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Check out the transition of this pantry. Goes from disorganized to organized in one weekend
Cooking, baking, and snacking are much more fun if you can easily find and use your pantry items. I was certainly feeling like mine was getting a bit chaotic, so I mapped out an organization plan to get it under control.
My pantry was also all white and was laking some style, so I added some color with peal and stick wallpaper.
Steps in this project and materials needed:
First thing you want to do is take everything out of the pantry and wipe down the walls and shelves. If you have wire shelves take them out too. My shelves are wooden, permanent shelves so I had to work around them.
Next step is to measure. Measure the square footage of the wall space so you know how much wallpaper to purchase, and measure the shelf length and depth to help in selecting canisters and organizing options.
I picked out a gray damask peel and stick wallpaper. I can't find the exact pattern I used, but this one is similar: https://amzn.to/3UmSu2d. Many options to choose from! General Link to others: https://amzn.to/3XtdcQg
I started on the left side and worked my way around. I had to make a lot of cuts because I couldn't remove my shelves - if you can remove your shelves definitely do. You will absolutely need a wallpaper smoothing kit and a sharp knife.
To pick out storage containers I recommend going to Bed Bath and Beyond, or searching on line. There are tons of options and no wrong choices... unless you didn't measure ;-). Here are some of the items I chose:
Lazy susans: https://amzn.to/3fWA2hQ. Before, the corners of my pantry were hard to access and became a mess. These really make the corners more usable. My shelf depth is 11.5 inch. I got 18 inch lazy susans. This puts a little bit hanging over the corner edge, and that actually makes it easier to turn.
Food containers: https://amzn.to/3UKt2n6. Definitely get clear food and cereal containers. It makes it easy to see what it running low and you can add any labels you would like. I still need to add better labels on mine, so that will have to be another blog :-)
Tiered shelves for spices: https://amzn.to/3hsXcg9. These allow you to see your spices much more easily. I keep my extra spices in the pantry and also converted one of my kitchen drawers into a spice-draw - I highly recommend doing this!
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