As simple as...

"I have no room in my kitchen," he said, chopping vegetables on top of the microwave, somewhere around hunched shoulder-height.

We looked at the items in his kitchen.

"Do you use this here?" I asked, pointing to the empty paper towel holder on the counter.

"Well, it goes there, but I can't use it, because everytime I do, it falls on the floor. So I leave it there, but tend to put the paper towel roll wherever I leave it..."

We moved the paper towel holder next to the sink where it filled a spot too small for anything else, but was supported from falling.

Watching him chop vegetables in his newly-freed up precious counter space, I felt my own shoulders relax.

Sometimes the tiniest things make all the difference. We may need new and bigger kitchens, but there's a good chance we just need to reorganize the awesome kitchens we already have.

To the smallest of adjustments with the largest results!