The Wonderful use of Brown Paper in the Kitchen

The first of many:

Let us start with the Kitchen first. The place where aroma rules, where tactics work, where every single experience makes our way!!

Our grannies and mothers have been in general practice to place newspaper in kitchen drawers, cupboards and shelves. In today’s world where occupation has gone multifold, where working couples juggle for home chores and maintenance, this old method of using newspaper is time consuming. Its time consuming when it needs replacement with a new one, by again folding it in the measurement of the drawer or cupboard. Instead, there is one more economical way to do it. With a use of Brown paper - Yes! the brown paper which we use for covering books etc for school going kids, which on its top have a thin cellophane sheet by default attached to it. 

The benefits of using it- 

1. If something spills on it, this dark coloured paper down and plastic cellophane sheet attached to it on top, helps us in cleaning faster with a wet wipe and dry cloth . Its ready for reuse !
2. It definitely lasts longer than a newspaper, almost a year to say. While cleaning, just use a damp cloth and put it back in place again.
3. Not to ignore, the use of it in all drawers and cupboards of the kitchen uniformly adds aesthetics to the  user.
4. There are few drawers and cupboards that are used more like the one which has tea/ coffee/ sugar/ spice box etc…there if we put a layer of newspaper and then on top we use brown paper, then its life increases as drawers are generally made up of thin rods.
5. Last, this brown paper is readily available.

So, try this out in your one drawer, and if you like it, you may spread it in your full kitchen. 

Please do write in your feedback. 

Shall share more soon!!!

Upasana

Introduction

Wow! its a great feeling to give words to your thoughts; just like giving faces to your imagination. Home Sweet Home - I chose this name to blog; for one and the only reason that in our childhood , most of us had one or the other wall hanging in our homes stating the same words, be on the main door or in the then called drawing room, or in some corner of the house.  And believe me, these words gained meaning and importance in my life when i became a wife, a doting mother and then, finally a home maker! These three words were alive in my mind and heart, though in a dormant manner.

Hi, I am Upasana Garg, have worked as SAP HCM consultant with a software company, have teaching experience for management subjects too. Before I take this baby step, I would like to thank my parents, especially my mother who let me what i wanted to be, my husband who is in constant support to me with words- ‘You can do it’! and my eight year daughter , whose nursing needs gave me a chance to stay back at home; and my friends.

So, this home management and organising is an acquired trait that bloomed with little interest, mild thoughts and more of passionate learning. I got a chance to organise one of  my friend’s kitchen and she encouraged me to write about this passion.

I have been staying in this house from past 7 years, and in these years , whenever I have opened the locked main door, I get a pleasant feeling, not of being posh but a simple yet an organised home.

I have been an avid reader, but things did not fall in place till the time I started thinking how to do this work and home chores more efficiently and effectively. There is a very minute difference between the two. The former says the percentage out of 100 and the later one tells how close we are to the goal.

And I felt that a thoughtful work when put into practice brings in satisfaction. This blog will have some home chronicles , reflections of my personal experiences, steps easing in my life resulting in better home management and time saving too.

My main focus will be on home management and organising. I welcome you all aboard with your feedbacks, likes dislikes, as we all are unique. Freud said- Uniqueness is there in each and every!! We get different experiences being into different situations and try to adapt the things as upon our suitability. The small steps that I took to organise my home and related activities may give my readers some usefulness. 

Upasana