Now that spring is officially underway and ‘fresh starts’ are on everyone’s mind, thoughts naturally gravitate toward spring cleaning and getting organized. One of the toughest places to keep tidy and functional is the pantry. Today I’m sharing my Real Life Pantry Organization – no fancy expensive jars and labels filled with colorful beans, spices, rice and flours. No matching fancy pants containers or baskets to hide snacks and gravy mixes. No chalkboard labels, pretty stencils or wallpaper……just a real life pantry.
When did pantries become so tricked out? If you spend any time at all on pinterest or on blogs, you know what I’m talking about. Don’t get me wrong, I love to look at a gorgeous, well contained and organized pantry. But I also know, it’s not realistic for me. I’m guessing it may not be very realistic to a lot of people. Buying all those jars, bins, baskets and tags can be expensive. I like to see what food I have on hand, not hide it (isn’t that why we have a door on the pantry? Trendy paint colors, wall paper or stenciling is pretty, but lets be real….who is going to see it? How often does someone come to your house and get into your pantry? So today, we are talking real life pantry organization! are you game?
Prior to moving to our current home 1.5 years ago, we lived in a house for 16 years without a pantry. I used a freestanding cabinet for a pantry. So when we moved to this house with a small walk in pantry, I thought I hit the jackpot! I distinctly remember the day we moved in, I was SO overwhelmed with the pantry and had no idea how I wanted it organized – so we just tossed things in figuring I would set up a system later. Well, later turned into more than a year and a half and I’m embarrassed to show you what became of our pantry. (more…)
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