It’s week two of Apartment Therapy’s second annual Kitchen Cure and I’m already behind. The Cure is AT’s six-week flurry of posts, reader tips, and assignments designed to help get your kitchen in shape in time for summer.

Last year, we moved right at the beginning of spring, and so our new kitchen had that undefiled orderliness that we were foolish enough to think would last: jellies all together, pots nested, spices labeled in square containers and arranged not alphabetically but in geographical clusters, according to the region of the world where they’re most used.

A year later, the whole room is a mess. We did a big fridge purge at the end of fall, but the winter took its toll. The freezer’s overstuffed, one crisper has the tell-tale shriveled green onions, and we regularly ransack the utensil drawers for the can opener. We’re due for a major top-to-bottom clean, and the Cure gives us some support.

The first week was dedicated to cleaning out the fridge and pantry, so we’ve got some catching up to do. Luckily, there are plenty of great tips to get us started. As an inveterate saver of old jars, I was especially excited to see all the solid user tips on how to get the labels off and what to do with the clean jars.

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Related: The Kitchen Cure Discussion Board (Apartment Therapy)

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