I’ve gotten lots of questions about my pantry! People say, "wow you’re so organized" or "where did you get your containers?"
This post is to first:
1. Break the "you’re so organized myth" I am NOT, I am just really good at hiding the ugly stuff.
2. Maybe give you some ideas for your home! Note: this pantry makes it so your husband can fend for himself a little bit more instead of asking you where everything is! (Not guaranteed I still occasionally have to tell my hubby the potatoes are indeed in the potato bin)
Let me add, this is not my food storage area, this is just your everyday stuff. We as a family like to buy in bulk, when we can so that we have storage for emergencies. We slowly use our storage and rebuild it once it runs out. We buy the 50lb bags of flour etc and it takes a long time to use it all but we save lots of money in the end. I will eventually do a post about our actual emergency food storage too if that something you guys would like.
Anyway so my pantry has doors on it so I can close and hide it but I typically leave it open because I love the colors and the way it looks.
The first things I got were my blue and white storage bins, you can find them Here on target.com and then I bought these adorable chalk board labels off Amazon.com and use them for all of my containers, so far they have held up really well.
Each container holds something different, here’s some of my bins titles.
-Potatoes
-Asian Pantry (Asian noodles, Asians sauces, rice paper etc)
-Totes/Bags ( grocery bags )
-Baby (baby food/snacks, bottles, sippies, breast pump stuff etc)
-Noodles
-Quick Meals
-Snacks
-Something sweet! (Hubbys favorite, here I keep the hot cocoa, s’mores stuff etc. we try not indulge to often though)
The second thing I bought were these similar totes from target but a different size I keep these up top, I have a coupon one (which has ended up more like mail, ads etc that we don’t have time to go through at the time, but don’t want on counter), breads and medicine. (Medicine being up high is always a good idea)
Note: I always use these totes all over my house, I use them a lot to hold my wash cloths, soaps and toiletries in my bathrooms)
The next thing are these containers from Walmart that you can find here. Because these aren’t BPA free I don’t use these for my full blown food storage but I do use them for things that filter out fairly quickly. Be sure to use them in a place not in the sun or extremely warm temperatures and I’d avoid moisture. The containers are the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to food storage for $3, I have found a BPA free, less attractive option through Bobs Red Mills and I use those for my long term storage that is only about $1 more. I keep chocolate chips, beans, rice, almonds, raisins, quinoa, whole wheat flour etc in these containers.
Behind these containers I keep my CRAP. The inevitable things that just aren’t cute and too big to be consolidated in a tote, like that giant Costco canola oil or the maple syrup or giant container of bissquick. See guys there it is I am not as organized as you may think.
The last things I got were these awesome rubber maid cereal containers! Cereal boxes are so so ugly and these are the best if you buy your cereal from a place like staff of life where you can pay for it by the pound. I also put rolled oats in the middle container. You can find these awesome cereal container with the easy pour spout here.
One final thing to say is I keep all my appliances on the bottom shelf for easy access! And that’s it, really easy, cute and doesn’t break the bank too bad! This pantry has saved my OCD brain a lot of headaches for sure! Let me know if you try it!
