Clutterbugs: How to Organize your Pantry
This weekend, I decided my pantry was in need of a little tune-up, so I decided to turn it into a photo tutorial for you.
Here is our starting spot. It's been about six months since I re-did it. Yeah, I know I have a lot of junk food - don't judge! Even though I label the shelves and try to keep order, everyone always just shoves stuff in wherever there is room. Typical guys!
This is the upper section where I keep most of the basic staples and items for side dishes.
On the bottom, there are drawers where we keep our soups and all our little snacks and goodies. They're even more of a mess because the kids get in there and shove stuff all around when they're looking for something or when they're putting the groceries away so they can move onto something more fun like video games.
Here is my starting point - rather than clear out large areas, I start with just one section of one shelf. I just take everything out and put it on a shelf or a chair, just to get some breathing room. Then I start sorting stuff out and grouping it by type. It's important to put like with like so you can clearly see what you have and where to find things. Also, once you get things stacked up and put away neatly, you'll find a lot of additional space.
This is about the halfway point, which really only took me about 10-15 minutes to get this far. See I have all my staples and boxed items stacked up, all my spaghetti and beans are neatly stacked in my little bin and see how much clear space I have and how easily I can see things.
I also threw out a lot of out-of-date items and combined a few things that were in multiple containers. All my baking supplies are up on the top shelf, all my spices and soup mixes are all organized and it's just nice to have so much room and visibility.
My snack drawers are all sorted out and organized, so the kids will be able to find items to pop in their lunches, and we can see what snacks need to be replenished when we go shopping.
Total time spent - about 30 minutes, and it was so worth it. I love that feeling of aaahhh when I open up the pantry and see all that empty space and have everything all organized.
Come back again soon for a fresh dose of Clutterbugs. If you'd like to see more posts on the subject, you can click on the Label below for a complete list of posts.
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Here is our starting spot. It's been about six months since I re-did it. Yeah, I know I have a lot of junk food - don't judge! Even though I label the shelves and try to keep order, everyone always just shoves stuff in wherever there is room. Typical guys!
This is the upper section where I keep most of the basic staples and items for side dishes.
On the bottom, there are drawers where we keep our soups and all our little snacks and goodies. They're even more of a mess because the kids get in there and shove stuff all around when they're looking for something or when they're putting the groceries away so they can move onto something more fun like video games.
Here is my starting point - rather than clear out large areas, I start with just one section of one shelf. I just take everything out and put it on a shelf or a chair, just to get some breathing room. Then I start sorting stuff out and grouping it by type. It's important to put like with like so you can clearly see what you have and where to find things. Also, once you get things stacked up and put away neatly, you'll find a lot of additional space.
This is about the halfway point, which really only took me about 10-15 minutes to get this far. See I have all my staples and boxed items stacked up, all my spaghetti and beans are neatly stacked in my little bin and see how much clear space I have and how easily I can see things.
I also threw out a lot of out-of-date items and combined a few things that were in multiple containers. All my baking supplies are up on the top shelf, all my spices and soup mixes are all organized and it's just nice to have so much room and visibility.
My snack drawers are all sorted out and organized, so the kids will be able to find items to pop in their lunches, and we can see what snacks need to be replenished when we go shopping.
Come back again soon for a fresh dose of Clutterbugs. If you'd like to see more posts on the subject, you can click on the Label below for a complete list of posts.
By TwitterButtons.com 
1 comments:
WOw! These look wonderful! I am SO impressed!
♥ freestanding pantry
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