31 Days of Decluttering - Day #25 - Small Appliances

We're almost to the end of this project.  Only a few more days to go!  Today's focus is on small appliances.  

Here are the action steps according to "From Overwhelmed to Organized":

• Gather all the small appliances from around your home (don't forget those you're storing in the basement, garage, attic, etc.)
• Throw away any that don't work or are missing important parts
• Donate, give away or sell any that you have not used in the past year {you'll be able to tell them by the layer of dust on them :) }
• Declutter duplicate items {e.g. a grilled cheese sandwich maker and a pannini press}
• Consider keeping appliances that perform multiple functions and purge the ones that are redundant {this is especially important for those of you who spend a lot of time cooking and baking - you probably use most of your small appliances regularly and may not feel you have any to declutter, but maybe some can still be purged if you have others that can perform the same functions}
• Donate, give away or sell any appliances that you don't use very often and that you can borrow from someone when you do need it

We don't have a lot of fancy small appliances (mainly because I don't like to cook).  We have your standard coffee pot, toaster, smoothie maker/blender, hand mixer, and nut chopper.  I also have my grandma's mini food processor, a rotating pizza cooker that we got as a wedding present (that my husband loves), and a dehydrator that my husband's parents got him for Christmas one year.  Other than the dehydrator, there's really nothing that doesn't get used.  Perhaps I can get hubs to part with it and give it to my sister (AKA - the "domestic one").  :)

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