#3 Cut Down the Kitchen Duplicates
Kitchens are remarkably good at collecting duplicates. You buy a new frying pan but keep the old one. A new set of mugs arrives while the previous set stays in the cupboard. There are three vegetable peelers, several wooden spoons, more plastic containers than lids and enough serving bowls for a family gathering twice the size of any you actually host.
The easiest way to tackle this is one category at a time. Put all your frying pans together, then all your mixing bowls, utensils, mugs or food containers. You do not need to empty the entire kitchen in one exhausting afternoon. Simply compare similar items and keep the ones you reach for first. The damaged, awkward and rarely used versions become much easier to identify when they are sitting beside your favorites.
Be realistic about entertaining too. Keeping a few extra plates for visitors makes sense. Keeping 25 because you once hosted a large Christmas dinner may not. A kitchen works better when the useful items are easy to reach without moving three other things first. Fewer duplicates can also mean less bending, stretching and searching whenever you cook.