I've had organizing on the brain lately. In the last 10 days, I've re-organized three pantries and a laundry room. This morning, I realized that my extra supply of spaghetti sauce should be out of Jason's reach, and within minutes, the contents of my own pantry were all over my kitchen and I was rearranging everything.
(It occurred to me about 1/2 way through to snap "before" pictures, which are really more like "during" pictures. Just know that my "before" wasn't all that bad to begin with.)
Most people open my pantry door and say, "Wowwwww...this looks like a grocery store..." But although it looked nice and was fairly organized before, I decided to take the advice that I've been giving my friends lately and do a little rearranging:
1. Keep like items together.
2. Gather unused containers and baskets from around the house and use what you have before buying anything.
3. Move kid-friendly snacks onto lower shelves and things that could be a messy disaster (ie glass spaghetti jars) out of the reach of toddlers.
4. Store unopened extra packages behind currently used items. (For example, my 1/2 used bags of sugar and flour are behind the white canisters in the pictures below.)
Here are the before/during and after pictures of the whole pantry. (I listed what was in the empty sections in the "before" and how I grouped items in the "after.")
"Before" of the top two shelves...
"After" of the top two shelves...
(Top shelf: snacks, beverages and extra flour. Next shelf: nuts, seasoning packets, dinner items, oils & vinegars.)
(The "lunch box section" - on the lowest shelf)
(The "baking section" up higher - the plastic white basket on the left is from Walmart. I think they sell those big ones 2/$1 and the littler ones 3 or 4 for $1. I use them all over my house, mostly in drawers as separators.)
By the way, before and after pictures of my other friends' pantries will be posted after our scheduled trip to IKEA next week. One friend is buying just a few items and using mostly baskets that she had around the house while the other had a huge garage sale to fund her complete face-lift, which will result in a pantry fit for a magazine cover. Stay tuned!
(FYI...if you're local and need some organizational help, I'm for hire! I have no idea what to charge, so once we're done, you can just pay me whatever you think the project is worth. I'm not officially starting a business, but I'm very open to helping where I can and bringing in some extra cash for our household where I can. My friend's husband has decided to move into their laundry room, so my referrals are excellent! Just sayin'...)
(It occurred to me about 1/2 way through to snap "before" pictures, which are really more like "during" pictures. Just know that my "before" wasn't all that bad to begin with.)
Most people open my pantry door and say, "Wowwwww...this looks like a grocery store..." But although it looked nice and was fairly organized before, I decided to take the advice that I've been giving my friends lately and do a little rearranging:
1. Keep like items together.
2. Gather unused containers and baskets from around the house and use what you have before buying anything.
3. Move kid-friendly snacks onto lower shelves and things that could be a messy disaster (ie glass spaghetti jars) out of the reach of toddlers.
4. Store unopened extra packages behind currently used items. (For example, my 1/2 used bags of sugar and flour are behind the white canisters in the pictures below.)
Here are the before/during and after pictures of the whole pantry. (I listed what was in the empty sections in the "before" and how I grouped items in the "after.")
"Before" of the top two shelves...
"After" of the top two shelves...
(Top shelf: snacks, beverages and extra flour. Next shelf: nuts, seasoning packets, dinner items, oils & vinegars.)
(The "lunch box section" - on the lowest shelf)
(The "baking section" up higher - the plastic white basket on the left is from Walmart. I think they sell those big ones 2/$1 and the littler ones 3 or 4 for $1. I use them all over my house, mostly in drawers as separators.)
By the way, before and after pictures of my other friends' pantries will be posted after our scheduled trip to IKEA next week. One friend is buying just a few items and using mostly baskets that she had around the house while the other had a huge garage sale to fund her complete face-lift, which will result in a pantry fit for a magazine cover. Stay tuned!
(FYI...if you're local and need some organizational help, I'm for hire! I have no idea what to charge, so once we're done, you can just pay me whatever you think the project is worth. I'm not officially starting a business, but I'm very open to helping where I can and bringing in some extra cash for our household where I can. My friend's husband has decided to move into their laundry room, so my referrals are excellent! Just sayin'...)
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6 comments:
Hi Katie,
I love your pantry it looked pretty good before you reorganized it too. It does look like a grocery store. I would hire you except I don't have a pantry and I live to far away. I can't wait to see your friends pantry's thanks for posting yours and the next pantry you finish. That would be a great part time job for you to have actually.
Love you to come an organise my laundry and pantry...actually my walk in wardrobe needs doing too...but I think Sydney is probably a little to far for you to travel ;-)
Monique
Looks great, Katie!
I so heart organization that I have recently started my own business!
(been planning it for years, now that we're in a state we hope to stay in a while, the time has come!)
www.operationorganization-mn.blogspot.com
I wish you lived in Los Angeles!!! I'd have you help me organize my tiny (believe me, I do mean tiny)kitchen in my tiny apartment that only has one closet.
I feel like I have stuff spilling out everywhere and I can't figure out how to best arrange things. I feel like I have pots, pans and food spilling out everywhere.
I'm so excited that you're going to post the other kitchen pantry makeovers as well - I was actually going to write you about that as I saw all the IKEA canisters on your POD and wanted to see the final product! We just moved back to Perth, Australia from Texas and I'll be started out with an almost-empty pantry in 7 weeks time when we move back into our old house, so I'm very keen to start smart and organized well - can't wait to see the IKEA idea (I'd imagine must cheaper than Tupperware!!!)
So, yes, Erik would move into the laundry room now. Thank you so much for your help.
Also, I believe I saw some liquor on the top shelf of the pantry. Where did it go? Did you need Happy Jessica's to get you through the task?
Anyways, thanks again. I'm grateful I was one of the recipients of your entrepreneurial experiment.
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