Organizing My Pantry

 

So… I did a thing. Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely despise housecleaning. I cannot tell you how much this upset my mother, because she was one of those people who loved cleaning so much that she even cleaned her light switches with Q-tips damped with alcohol to make sure she got into every nook and cranny. Me? I blow on the furniture and call it a day.

There is a strange sort of phenomenon, however, that comes over me in spring and fall that makes me actually want to clean and organize, so a couple of weekends ago I organized my pantry. It took me the entire weekend, and I am talking day and night, but this is the result. I found things I didn’t realize that I had, as well as spices that dated back to the year 2009. Clearly, I don’t do this often enough.

 

 What got me interested in doing this were these pantry containers (as well as these) that I got on Amazon. I got three sets of them, using my rewards dollars, washed them all by hand, and let them air dry overnight before I started filling them. As a result of organizing my pasta alone, I filled my trashcan up a third of the way with empty pasta boxes. Now I actually know what I have. I was able to combine ‘like’ pastas into one container instead of having boxes in various parts of the pantry. The pantry was such a mess that, because I couldn’t find things, I would just buy more.  That’s not a good idea; counterproductive one might say. 

The over-the-door spice rack can be found here. Once I started going through all of the spices, I found that so many had long expired and needed tossing, that it freed up space on the bottom racks for canned goods. (The stackable can rack organizer on the top shelf can be found here.)The labels and marker that came with this set of storage containers was abysmal, so I bought these labels, and this marker, and found they worked wonderfully. The sense of satisfaction that I got from cleaning my pantry cannot be measured; I was floating on air. I opened my pantry door to anyone who came into the house, including various service people. Yes, I was that proud. 

If you have long wanted to clean out your pantry (or cabinets, or any place else in the house that really needs seeing to), I hope this will serve as an inspiration to you.  Winter is coming, let’s get organized!

This post is inked to Metamorphosis Monday.

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