Interior designers reveal 9 things in your kitchen you should get rid of

Cheyenne LentzJun 12, 2020, 03:27 IST

A kitchen can easily look cluttered and dated, but there are a few ways to make it look better.Shutterstock

Insider asked interior designers to share which kitchen items and designs are worth getting rid of.
The pros said you should toss or upcycle extra dish towels and oven mitts, especially if they're worn or don't match your kitchen.
Seldom-used cookbooks and appliances take up space and aren't always worth keeping.
Open shelving, especially if it features mismatched items, may not be contributing much to your space.

From cluttered countertops to overflowing junk drawers, some of us could use a bit of help organizing our kitchen.

But sometimes it's hard to know what to let go of and what to keep. To narrow it down, Insider asked three interior designers to share which kitchen items should be tossed or decluttered.

Here's what they had to say:

Old or worn dish towels can be repurposed as cleaning rags.

If your dish towels no longer look great, consider using them to clean instead of hanging them in your kitchen. Shutterstock

You probably don't need five pairs of oven mitts hanging around your kitchen. Shutterstock

Go through your utensil holder and toss or put away things you rarely use. Shutterstock

Most of the time, you can just save a few recipes and donate the books. Shutterstock

Think about whether or not the items in your junk drawer actually need to be stored in your kitchen. Shutterstock

If you rarely use your stand mixer, you may want to store it somewhere that's hidden. Dmitry_Evs/Shutterstock

If you never use your mismatched dishes from a few years ago, consider giving them a new home or tossing them. Shutterstock

Open shelves can get dirty quite quickly. Shutterstock

If you're going to keep an item displayed, make sure you truly like it. Shutterstock