I'll be very honest here - I am guilty of breaking three-fourths of the rules here. These kitchen guidelines were put together by someone who claims that having all this stuff on your counters creates "counter-stress".

This may be true, but I've noticed that these advice gurus with the "a place for everything & everything in its place" philosophies tend to have homes with a lot more "places" to put crap!

That being said, at least one of these suggestions is common sense. The rest? You decide.