We must get this debt out of the way first.
I've been highly annoyed with my kitchen over the past few months, and I finally decided that instead of grumbling over it..I needed to take action.
We have a small room off the side of our carport that we weren't really utilizing, other than to store our deep freeze and our home canned goods. I started to use it as my "couponing stash" when I started to get enough to call a stockpile.
This area has now become one of my most useful places! It is heated/cooled so it basically like another room to my home.
Anyway, so I have been going through my cabinets trying to move the things out of there that I don't use everyday. Things like special serving platters, extras of condiments, and other randomness that I may use just once a year. In this quest, I have found that I must be highly addicted to serving platters.
But, the biggest accomplishment of all....
The picture on the right is my spice cabinet. On the bottom is a container that contains things that I use almost every time I bake something (baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, etc). The basket next to it contains the few packets of seasonings that I have left, as well as salt, and pepper. The other two shelves are my spices.
The picture to the right is my drink cabinet. The bottom shelf is my coffee, middle is all our tea, hot cocoa, and the individual drink packet things. Mostly everything I have taken out of the box so that I could put them into baskets. Also interspersed in this cabinet, are cake mixes, raisins, and pudding/jello mixes (that I hardly use!).
I love the transformation!
The baskets are so easy to just pull out of the cabinet to get what I need, and return when I am finished with the ingredients, or when I am cleaning the kitchen. Makes clean up a snap!
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5 comments:
My sister-in-law was talking about my Mom needing to get baskets for her spice cabinet and that was the first I had ever heard of that, but now that I see it demonstrated, it makes sense. I have about 20 of those tiny little spice containers. I stack them 3 and 4 high and they are always falling down. I swear I have every spice known to man.
I am super short of cabinet space as well. Even after purchasing a pie safe and another cabinet, both of which I store baking dishes and serving dishes that I only use for parties.
Looks great! Need to get myself some baskets. ;-)
Looks wonderful! I wish I had such a room. We have a total of 5 upper cabinets. The lower ones are all stuffed with tupperware, pots and pans, and serving platters. So, my 5 upper cabinets have to be shared between dishes and food. Oh, frustrating! I've seen standing cabinets at Target that have doors on them and I'm really thinking of buying one for a pantry. We're also living in a "shoebox" and dreaming of someplace bigger when the debt is all gone!
We lived in 600 sq ft apartment for 13 years. Organization is very important.
We've graduated to a 2000 sq ft apartment and we still need to stay organized. (so we can find stuff)
Thanks for sharing your organizing project.
Baskets at The Dollar Tree are AWESOME! In fact, in preparation of Easter (yes I said Easter) they have TONS, with lots of variety! I have been buying 4 small thatch baskets every week getting ready for my homemade Christmas goodies I plan to give this year. They aren't the coolest, but I plan to spray paint them silver. And at $1 a basket ... SCORE! You've inspired me to go through my house and see where I might need more basket organization and get some bought now while they have lots.
Great job!
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