Challenge 1 and done!

This challenge ended up being both harder and easier than I thought. The adrenaline I felt from this being my first challenge made it easier to realy get rid of stuff.

Heaps and heaps of cookware. I ended up keeping only four pots and four pans all in varying sizes. 

Ridiculous amounts of utensils. I had so many that I haven't used in months or ever! 

I forgot to take a before picture of my silverware drawer and it was by far the hardest for me to downsize. I had random forks and spoons from when I was a kid.  For some reason I just couldn't seem to let it go. They were nowhere near a full set. Just one or two pieces from different sets here and there. I guess they were just full of nostalgia. 

I finally convinced myself that keeping them was pointless and the memories I have of them is better than actually hanging on to them. All of that over silverware. Ha!

For the first time I have an empty cupboard that I don't know what to do with! This used to be stuffed with just pots. It actually didn't even fit all of them. I had to keep some in the pantry.

Here is the after of the silverware drawer. The before was pretty aweful, you'll just have to trust me on that.

It was freeing to let this stuff go. Another huge plus, I no longer have a huge pile of dirty dishes ominously lurking on my counter top.