Remember how I mentioned that one of my spring cleaning goals was to clean out and organize our pantry? Well, I did it! And boy, was it worth the time and effort!
You see, one of my favorite parts about our kitchen is the GIGANTIC closet/pantry the seller put in for us. Originally, there weren’t any doors on it, but during negotiations, I said to the seller, “Look, I have two toddlers. This is uselsess to me without doors!”. And whaddya know, he had some doors custom made! Who knew there were decent people in the world, right?
Do you see our pantry, way back there in the corner? It wasn’t even stained yet at this point.
Looks a lot better now, right? (Sorry, I still can’t get over how much I love our kitchen updates!).
Anyways, back to the pantry. Let me take a moment to say, we have a LOT of food in here. With 4 boys and both parents working, we have a lot of last minute dinner changes. We also have 4 hungry boy tummies who need snacks all the time, at the most in-opportune times. I’m gluten/soy/chocolate free, Jesse’s currently vegan (Lent), Gregory’s currently dairy and gluten free until some bloodwork comes back, AND our two foster boys are the pickiest eaters out there.
So, it goes without saying, we need a lot of variety! I frequently make 3 different options for every single meal. I have to remember what each person likes/dislikes/can/can’t have, and it can get pretty tricky.
I wanted to make all these different options easy to find, so I used dollar store bins to organize them. I took things like snack bars and fruit cups out of their packaging to make more room.
The last two shelves are still a work in progress, in case you can’t tell 🙂 We also store all of our larger appliances down here.
And, while I was at it, I went ahead and did the refrigerator too! Snazzy, right?
Spring cleaning is fully underway! Bring it on!
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Kristen @ Your Beauty Fix says
You inspire me to be SOOOOOO much more organized haha 🙂
themrscone says
Just like you inspire me to try new and pretty makeup! 🙂