For week 29 of the 52 Weeks of Organizing, I continued cleaning out the china cabinet that I started last week. I completely emptied the bottom shelves and the three drawers. I made room in the buffet for the dishes I want to keep. In case you didn’t see last week’s photo, yes we have a china cabinet AND a buffet in our small apartment, but not for much longer!
I also started packing up the serving pieces from our china set that were on the upper shelves. I put them in the boxes they came in, which were already taking up space in the buffet anyway. I need to find a few more boxes; hopefully they didn’t make their way to the recycling bin…
While I was rearranging things in the buffet I made an unexpected discovery. A few years ago our water goblets went on clearance so I bought an extra 6 (making a set of 18). I figured we could break one now and then and have a set of 12 for a long time. I thought we were down to 11 but apparently I had stashed one in the buffet, so we’re back to 12!
I plan to get stainless steel drinking cups for everyday so we can have a full set of glasses for dinner parties. We used cups like these at a friend’s backyard party and really liked them; they are easy to clean and it seems like a wise investment and a more environmental option over buying breakable glassses that eventually need to be replaced.
BTW, anyone who lives nearby interested in buying this cabinet before I put it on craigslist?
omgosh, we have one stainless steel drinking glass circa 1960s from when I was a kid. It is my husband’s favorite glass to drink water from because it makes it colder almost.
Why are you getting rid of the buffet after you worked so hard on it?
Well… we bought it on craigslist as a temporary fill-in while we saved up for the cabinets we really wanted. That was almost 3 years ago already!
Our favorite everyday drinking glasses are cleaned and reused salsa jars. We’ve dropped them numerous times and they are definitely stronger than actual drinking glasses. Of course you have to be able to get past the extra ridges of the threading around the rim of the glass.
For the kids, we love the tiny glass jars that Pimento and Old English Cheese spreads comes in. We use the pimento cheese to make cheese balls during Christmas and always save them (my mom saves some for us, too). The kids have never broken these, even when they throw then from their booster seats as babies. They don’t have threading around the rim and are perfect for little hands.
Great ideas! I’ve been saving glass jars (and my mom’s too) for leftovers. I didn’t realize they were so indestructible!
I love that cabinet and would so go for it – but I live in Arkansas. Kind of a world away!
I love the stainless steel cup idea. I’m going to remember that one!
I need to look into the stainless steel cups. I love that idea for kids because I don’t want plastic cups anymore. Great job cleaning out the cabinet!