I have organized 5 food pantries in the past month.
The kitchen is the HUB of the home. It’s command central. And it is always being pillaged by the natives!
Here are the top 3 problems most kitchen pantry stockers face:
#1 Stocking the pantry {AKA getting the food to FIT and be used}
#2 Eating what you’ve actually bought
#3 Knowing what you need to replenish
Enter client #1 BEFORE
First, I emptied and cleaned the pantry.
We moved all the coffee, powdered drinks and tea into a beverage cabinet {the whole kitchen redo will be coming soon}.
Some food was thrown away.
The Kitchenaid mixer found a new home, too.
Next, I divided the pantry into zones.
The first two shelves I organized using colored boxes.
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The upper shelf is for crackers, soups, lunch and dinner “sides.”
You can see the shelf with the 2 blue document boxes holds crackers and Ramen soup.
The lower shelf is for breakfast foods.
The red document box on the lower left is for candy. Red means STOP and think before you eat CANDY!
The last shelf I organized was the one that had all the packety things.
I decided to use an acrylic fridge bin divider.
It was PERFECT!
By adding some small rectangle white baskets, I was able to create 6 sections for packets that ALL stood up!
AND the bin pull acts like a pantry drawer! AWESOME!
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Here is the complete after:
How is your pantry looking?
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