Phase 1
One of the things our family will need to get used to when living in a yurt is having much less space. One of the first things I'm doing in that planning is severely reducing the amount of stuff in our kitchen.
I've gone through and removed all the saucers, dessert plates, pasta plates, teacups, all but 2 mugs, all cups and glasses, all but 4 plates, and all but 4 bowls. I will also be reducing down to one set of silverware for each person.
So, we'll each have 1 bowl, 1 plate, one mug, one set of silverware. That's it. I will hand wash after each use. After I have everything boxed (I'm halfway through) I will take some pictures to show the difference.
I'm even thinking of taking it a step further. Since I will not be using the dishwasher at all, I'm thinking I will store the dishes in there and use it as a drying rack. Then I can convert that last bit of cupboard space into storage for canned goods.
I'm going to box these dishes up, but hang on to them for a month. If we love it, I'l keep it going longer. If not, I'll adjust as needed. When we do actually build our yurt, we will sell our whole set of dishes (they are a nice complete set of oven safe porcelain from williams sonoma.) and buy 1 simple set of metal plates and bowls and such so we do not have to worry about breakage.
Phase 2 will be to reduce down to the minimum of cookware.
