7 Tips to an Organized Pantry

by Katherine

Eat more healthy, home cooked meals with a well-stocked and organized pantry.

7 tips to an organized pantry, closet, kitchen cabinets, organizing, storage ideas

It makes perfect sense that keeping healthy foods in an easily accessible and orderly pantry makes putting together nutritious meals stress-free. Really, it is a no brainer!

Benefits of a Well-Stocked, Organized Pantry:

~Being prepared

~Creating healthy, quick meals from what’s in the cupboard

~Knowing what you have

~Wasting less food

~Feeling a sense of accomplishment about feeding yourself and your family

Today, I want to share with you my Southern pantry essentials, and a beautifully organized pantry from my friend Kim’s house. You may remember P&P’s look inside her house with the Home Tour: Safari Glam meets Industrial Chic. Now, we get to peak inside her well-stocked pantry and pick up some tips for keeping this important space organized.

Bring Order to Your Kitchen Pantry with These 7 Tips

No. 1 Group Pantry Items and Create Sections

~Put like things together both in terms of type and size

~Place daily use items at eye level and rarely used items on high shelves

No. 2 Measure Your Space

~Measure your largest and smallest pantry items to determine height of shelves

~Generally, shelves should be between 8 and 18 inches (cans = 6 ½” and cereal boxes 15”)

No. 3 Use Shelf Organizers

~You should store small items, packets, or awkwardly shaped items in baskets

~Elevate items on the back of the shelf with risers

~If the shelves are wide enough try a lazy-susan

~Gravity feed racks are great for cans

Tips 4 - 7 on the blog today! Plus tour more of this fabulous pantry and get your free download - My Southern Pantry Essentials!

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Eroque022810 on Oct 15, 2016
I am drooling. Wow howhat did you get such a large pantry? I grew up and both homes had pantries know I had to put one in when we redid our kitchen I'm speaking of the cabinet so it's not a walk in, but I have it by cultures so that I can find things fast. I wish I had done the entire wall yet I still wouldn't have the space you hzve, you are very blessed. May God continue to keep that pantry full.

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- Katherine on Oct 17, 2016
  Thanks so much! The pantry is actually my good friend's who was kind enough to open her home up to P&P readers. She lives in a converted industrial warehouse, so tons of room! You can see it here http://penderandpeony.com/2016/09/home-tour-s...
  
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