What do you keep out on your kitehen worktops?

As little as possible... I hate my kitchen 'cluttered' with gadgets. All gadgets are in cupboards out of sight. 😃

Gwyllt

Does anyone else suffer from a husband who just dumps with impunity in the kitchen At the moment I can see 4solar lights. A hammer a chisel a box of poly filler. A bunch of dead flowers with newspaper and candle which for some reason he wants to take a photo of.

😁

I didn't list DH's stuff!

Kitchen Roll
Fairy Liquid
Kitchen Cleaning Spray
Washing up brush and sponge
Bread bin
Toaster
Kettle
Coffee machine and pods
Utensil holder
Jar for loose change
Juicer
Microwave
Radio

I can add to my kettle and toaster - a vase of lovely flowers received today, the latest instalment in a monthly subscription my son bought me for my birthday. I never buy flowers for myself or cut those in the garden except sweet peas.

Does anyone else suffer from a husband who just dumps with impunity in the kitchen At the moment I can see 4solar lights. A hammer a chisel a box of poly filler. A bunch of dead flowers with newspaper and candle which for some reason he wants to take a photo of.

Everything, including the kitchen sink.
😂

I forgot a few things
Kitchen diary
Letter rack
Various glasses cases
Box of tissues
Wine bottle stoppers in a stand
TV controls
Phones on charge

Everything, including the kitchen sink.

I like a cluttered look, and actively persue it.

Microwave
Kettle
Tassimo

We have a kitchen/diner and find the less that is out the better.
Too much and it seems cluttered and untidy.

Kettle, toaster, toastie-maker, food-waste caddy, Magimix, Kenwood 'mini', butter dish. At the moment, I can see a number of things to be put away or recycled. Clutter is my middle name.

Food mixer, revolving spice rack, toaster, kettle, bread bin, knife block (chopping boards live behind this and the bread bin), salt pig, oil bottle, Tower 10 in 1, stacking colanders.

Microwave, halogen cooker, radio/cd, trays, on one worktop.
Toaster, electric tin opener, and draining tray for washed cutlery on another. Then meds, vitamins, shopping list pad and pen, and a selection of stacked plates and bowls to save me keep having to delve into lower cupboards because of my back problems, on the third worktop.
It does feel a bit cluttered, but I quite like it that way.

I have no space in my narrow galley kitchen .I keep emergency canned goods in the cupboards and there's not much room for storage .
The counters are rather cluttered .
I've had to rely on those emergency stores when unwell so they are essential .
I'm not going to worry about it !

Kettle, jar of kitchen tools, spaghetti maker, stupid fomo recycling bin they make us have here, a small basket with washing up and hand wash things. A coffee machine and milk frother. The bin we have been given has these nasty green liners supplied by the council. When you empty it the bottom always falls out and in the hot weather flies and nasties get into it and it stinks. Someone’s bright idea, waiting with fearful anticipation to hear the incidence of stomach ailments has gone up.

And the Victorian weighing scales and weights, that I still use.

shall we do shelves next?

Oh, I already have, sorry!

And how could I have forgotten Alexa’s little sister Echo, who lives on one of them.

Working my way round the worktops, from memory, coffee maker and grinder, pasta jars, butter dish, pestle and mortar, recipe stand, chopping board, trivets, coffee maker number 2, toaster, microwave, bread board, bowl of eggs, various oils and vinegars, wine cooler, plants, utensil tub, knife block, kettle, teapot, coffees, teas, sugar bowls. On open shelves - decanters, jugs, jars of herbs, an old Tilly lamp, scented candle. On a tall shelf unit - china, big cake tin, big mixing bowl, grandsons’ plates, bowls, cups. On an old washstand - flour and sugar tins, vase of flowers, soup maker, bread maker, smoothie maker, blender. On the table - salt and pepper, bowl of grapes, bowl of tomatoes. Over in the corner - various bottles of booze.

The compost and food waste bins are on the cellar head.

I do have cupboard space as well, honest. And I have plenty of clear space to work on.

Toaster
Coffee machine
Ninja
Knife block
Kitchen roll holder
Liquidiser

I have a boiler tap and built in microwave and a lot of kitchen surface.

Capuccino Machine
Toaster
Air fryer
Fruit Bowl
Vegetable bowl
Butter dish
Microwave
Kettle
Granite mortar and pestle
Chopping boards against the wall
Recent mail
Pen and notepad
Stand for my bluetooth speakers.
Charging dock for my bluetooth portable speaker
And currently a bread maker that I got in a charity shop, that I am never going to use, so it will go soon.

I'm messy and it's messy.....

Food recycling bin next to the sink

Forgot food waste,lives in a sink ,one of the pair of Belfast sinks I peel veg and fruit directly into it.Its emptied at the end of each day into the big bin outside the back door

Kettle toaster and teapot,everything else lives in the utility room.Thats an air fryer,pressure cooker and rarely used slow cooker .Chopping boards live in a drawer ,mugs in the cupboard above the kettle and toaster and the t-bags,coffee and bread live there too,Fruit bowl on the dining table .I do tend to be minimalist

Siope

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.

My food waste caddy has to live in a cupboard due to having a greedy Labrador

kittylester

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?

shall we do shelves next?

Oh!

Tea, coffee, sugar canisters.
Commemorative mugs
One of those large bottle openers
Very small sound system
Smart meter

What’s a salt pig???
I suppose it depends on your kitchen and if you have just worktops or worktops and an island or a breakfast bar .
Ok I have a large kitchen . On one set of worktops near the hob I have.
Kitchen roll holder
Salt and pepper pots
Utensils pot
Coffee machine
Kilnar jar with coffee pods
On the island I have .
Pots of herbs
Fruit bowl
Scented candle
On the worktops with the sink
Kettle
Milk frother
Tea, coffee . Sugar canisters
Banana tree
Bread bin
Toaster
Radio , plants and magazine holder with home admin on the window sill

And coffee, sugar and fruit tea canisters

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…