We may only be two people, but our pantry can get just as messy as having a house full. I'm a super organized person and Cody is not so it can be hard for us to find a balance of organization that fits both our needs.
I spent about twenty minutes organizing our pantry the other day so I thought I'd share some quick tips with you.
1. Have an organization system that doesn't take much time. Now, I love all those glorious pictures on pinterest of matching containers for all the different pastas and cereals and all the spices all lined up in custom jars. But that just doesn't work for me. It takes too much time. I can already see the nightmare of having to open box after box when we get home from the grocery store for me to fill those containers. No thank you.
2. Group like items together. This will just be easier for you when you go to cook meals. For instance, in our pantry, all the pasta is together and then all the breakfast cereals are together.
3. Use containers to group small items or items that tend to "float." I have two trays in my pantry and two bins. I use one tray to hold soup cans and another to hold spices. The two bins are at the top of the pantry. One holds our chips and the other holds our bread. This keeps all these items together as all of these tend to move when they aren't contained.
4. Organize often. No matter how pretty I organize our pantry, after anyone but me uses it for a few days, it tends to look a little different. I spend just a few minutes a week tossing the chip bags back in their bin or placing a few miscellaneous items in a good spot.
5. Organize with your family's pattern. Every person/family has a way that they naturally organize. It's better to not fight it especially when you are living other people. If your husband insists on putting the poptarts with the soup cans, maybe it's time to move the breakfast items where the soup cans are and find a different place for the soup cans.
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4 comments:
You are jealous that you have a pantry ;) I am stuck using cabinets! LOL
These are good! One thing i do: right before I go to the grocery store. I surf the pantry and make note of what needs to be replaced and if chips are old and/or almost empty, I toss it and make a note to get a new bag. That way when I get home, I don't have to rummage through to make space for new items (i live in an apartment and space is limited) so doing a decluttering before a grocery trip helps a lot!
I also agree about the matchy matchy containers. I don't have space for that and it takes WAY too much time. Sometimes Pinterst is just pinteresting...not practical. Haha
Ginny
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The organizer in me likes the Tupperware Modular Mates best because they utilize your space so that there is no empty space. Lego for your pantry/cupboards. You know exactly when you're out of something so that you don't come home with a box of something only to find out you had a full box AND you save money because you're not throwing out stale items such as chips. My cookies always taste great because my flour stays fresh!
I always got this problem too, that I clean everything but after a couple of days, everything is messed up again -.- hope with my new flatmates it's gonna be different, after I moved house ;)
Sandra
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