Day 7: The Pantry.

In a flash of Pinterest inspiration I decided to reorganize my pantry.  It had always seemed silly to be before to buy crates and things for my pantry but then when I thought about it, it's kind of the soul of your kitchen, isn't it?  The magic happens as the result of the pantry and it's always easier to justify spend money on something that will last - lets be real, I won't have to redo the side of my pantry often, right?

So here's the embarrassing chaos of the before:

Yeah, yikes.

Here's a close up of the transition as I added in some helpful storage:

The crate on the top right holds the loose baking supplies while the left side now has all my normal supplies in canisters.  The red box in the middle of the picture is the new home of my extra spices and flavorings.  I hated having tons and tons of bottles that eventually get scattered all over the shelf.  So, this was my solution.  The after:

Ta da!! I mean, it's a pantry, there's always doing to be SOME chaos.  But as you can see my paper goods also for a crate home (bottom middle shelf) which now houses my abundance of fun paper napkins, plates, plastic ware,  and solo cups.  Also on the bottom you can see that my grocery bags which I reuse have a home and most of my spices have a home on the door (and in the box - I like things spicy apparently).

I love knowing where everything is and having found a home for things.  At first I thought being able to see through the crates would bother me but hey, that's why there is a door, right?

Day Seven - done and done.

(Note: sorry about the cell phone pictures - I know I have a nice camera now so I have no excuses but you're still going to get them).

Love,

B

January Project.

Happy New Year!

I hope you all enjoyed the time with your sweet families and friends.  It's officially 2013 and time for me to get back into a routine of some sort (maybe that will include regular blog posts?).  I found a list on Pinterest for an organizational challenge.  Since my life seems to be pretty different from the gal who made it, I've made my own list, adapted loosely from some of her ideas.

Here's what my next 21 days are going to look like (this is leading up to Africa, so now seems like a brilliant time to clean, organize, and PURGE):

21 DAY ORGANIZING CHALLENGE

• Day 1 – Junk Drawer
• Day 2 – Desk
• Day 3 – Tupperware Cabinet
• Day 4 – Linen Closet
• Day 5 – Under kitchen sink
• Day 6 – Dresser Drawers
• Day 7 – The Pantry
• Day 8 – Filing
• Day 9 – Garage Storage
• Day 10 – Laundry Room
• Day 11 – The Freezer
• Day 12 – Spice Cabinet
• Day 13 – Medicine Cabinet
• Day 14 – Under bathroom sink
• Day 15 – Guest room
• Day 16 – The Fridge
• Day 17 – The Mail
• Day 18 – Keepsakes
• Day 19 – Master Closet
• Day 20 – Photos
• Day 21 – Wildcard

My hope is to post some pictures of the projects before and after on Instagram to show you all how well this goes.  That will be good accountability for me, right?

Anyone want to join me?

Love,

B