rewrite this title 10-Day Decluttering Challenge – Kitchen Countertops (Day 3)

Published: by Crystal Paine on September 3, 2025  |  This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

It’s Day 3 of the FREE 10-Day Decluttering Challenge! When you join, you’ll get a quick, 15-minutes project to do each day to build momentum and create a calmer, more peaceful home without adding more stress to your plate.

Before I show you pictures of what I decluttered today, here are more details on the challenge…

How to Participate & Enter to WIN!

Go sign up for the 10-Day Decluttering Challenge to get your free printable plan.

Every week day of the challenge, I’ll be posting on Instagram, Facebook, and here on the blog as I work through the challenge myself.

I will invite you to do the daily challenges with me and to share your successes! Every day that you complete the challenge and submit it, you’ll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card we’re giving away randomly at the end.

You can participate every day or just some of the days — whatever works for you! But every day that you participate and fill out the simple form, you are entered to win!

Day 3 Challenge: KITCHEN COUNTER clear off

Focus Area: Kitchen countertops

Remove anything you don’t use daily.

Sort items into zones: Appliances, Paper, Utensils, Misc.

Find a permanent (and off-the-counter) home for each item.

Wipe everything down and enjoy that “fresh start” feeling

Try keeping your counters 90% clear for the next three days and notice how it changes yourmood.

We keep our kitchen countertops pretty cleared off most of the time so this was an easy project for me today! I’ve found that by having them cleared off twice a day, it really keeps things much more manageable in the kitchen!

Enter to Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Go sign up for the challenge here! And just for fun — and to motivate you to join us for the challenge — if you do today’s challenge and fill out the form linked here, you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card I’m giving away at the end of the challenge!

Note: We may possibly share a few of the best entries over the course of the challenge, so by submitting the form, you are giving us permission to possibly post your entry. If you’d rather we don’t post it, please note that on your entry.

Click here to sign up for the challenge now — it’s completely FREE!