A couple of months ago, I decided that I couldn't take the mess in our pantry any longer. It was so cluttered and crowded that every time I went in there for something, I would wind up having to move a ton of boxes and packages and cans and bags of stuff trying to figure out where it was. So off to Wall-Mart I went. As much as I hate chain stores and would much rather shop locally, sometimes you just can't find deals as good as you can at Wall-Mart. I came home with two shoe organizers that hang on a door, as well as a few different shelf racks and one of those plastic stands with the drawers in it. I spent less than $5 on each of the racks and I think around $10 each on the hanging shoe organizers and $15 on the plastic drawer thingy. Well worth it for the results I got.
This is what the shelves looked like before I started.
As you can probably tell, I had made small attempts to organize but with everything that was in there it didn't accomplish much. All of the bottles had been on the pantry floor which I apparently forgot to take a picture of. I started with the shoe organizers and hung one on the front of the pantry door and one on the back. All of our bottles of stuff (We both cook for a living and love to cook at home so we have several different kinds of Olive Oils, Vinegars, Sauces, Dressings etc.) went into the shoe organizers.
Next I gathered all of our tupperware containers (which were in another area of the pantry not shown in these pics) and put them into the Plastic Drawers, freeing up space on another shelf that was much needed for small kitchen appliances. Lids in the top, most commonly used containers in the middle, less used ones in the bottom.
I then tackled the pantry shelves and took everything off the shelves. I was surprised at how much stuff was crammed in there. I also took down the green hanging organizer that you see in this pic.
Once the shelves were empty I wiped all 3 down and set to work. I put the racks in first. You'll notice in the first couple of pictures that there are two of the purple ones on the top shelf, however I ended up taking out the one on the right before I finished.
Most of the stuff that was in a box or bag went into containers and jars of various types and sizes.
Top shelf, pasta, rice, flour etc. Middle shelf is all of our extra spices and baking ingredients. Bottom is cereal, cans and jars of stuff.
All done with room to spare! WAY easier to find anything we need right away without having to search every shelf! And as an added bonus, cooking comes with much less stress! And anything that relieves a little bit of stress is okay with me. I still need to label a bunch of the jars and containers but that will come another day with another post.
Happy Organizing!
~Kay
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