What do you keep out on your kitehen worktops?

crazyH

kittylester - you probably have a large kitchen and lots of worktop-space !

I forgot a box of tissues and a lamp.

Our kitchen is not huge but we do have 2 longish runs of work top. I love my kitchen.

If I could, I’d have empty worktops. As it is, I have the microwave, toaster and kettle on them, and the food waste caddy lives in a corner of the draining board, which I rarely use.

And a glass of chilled rose! Well it is Friday.

It’s your home leave what you want. I can’t see the point if in and out of cupboards to constantly used items. It’s a home after all.

Interesting to see other ways of doing things, though. I love it.

Wow, it seems most have quite an array of items out!

I have 2 L-shaped counters across from one another. Coffee maker and knife block on one side, fruit bowl and box of tissues on the other. That's it.

Wow, fancythat, you have a 13ft long toaster? That must make a lot of toast all at once!!!

Salt and Pepper, jug of cooking utensils, fruit bowls.

Small space (2'x6') with cupboards on sides, above and below, coffee machine and coffee gadgets. Most useful items in our home.

Nothing on the islands.

AskAlice

Wow, fancythat, you have a 13ft long toaster? That must make a lot of toast all at once!!!

Allsorts

It’s your home leave what you want. I can’t see the point if in and out of cupboards to constantly used items. It’s a home after all.

That's how I feel.

It’s my kitchen and I like it so I don’t care what anybody else thinks. I need these things around me and I can’t be faffed with getting things in and out of cupboards.

Sink end I have bread bin, knives in a block, teapot, massive fruit bowl with stack of papers behind, kettle and stoneware holder for eggs, kitchen roll holder. Other end I have large toaster, microwave, CD Player/radio, Alexa, pile of CDs, another pile of paperwork.

Thanks for all the replies.
It stand to reason that those with longer worktops have more cupboard space below for storage, especially if you also have a utility room for white goods.
My kitchen cupboards/ worktops, including sink and hob, form three sides of a square.
My wall cupboards hold crockery, glassware, casserole dishes, and dry foods. My lower cupboards are bigger, containing pans and food ( tins and bottles) -and oddments. I think I could do a bit of swapping around to make better use of the lower big cupboards for my slow cooker, electric tin opener, food mixer, currently on the worktop, but I will ( after the decorator ) still leave out:
Fruit bowl
tray of drinks
bread board
radio
microwave
jugs of utensils
Knife block
tray of tea, coffee, biscuits
Mug tree
Kettle
air fryer
sink tidy
toaster
Notepad and pens.
Food waste bin
window sill has plants, tub for bottle tops (for Hospice)
Kitchen roll holder is on the wall

We very, very rarely waste food, compost bin is outside the back door

Nor do I. It is mostly potato peelings, outer lettuce leaves, orange peel.

Well if we're including the walls and window sills I also have a knife rack (on the wall), and two flowering plants (no idea what they are) on the window sill. Also on the window sill is a large Danish clear glass vase thing. I also forgot a stainless steel trivet next to the hob and a stone one with penguins on next to the Ninja.

I'm so glad to realise that I am not alone in my cluttered homely kitchen!

Toaster
Breadbin
Ceramic dish full of keys
Knife block
Chopping boards
Salt & pepper grinders
Radio
Hand lotion
Jar containing dead batteries for recycling (with a label reading 'Dead Bats' which occasionally freaks out visitors)
Ninja multicooker
Microwave
Breadmaker
Cookery books
Bamix on a stand
Fruit bowl
Pen & notepad
Kettle
Coffee maker
Teapot
Canisters of coffee, tea and sugar
Coffee filter papers
2 mug trees
Paper towel on a stand
Washing up liquid
Bar of kitchen soap in a soapdish
Veggie brush
2 jars of utensils
4 small heatproof mats beside the hob
2 herb and spice racks

Kettle, coffee machine, toaster, bread bin, 3 tins (biscuits/cakes), knife block, liquidiser, phone, 2 small baskets.

Dish drainer
Food waste caddy
Plastic tube
Kettle
Toaster
Small tray( to put cups on when making a cuppa)
Tea & coffee
Salt & pepper
Microwave
Coffee maker
Air fryer
Squash bottles
Fruit bowl
Definitely not minimalist😂

Not many mentions of a radio- an essential for me.

I couldn't cope with getting the kettle out every time I wanted to use it.

Kettle
Toaster
Bowl of fruit
Knife block
Some rather nice wooden paddle boards stacked up against the wall
Egg holder
Plate warmer (hidden by side of fridge freezer)

A stand mixer, a Cuisinart, some dish soap, some chopping boards, a coffee maker, my husband's blender, a toaster oven I only use for holiday meals, a water glass, and miscellaneous clutter of my husband's. Well, to be fair, part of it is my stuff, but if it's mine, it's not clutter, of course, it's wonderful bits of this that and the other which my husband stubbornly considers clutter.

Chocolatelovinggran

Not many mentions of a radio- an essential for me.

I use an Alexa which is on a shelf - shall we do shelves next?

Microwave, tray of condiments and oils, paper towel, toaster, kettle, coffee machine, stand holding washing up items, handwashing liquid, aloe vera plant, fruit bowl, notepad and pen. Plenty of space for more…