Practical Spice and Baking Cabinet Makeover

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Sunday’s are hard for me….back to work, back to school – reality…it really does bite!!

But I decided this Sunday would be spice & baking cabinet makeover day!

Since Sundays tend to be our “stay home and get stuff done” days, I always start with laundry. With 5 people to wash for, this task takes all day! Especially if I add sheets and blankets….

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The other thing I decided to tackle was a really specific, unruly set of kitchen cabinets. They are side by side and house all baking and cooking necessities.

Do you have cabinets that look like this? I’m not alone right???

A few years ago, I saw this Pinterest post about a spice cabinet redo, it inspired me to do the same. Unfortunately, I did not keep up with our spices and it has become a hectic mess again. To be fair, my husband uses the majority of these so….I blame him 😂.

Turns out he never liked my system and requested that I remove the ‘debauchery’ from the kitchen. I thought that was a little harsh, but I complied with his request and removed the cumbersome jars with lids that didn’t really keep moisture out.

Two notes on this:

1. Don’t throw 20 glass jars in the regular trash (some of you may have already known this was a bad idea but I didn’t think about it until I was almost done 😤)
2. Label everything! I love taking things out of their original packaging to make it look uniform with the rest of my glassware. BUT…..I found 4, yes 4, glass jars without labels and the only way to know what was in them was to taste….NO NO NO…..NOT today!!!

As with all organizing journeys, start here:

1 – Remove

As I was removing everything from these cabinets, I discovered that my children make messes in places they shouldn’t even have access to…

New RULE: no more sprinkles! Jeez Louise!

Heathens!!!

2 – Purge

As with every organizing journey, get rid of the things that you don’t need or will not use.

I found expired jello packages, 300 paper cupcake wrappers, 3 things of paprika, 3 things of peppercorns, 2 sea salt jars, and a ton of Italian seasoning…..I combined what I could and tossed the rest!

Since I threw out some things I know I use (by process of elimination; not taste testing), I quickly added them to my grocery list on my phone so I won’t forget them. And of course, I wiped the cabinets down with my favorite Mrs Meyers!

3 – Organize like things together

Remember to organize like things together. In these cabinets, it seemed like a simple fix to the chaos…my SPICE and BAKING cabinets need a makeover.

Meaning – separate them!!!

By putting all of the baking supplies on one side and spices on one side, finding what I need will be a piece of cake. So I sorted them on the countertop (with a little help from a girl after my own heart) into baking goods and spices.

As I was throwing away the (previous) glass spice jars, it dawned on me that I had sort of the right idea with uniformity. But I did it backward….spices in glass jars??? Let’s try it with the baked goods instead; and then plastic for the spices. YUP!!!!!

What do I need:

• 5oz plastic spice jars for regular size spices
• 9oz plastic spice jars for larger size spices
• Plastic air tight containers
• Easy to remove glass jars for small and large baking add ins
• My Cricut with pretty vinyl – which I started as light blue and then I screwed up and didn’t have more light blue so I went with silver (learning curve).

4 – Labeling

With my new Cricut, I made some really cute labels. This was my first (by myself) project and it worked out so well….I can’t wait to label everything in my house!!! Just kidding!

I made labels for all baking supplies:

• Powdered Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Corn Starch
• Almond Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Baking Soda
• Cocoa

I missed 3 – Chocolate chips (white and milk chocolate) and tapioca. Because I don’t always have those on hand….so we’ll see if I need labels for those later. Remember the key is labeling so you don’t have to taste test!!!!!

Next, labels for Spice Cabinet:

• Flaxseeds
• Bread Crumbs
• Panko
• Corn Meal
• Ionized Salt
• Pickling Salt
• And of course, all the spices

Again, I had some help with the labeling. I think the girls like the Cricut as much as I do! It’s easy to use and it’s so satisfying to see the pretty outcome!

5 – Let’s put them away

Remember, it has to make sense to YOU! For us, more common things need to be close and easy to reach.

I found a stacking shelf for the spices, it gave me more room and allowed my husband to be able to see the spices.

I had a lot of fun doing this…I know weird right? My little helpers enjoyed pouring the spices into their new containers and placing them back on the shelves.

Are you ready for the side by sides?

Before and afters:

Be well,