What, in your pantry, can you donate to the food bank? With inflation and tough economic times, local food banks have been helping more people than they usually do. If you’ve been looking for something to motivate you to clean out your pantry, this might be the thing. Local food banks need donations and you …
Depending on your pantry/kitchen you might consider getting some organizing products to help use the space well. If you have built-in shelves that are too far apart or don’t use the vertical space effectively there are a couple of things you can try. Here are four ideas for optimizing your space: Stackable Shelf Rack or …
There are so many wonderful tall water bottles, but there isn’t always a great way to store them. I like using these stackable water bottles and wine rack organizers. They do a great job holding the really tall water bottles and keeping everything from rolling around or falling over. Bottles If you have really deep drawers …
When we have things on shelves or in cupboards the best thing you can do is bring them forward. Lining everything up at the front of your shelves, just like libraries and grocery stores do, will make your space prettier. Have you ever bought something only to come home and find that you already …
Now is a great time to clean out your fridge and freezer. With everyone trying to eat healthily, it’s a great time to start fresh. Things can get lost in the back or misplaced and forgotten about. Also, there are always more crumbs and spills than you thought. Cleaning out and organizing your fridge or …
This client’s pantry is tiny, ridiculously tiny. So they updated part of their garage to function as an overflow pantry. They took out the shelving unit that was there and built shelves. They did use some products like the rolling can holders for the cans they use the most often, but she didn’t need one …
Organizing a pantry is one of those things that need to be done every once in a while. I try to go through mine once a year or so because we have a lot of people using it. It also helps us catch any food that has expired. I tidy small areas throughout the year …
This client wanted a central location for her family’s medical supplies. So we moved things around and created a medical cupboard. Then as we organized other areas in her home we found more and more medical supplies. It’s totally normal to have a gathering phase before you are ready to organize. And sometimes that takes …
This client wasn’t using their built-in trash cupboard, preferring to keep the trash somewhere else. So we added bins and changed it into a place to hold all the kid’s dishes. It’s the perfect height for kids to reach and right next to the dishwasher. Think outside the box about what kind of things can …
It’s so frustrating when you don’t have a functional pantry. When my client moved in things kind of got tossed into this pantry. This totally happens, but she wanted it to be more efficient and organized. She also had some boxes that still needed to be unpacked. So we emptied everything, including the organizing containers …