Weekend Project: Pantry Organization!

Now that I'm feeling better, I finally had some energy to turn some of my organization inspiration from IHeart Organizing into some real projects! To get things started, I decided to tackle the area of our house that drives me the craziest - our pantry. I'm about to show some serious household warts here, but oh well. Here is what our pantry normally looks like.

I didn't cheat and straighten it up before I worked on it, I promise! The part that drives me absolute bonkers is the very bottom, where I throw - or rather stuff - every random bag I have.

 

I started out by getting a few wall-mounted spice racks. They're magnetic and were really easy to install! I put my old Yarnell Hoffer Hardware knowledge to use :) and used drywall anchors to hang them, so they aren't going anywhere! Once I transitioned the spices to the rack, this freed up some space in the wire shelving we already had on the pantry door.

 

Next, I used a few cloth bins to organize some of the items that easily become unruly in the pantry, like Tyler's snacks and baking items. I also got a few shatter-proof, acrylic canisters to hold baking supplies as well. (Side note: We recently had an "incident" where Tyler thought the flour bag would be fun to play with. Needless to say, the flour needed to be better contained) 

So, here is the before and after!

BEFORE

AFTER

It's still a work in progress, but the biggest change is that I can actually find what I'm looking for in the pantry! What a concept?!? And the bottom area is much more pleasant!

Now that this is done, I'm trying to figure out what project will be next. But - for now - I'm going to go get a snack from our new and improved pantry!