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Get Organized – Pantry Makeover for Under $40

February 18, 2015 by Alison 13 Comments

My pantry scares me. It’s even worse than my bedroom closet which I re-organized a while back. (You can read about that here.) My pantry though, it’s a horrible, evil little cavern in the corner of our kitchen…the kitchen of a manufactured home and an older one at that so as you can imagine, it’s not space that’s truly optimized as best it could be. When I opened the door the other day to try and find something to make with dinner I basically decided then that I needed to do something. I didn’t have a foggy clue what we had in there and what we didn’t, which is probably why half the time when I go to make dinner I can’t finish it because one thing I thought I had isn’t actually there. (Yes, we use macaroni noodles for spaghetti on a regular basis because if all else fails, there’s always a box of Kraft hanging around!)

 

Pantry-Makeover-Under-$40

 

Here’s what I happened to be looking at the moment I decided something had to give. I seriously think I may have subconsciously been making food choices based on things that didn’t require me to actually open the pantry door.

 

Cluttered-Pantry-Before

 

After I gave a little thought to what I wanted to do with my sad, dark, cluttered pantry, I picked up a few dry storage containers for things like cereal, flour, sugar, and smaller items and used the cardboard boxes that most foods already come in for other things.

pantry-makeover

 

By using what was already there, and spending less than $40 on just a few containers that I can re-use, I was able to turn the hot mess you saw in the beginning into this:

 

organized-pantry

 

Now it took me a couple hours to pull everything out and sort through it, but this is so much more organized and pleasing to look at right?

 

What’s your food or kitchen storage nemesis? Do you have the perfect kitchen or do you have a sore spot that needs help? Let me know in the comments below and thanks for reading!

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Filed Under: DIY, Helpful Hints, Organization, Saving $$ Tagged With: Budget, Kitchen, pantry, storage

Comments

  1. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:52 am

    I wish I had a pantry to make over LOL. You did a good job on yours!!

    Reply
    • Alison says

      February 18, 2015 at 12:49 pm

      thanks Robin! It’s really more like a closet lol but I like to call it a pantry…it sounds fancy 🙂

      Reply
      • Christine T says

        February 18, 2015 at 1:12 pm

        My broom/coat closet is our pantry, too, Alison! ha! 😀

        Reply
  2. Dawn says

    February 18, 2015 at 3:12 pm

    Your before picture looks very similar to what out pantry looked like a few months ago LOL! You did a great job reorganizing it!

    Reply
  3. Stacey- Travel Blogger says

    February 18, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    I love how you chose all those containers to organize! What a nifty and creative way to save space and tidy up the pantry!

    Reply
  4. Michele says

    February 18, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    My pantry closet definitely resembles the way yours used to look! About the only thing I know for sure is in there is cat food and how much! That is such a good idea one that I am going to attempt very soon!

    Reply
  5. Felissa @ Two Little Cavaliers says

    February 18, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    I love the dry storage containers. Your pantry looks so much better. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Michelle F. says

    February 18, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    I love how you organized everything! My pantry looks like such a mess right now.

    Reply
  7. katrina g says

    February 19, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    i need to do this in my pantry so bad fantastic ideas.

    Reply
  8. Rosey says

    February 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    Pans share space with our food in our pantry. I’d love to have an island or something to house the pans separately. Your pantry looks great!

    Reply
  9. Liz Mays says

    February 19, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    My problem is that I don’t have any space to create a pantry or anything! I do keep my cereal in dry storage containers like that, but they’re on top of the fridge.

    Reply
  10. Debra says

    February 19, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    I love this! So clean and easy to find things!

    Reply
  11. Travel Blogger says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    I like the easy pour containers. I’ve been looking into getting some for our pantry for the cereal and pasta.

    Reply

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