Organizing our kitchen pantry has been a chore I’ve been putting off doing for awhile now. I hate opening it up and seeing stuff everywhere and not being able to find what I’m looking for. Here’s my plan to have a headache free pantry.
First, I’m going to start by taking everything out the pantry and sort them items into similar types as I remove them. This pre-sorting will save me time when i go to put everything back. Once I have everything out of the way I’ll take the items I have sorted and put them in some type of box or basket. I haven’t decided if I want to use wicker baskets or plastic boxes to be honest. Either way the purpose of these bins will be the same. Each bin will house each category of items. This will make it easy for me to find items in the pantry and will make putting things away much easier.
I also want to get a few shelving units to organize all of my canned foods and spices. I’ve seen some really neat can sorters that make it so you can hold up to triple the amount of cans in the same space. As for my spices, I want to make them all visible so I’m not pulling five and six bottles out at a time trying to find the right one. A tiered shelving unit will make them all visible but I’m also concerned about it taking up a bunch of space. I think I’m willing to sacrifice a bit of unused space underneath the tiered organizer to make getting what I’m searching for not only easier but faster.
Finally I’ll label all of the bins and shelves. I’m going to use a combination of pictures and words so it helps everyone in the family regardless of reading level. This will hopefully make unloading groceries and such easier for my husband and kids. I won’t have to hear, ” Mom where does this go?” or, “Where is the peanut butter?” Everything will have it’s place and I will be headache free, at least from the pantry that is.