pantry organize Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/pantry-organize/ Living outside the lines with organized chaos Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/kuballskhaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-brand.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 pantry organize Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/pantry-organize/ 32 32 150386444 New Pantry Makeover: Transform Your Space with Style and Functionality https://kuballskhaos.com/new-pantry-makeover/ https://kuballskhaos.com/new-pantry-makeover/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2025 11:01:00 +0000 https://kuballskhaos.com/?p=14319 INSIDE: MY SECOND ATTEMPT AT PANTRY ORGANIZATION. FOLLOW ALONG FOR MY NEW PANTRY MAKEOVER: YOU CAN TRANSFORM YOUR SPACE WITH STYLE AND FUNCTIONALITY You ever develop a plan to stay organized and it falls apart? I put my hands up……………..and they stay there………………………..ALL.THE.TIME!!!!!!!!! I have reorganized my pantry MANY times. Check out this post for the first go round. Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. While this worked for a long time, things have changed for us. I think it’s because the children aren’t children anymore. They are teenagers……….they are messy and you can hide NOTHING from them. Here is the current state…..complete chaos!!! As you can see I’ve tried in the past. Evidenced by containers that “sort of” look the same. I decided that I would like uniform looking baskets for a more cohesive pantry. Using my reward points at The Container Store, I was able to get a great deal on these items. I also grabbed small versions of the same found here and small thin bins found here. Don’t forget to share the social love – Come follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok and Insta. AND now on YouTube!!! As all organizing adventures, start here PURGE Empty all of the contents of your pantry. Take them out of the previous bins. Check dates, expired items should be thrown away. Depending on what you keep in there, you can donate certain things if expired. I recently cleaned out my corner cabinet and found out there are guidelines to expired foods. Check it out here. Throw away anything you won’t use or eat. I found several things I forgot I had – like a pretzel kit from Pampered Chef…..we shall be making this on my next day off!!!! Clean I don’t know if you remember my Laundry Room Makeover, but I strongly dislike the builder’s grade wire shelves. However, I am not trying to replace them in the pantry. Instead, I wiped everything with Mrs. Meyers. I decided there was something I could do to make it a little better. Enter plastic shelf liner to keep it clean AND prevent things from falling through. Organize That’s right, say it with me……My FAVORITE part! I did not take a picture of what the contents of my pantry looked like outside of the pantry……..mainly because I was so overwhelmed I just needed to start somewhere. I removed the boxes that I could – Next, I put like things together on the counter. I realized that I could go back to the original idea (a little) and make each shelf specific to it’s contents. Breakfast, snacks, dinner, etc. The “extras” bin I had previously were a silly idea. I couldn’t see what was in them. Well, guess what? I have 3 bottles of rice vinegar……..I don’t even know why…….. Now with the clear bins, I can see what I have extra of and plan NON-shopping trips much easier. This is where I ended up. Like my new pantry? I’m super excited to see how long we can keep it like this! Happy Organizing,

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]]> https://kuballskhaos.com/new-pantry-makeover/feed/ 0 14319 How to Organize Your Pantry https://kuballskhaos.com/how-to-organize-your-pantry/ https://kuballskhaos.com/how-to-organize-your-pantry/#respond Sun, 26 Aug 2018 20:03:40 +0000 https://kuballskhaos.com/?p=131 INSIDE : HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR PANTRY TO MANAGE YOUR ORGANIZED CHAOS When my kids get home from school, I have flashbacks from Billy Madison, when he and the housekeeper have their moment. “Just give me the SNACK-PACK!” My pantry seems to be the center of the universe sometimes. And the current condition of mine is not functional, so I decided a pantry organization makeover was needed. Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. What happens when a certain 18 year old gets hungry or when 2 little people get home from school and they are “starving” but dinner isn’t ready immediately? Let them starve? Of course we are…..because waiting 15 minutes for dinner would be like pure torture. Alas, if I let them have a “healthy” snack before dinner, I fight less battles surrounding dinner. So here is the ONLY rule:  Before we moving onto the pantry…….let’s share the social love – Come follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok and Insta. I decided that moving things out of reach would help keep the kids in check and me more organized.  Like all good organization makeovers, this one started with removing all items from the pantry. This allowed me to group like things together better. Shelf #1 – Extras Extra items and oils are not used every meal, so keeping them out of the way allows for more important things to remain at eye level.   Once I removed everything, and saw what I had, I decided the items needed to be corralled. So I found these cute (and cheap) bins on Amazon. AND since I got a Cricut for Christmas, I figured I could label them with fancy fonts and it would perk up the pantry…sounds good right? Shelf #2 – Breakfast only It lets the kids know what they can eat for breakfast or NOT. This also allows me to reach to the shelf where my NOT so used Shakeology mixes are…..and maybe use them for once!  Again, I moved everything and decided that I needed something else….but what? Open boxes of everything – cereal, poptarts, pancake mix – I needed air tight containers! YYYAAAAAASSSSS!!!!! I went to Amazon – in hindsight I should have ordered a HUGE bundle, but I didn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on this. So I opted for containers similar to this. You might be wondering where all the other cereal went….well, since no one was eating it AND January is FOOD DONATION month, I added the cereal to the donation box. Shelf #3 – Dinner items Taking a quick glance at this shelf lets me know if I have pasta, taco shells, or rice. Obviously, we eat a lot of macaroni and cheese around here. Using those plastic containers, I put the lentils, quinoa, and barley in them. They come in plastic bags that don’t reseal very well. I’m sure I could have put the rice into a container, but I’m not sure if I want to yet. Shelf #4 – Lunch snacks We do a lot of home lunches (school lunch is not very popular with a certain picky eater) so we need plenty of lunch snacks. I take the chips out of the bag they come in and place them in a Thirty One Your Way Rectangle. I purchase large boxes of Goldfish, since it is a relatively non-messy snack. Instead of leaving it in the giant box, I measure 1/2 cup of Goldfish, place them in snack size Ziploc bags, and we keep snacking under control. It makes lots of snack bags….PORTION control! Shelf #5 – Random snacks I have had these bins from Target for a long time but I decided to jazz them up with my new Cricut. They are perfect for popcorn, Ramen, and SNACK-PACKS!!! I also found a bunch of crackers down there, since I know we won’t eat all of them, I added them to the donate box. And I moved all my extra aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and parchment paper to this shelf. I snuck them behind the pretty bins and hopefully I will remember they are there! The bottom of the pantry holds my air fryer, watering can, and this cute little bin for potatoes. I think we will find out things much better now! The key is making a system that works and makes sense to you and your family.  What do you need help organizing? How have you organized your pantry? Happy Organizing, 

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