picking a small kitchen betterment project each week will make the room a more pleasant place to be.
Completing one kitchen project a week has helped me feel a little less anxious and stir crazy, and has also visibly brightened my kitchen, a room I was already spending a lot of time in, but am now spending even more.
So far I have cleaned the tops of my built-ins, wiped down the top of my fridge, and reorganized my pantry (which I had to do anyway to fit all of the beans and pasta).
Its important to pick a project that seems at least a little bit enjoyablelike reorganizing your bar cart so its aesthetically pleasing, or throwing away a bunch of expired salad dressingsand avoid those that fill you with dread.
Potential projects include, but are not limited to:
Cleaning out the junk drawer
Washing your garbage can(surprisingly rewarding)
Shining your sink
Cleaning that gross spot behind the kitchen faucet
Culling your mug collection
Reorganizing your mass of pots and pans
Tossing old pint glasses
Cleaning your oven
The point is to gradually make your kitchen a better place without stressing about it.
If youre going to be cooking as much as you think you are, you might as well make where you cook a pleasant place to be.
