How do you organize your pantry? Mine is a mess! (With pics, lol)
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I organize my pantry once a month. Really. I do try. Then we grocery shop and shove stuff in. Then the kids go in there and dig through it all. I think my pantry is just too small. I looked up ehows and such, but they all show images of huge pantries where the homeowners keep only 7 things in their pantry and its all uniformed and lined up, lol. The organization store just sells stuff to complicate things. How do real people manage their pantry? I think my main problem is that I have too much stuff and not enough pantry.
Here is my mess: It is hard to see, but the "floor" space just holds juice, oil, beer, and soda (and my trash can since my 2 year old kept ripping off the lid and pouring my trash on the floor.
Help me :(
What do you sort the contents of the baskets by? Like, "baking stuff" wouldn't overly make sense. I use flour on a weekly basis, but the rest of the baking supplies are rarely touched. I suck at organization :( I should hire someone to organize my life.
Quoting Hanab818:
Bins and baskets. Lots and lots of them
It just looks like you have too much stuff in there. I would empty the whole thing out, wipe the surfaces and get to work. Make groups, put all the cans together, then juice boxes, pasta and so on. Then start putting stuff back. If you need to shove things in there then it's time to find another spot. I would not buy any of those organization gadgets. The space is only equipped to hold so much.
BTW gotta love two yr olds that dump the garbage all over the floor, I've had a few of those.
You have a lot of stuff in there. Hey nutella, my son loves that stuff.
I only have 2 shelves in mine
top shelve: boxes: pasta, mac & cheese, cereal, rice, noodles, (keep all the items grouped together by size and type
bottom shelf: canned goods: again organize by type all the corn on in on row ect.
Quoting Anonymous:What do you sort the contents of the baskets by? Like, "baking stuff" wouldn't overly make sense. I use flour on a weekly basis, but the rest of the baking supplies are rarely touched. I suck at organization :( I should hire someone to organize my life.
Quoting Hanab818:
Bins and baskets. Lots and lots of them
Mason jars are a cheap alternative to expensive storage bins (especially when they go on sale after canning season). I keep all of my dry goods in them (rice, pasta, sugar, salt, etc). I have one shelf devoted to my jars and some extra baking items, one for snacks, one for cans, and one for larger items (cereal boxes, cooking oil etc.).
I'm thinking of rehoming the contents of one of my other cabinets and moving the "daily use" stuff out of the pantry. Or moving the never used stuff out. I dunno. Or I could box up some unopened stuff and dump it at a food pantry but I feel bad to donate "unwanted" stuff.
When we moved in here I was overwhelmed by the size of my kitchen. Now its full to the brim and just annoys me. We had the room so I bought every kitchen gadget and cluttered up the world.
Quoting yperez0209:It just looks like you have too much stuff in there. I would empty the whole thing out, wipe the surfaces and get to work. Make groups, put all the cans together, then juice boxes, pasta and so on. Then start putting stuff back. If you need to shove things in there then it's time to find another spot. I would not buy any of those organization gadgets. The space is only equipped to hold so much.
BTW gotta love two yr olds that dump the garbage all over the floor, I've had a few of those.
leaving baby alone while i do laundry?