Amy, it's okay if you do you and don't post a video every day. You are one of the few who do. Others post once a week. I admire you and will continue to watch
Amy I agree. Don't feel obligated to post everyday. Although we live seeing you, I know it's a lot of work. Most only post once a week. ... We will watch it you only post 3 times a week! Love from Alabama
In my opinion, where you have the food in the pantry is what looks like it works for your family and use the kitchen cupboards just like you have it. Once you get your freezer where you are wanting it, you could always buy a pantry cabinet to move some of your food to.
I agree with this comment. We moved our to a lower cabinet and it’s hard to see what we have and yes stuff gets lost in the back. We end up having to sit on the floor to get stuff out
Greg’s domain is the garage…I would still put the freezer in there as well. He said he would and he eats the food too? Would make such a difference in your kitchen. You could have a cute little table to sit and look at your pool and have coffee.
Ideas: Top shelves for fancy serving dishes, Christmas dishes, wine glasses etc. Pots next to stove, dishes close to sink or dishwasher. Tall closet next to fridge for food, saran wrap foil etc. Dish cloths and placemats in drawers. Far left bottom cupboard near sink for pots and pans, corner will be hard to organize. Corner for bowls and strainer. All machines in Buttlers pantry, utilizing all shelves. Also consider putting baking sheets and muffin pans, cake tins etc. Extra paper products, towels, plates and cups here? So many possibilities, it is like a jigsaw puzzle,and will fit eventually. P.s. Amy.. please leave the shower door open when you clean with chemicals of any kind. As someone who passed out cleaning with bleach and comet cleaner. Better even leave a window open. Hope I don't come off as bossy, just wanted you to have one more opinion. ❤ya
See, I was thinking the same thing for the pantry beside the refrigerator, but I was thinking about using it for snacks and stuff like that for movie night and taking stuff out to the pool. Once they get the table and chair set up out there they could put chips and stuff all that in there, but your idea is much better as far as Dish towels, etc. to put over there
I really like your new house. Your old house was nice but I believe God in his wisdom truly blessed Greg with a job in Florida and you 😊that beautiful wonderful new home.
Allo, I've been watching your videos about the kitchen and I wanted to say that the cupboard beside your fridge with the drawers is a pantry. You put all your food in that pantry. I can't say I've ever seen someone use it for anything else. Just wanted to share. Hope it helps a little.
I recently moved and we put those roll out drawers in all the lower cabinets and it’s my fav thing in my kitchen. Your kitchen looks pretty organized to me! 😊
Hi from the UK. You could do a cupboard of shelves where your freezer is and put your freezer in your bulter area with your appliances. Love your videos. Thank you love to you and your family ❤
the pantry by the fridge you should have a little of all your cans and food items so when your cooking you have it near the counters and cooking area. restock once a week and on the top keep your bigger appliances or crockpots
Our family has been sick one after another for almost a month, it has been awful. I'm finally feeling like today we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our chores have fallen to the side, we've been going for convenience foods or takeout soups if anyone even feels like eating. This video gave me the motivation to start to bring our home back to baseline. I'm really enjoying watching your journey and it's a great reminder to hear you say- It's ok, we'll get there. Maybe not today but we'll get there.
I think having your freezer in the kitchen is a good idea. My husband and I are having a second home built out in the country on the farm and my second refrigerator and freezer are going in corner of our living room just off of the new kitchen so I say do what works for you and your family and let your husband have his space it is a good thing 😊. He seems like a nice guy and amazing person. Life is happy 😊when you do have a happy husband and wife.
I would store your large appliances in the butler’s pantry. I think the can goods are working well where you have them. The tall cupboard beside fridge would be a good place to put cereal and foods your kids get to the most and maybe the drawers could hold plastic wrap, bags, etc. , drink mixes. You could use a drawer near stove to store spices. You need to set up a baking center that holds what you use for baking-baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla, etc. bowls, measuring cups & spoons. You will just have to try things out and if it doesn’t work try another system. We’ve lived in our house 40+ years and I still re-arrange things in my kitchen and pantry.
I love the idea you had and moved the food to the butler pantry . It keeps it all together visible for you to see shop and such . The spices you use for everyday cooking would be great in the kitchen 🎉
I have had my food in both positions, however, I really like the fact that as I get older 50+ I love having my food options at eye level or above and keep the things that I don’t use that often or every day below. You have to do what feels right for you. You will get there it just takes time. You have a beautiful home.
@@marthaspriggs8724 That's what I was going to suggest. If she parks her vehicle in the garage, just hang the refrigerated bag/bags on a hook in the garage and she wouldn't have to go to her bedroom to retrieve it.
Food in pantry. I don’t have any food in my kitchen cabinets except my spices are in a drawer beside my stove and above that drawer in upper cabinet is my baking soda, corn starch, specialty rubs, bulk spices…..pantry houses all other foods. Canned, pastas, rice, staples…When I bake I pull out my canisters needed. I know you will find your rhythm in time.
Hi Amy, the papaya's you have should ripen on the tree. those you showed aren't ripe at all. Look up Thai green papaya salad for unripe use. Just a thought, below your built in shelves, could you have a 'buffet or a hutch? It could be used for extra kitchen dishes/serving dishes? Your food in the kitchen can be a small amount of what you use frequently(next to the fridge-long shelf) but most of it in the working pantry in the hallway(white drawers), as you have it now, that you restock as needed. Corner in your kitchen island would be the best place for least used appliances/dishes. Have fun!
I personally keep my pots, casserole dishes and pans in the lower cabinets. Plates and cups in the upper cabinets near the dish washer, and the cabinets by the fridge with pull out drews would be for food. I would also keep the hall closet for over flow.
Amy, there is a wonderful truth for you. The only one who actually knows what day you film and post ...is you. You dont have to mention the day of the week at all! I'm just happy to watch what you feel like sharing when you share it! I still go back and re-watch a lot of episodes!! Now, as for your spices, only keep the ones you use quickly on the shelf by your stovetop. The heat and condensation will ruin them fast. I moved mine to a drawer. Its easier for me. I agree with you, you are going to change and organize several times over. I think its coming along great!! 🎉❤
When you put something in the bottom cabinets you could put them in containers so you can pull them forward when you need something and nothing would get pushed back and lost in the back.
You have done alot of work. I like the tall blue cabinet for food and the butlers pantry for food...it seems perfect.just put your small appliances in the bottom cabinets. I like your house.its very pretty..
Hi congrats on your new beautiful home. In my kitchen I have it set up like you do now. I have an upper corner cabinet that holds the spices, oils s&p, above it some utensils like cheese grater we like but not always used but we know it’s there and choc chips (have to hide them or kids will snack on them) All the food is on pantry along with crock pots and rice maker and some other things. Nd remember just because you have a shelf (up high) doesn’t mean you need to use it. It’s ok to be empty. Or store things you seldom use or want to look at cuz it’s pretty and makes you happy 😊
I think your home is beautiful. The color of the kitchen cabinets makes me want to have mine painted. Seeing Greg and you working together is heartwarming. Ive been looking for your videos as soon i get up.
Stashing beach stuff (blanket, bags, towels) in the garage is what I do. It keeps the sand out of the house and you can keep things with your beach chairs and coolers.
It will take time to get your kitchen in the "flow" that you want. I've been in my home for 5 years, and I still move things around. Everything takes time, give yourself grace and just take your time. Enjoying the process you are doing, and actually have gotten a few ideas from you . Have a great day!
Hi Amy, loving your new home! So, this is my opinion about moving things around in your kitchen and butlers pantry. I would say move your bigger appliances, i.e. crockpot, etc. to your area that has your bigger bins of flour, rice, etc. Otherwise, I would leave the dishes in the kitchen area because when you take them out of the dishwasher I wouldn't want to have to take all the dishes over to the butler's pantry. You may have already made changes now but I just wanted to share.
I’m glad you’ve arranged a day off from videos. Taking care of ourselves is important. The Good Lord gave us the Sabbath so we could rest. I do look forward to your videos, but would much rather see you claiming personal time to recharge. My thoughts while watching: For the lower corner kitchen cabinets, I’ve seen 3/4 lazy susans for exactly that purpose. I had a thought for the built in laundry hamper, maybe a portable hamper to fit inside it, easy to lift out. I like having multiple hampers designated for color or item types. One for lights, one for towels, etc.. The towels, I remembered so many organizing gurus saying keep things where you use them. And I thought of pretty chests or something like that outside near the pool, one for pool stuff and one for beach stuff. Out of your closet and accessible especially for pool towels. I like the idea of having all the food in one spot. Scattered in multiple locations in the kitchen, seems not so consolidated. Someone mentioned purchasing standalone pantries, I personally love that idea. Or building one either in an existing closet or even along a wall. I think the food is better off being visible. You’re on to something with putting most often used stuff on the lower shelves and less often used higher up. It will all take time, living with and tweaking your systems. I hope all your viewers can help you solve the issues and make satisfying progress.
Perhaps you could get a nice pot rack and hang it up in that open area above the sink side. Midwest Magic Cleaning guy uses a homemade formula for stainless etc. He calls it APC. 70% isopropyl alcohol, 30% water and 3-4 drops of dish soap into a spray bottle. The alcohol really makes it shine and dries fast. The stainless panels will really look so much better on the fridge. Have a great day!!
Okay so anything you use on a daily basis in the kitchen like dishes pots and pans stay in arms reach. The tall door pantry for bulk storage like you've done perfect. The food storage area is great for overflow foods and long term storage. The upper cabinet area is great for items you only use once maybe twice a year. The bottom deep depth cabinet would be great for appliances like your slushie machine and other appliances you again don't use on a daily basis. It may take upwards of a year to get it figured out take your time and enjoy the process. You have a lovely new home in Florida enjoy yourself and all the fun memories of this new place ❤😎
Hi Amy, don’t feel the need to video every day , enjoy your family and new home , love watching you . I have lived for 18 years in our home and move kitchen bits around still never happy with it , 😂, love to you hubby and kids xx
Amy, I learned the hard way…unscrew your head of your kitchen faucet and bang it upside down on a kitchen towel. Sand will collect in the head and you will know when it’s time to clean the sand out because the pressure gets really bad from the faucet. I do mine about every 3 weeks. I replaced 2 kitchen faucets till one day I’m like wait there has to be something clogging this Florida life 😊
Live with everything for awhile. Every time you wish an item was here or vice versa make you a list! Having moved slot this was the secret for me. Same for items for the wall. Place the items where you want them on the floor,a chair or a table and live with it a few days. Enjoy decorating your new beautiful home. Happy for you guys!😀
The overhead cabinet at stove put spices. Especially your tall containers of spices. Maybe a large spice rack on side of refrigerator facing counter/cabinets.
Hey Amy, I would put your spices and baking stuff in the cabinet next to the fridge with the pull out drawers. I would leave the rest of the food in the butler pantry. It just takes time you will figure it out.
Pull out drawers to the right of frig you can store can foods, crackers, etc. you could put the coffee maker to left of frig and also movie coffe cups over.
Hi Amy, would you consider moving your other fridge to where they new one is? Looks like it would be a better fit 😊 no harm in trying. Love your channel x❤
For your stainless steel, olive oil should take the streaks off, I had streaks on mine and used bar keepers friend and it didn’t work, and then I wiped it down with olive oil and it took all the streaks off. Love your new home and your videos!
The tall cabinet next to the fridge is actually a pantry cabinet. I would put food in the bottom of that cabinet in the drawers. Especially things like baking goods and canned goods.
Get retractable clothes lines for inside the showers. We had small chrome circle one in our shower for years - to hang bathing suits after the pool. They dry overnight...so handy! & you can put it away when you don't use it.
Hi Amy. Love the new house. Suggestions. The tall cabinet is technically for food with the pull out shelves.pot and pans to the right of the stove. Appliances in butlers pantry and overflow dishes and food. left dooxt to fridge for spices. I would not put food on the bottoms be a pain to get down to them and food would get pushed back and forgotten. Cookie sheets left of stove
Cabinet on the wall before you go out to the pool… a place for your plastic containers for pastas, cereal, flour ( baking needs) etc or baking dishes, bowls, empty storage containers. Another suggestion your canned foods! Just suggestions…
Possibly put your cups in the skinny cabinet on the right side of the fridge when you take that stuff out. Then use your cup space for the cooking/seasoning/baking supplies. Just a thought. I can't cook without those things being out of arms reach.
I think I would move your glassware in the bottom cupboards between the stove and fridge to the butler pantry and put the pots and pans in that space instead. I also think you need to live in the space for a bit to really get a feel for how to make it work for your family.
I actually like where you keep all of your canned goods as well as the tall closet but I would change the baking goods, rice, extra large spices, etc. in the pull out cabinets on the right of the fridge. I would also move the pots and pans in the cabinets next to the stove. The reason I would leave all of the canned goods in the butler pantry is because it's right at eye level and so much easier to see what you have. If it goes into the lower cabinets, you'd be on the floor or having to stand on your head looking for what you need. The one white tall skinny cabinet you have baking goods in would be great for cereal, chips, snacks, drinks, etc. I also like the idea of getting bins to organize the extra toiletries. You can label them too. Hope that gives you some ideas to kick around. ❤️🙏
My idea would be coffee station in Butlers pantry. Move coffee cups with coffee it. Make coffee and bring cup to kitchen for cream and sugar. That’s not bad. I like glasses near dishwasher for ease in putting them away. Then food where glasses are and in the cabinets next to fridge. I wouldn’t want food or dishes in lower cabinets. The closet pantry is nice storage too. I know you have a big family and used to stocking up but maybe not keeping as much extras would free up more storage. By the way, I love your cabinet color and the walls. So light and beachy. 😊
I only have one tip, I have two cupboards and lower cupboards next to the stove, oven, and microwave and make sure you don't stick foods next to the heat. Maybe put something that won't get spoiled in the heated areas. So just watch for that, thanks and I love listening to all you're channel it's very encouraging and motivating too. I hope you all have a blessed Independence Day and enjoy you're whole family and make many memories in you're new home and take care!
you should get a storage bin for the backyard for the towels, grocery cooler bags fold and keep in the trunk of your car so you always have them available
My suggestion is, to move the tools out of the shelf area beside the fridge, and put your canned goods there. I wouldn't mess with the rest of your stuff unless you know you're not going to need it all the time.
Good morning Amy! If it were my kitchen I’d put the stuff I reach for every day in the tall cabinet by the fridge , can stuff will fit in those pull out (or looks to be pull out drawers) in the cabinet. Then keep a cabinet in the butlers area for over stock and cycle thru it! I’d also take that drawer beside the stove to put my pot holders in (closer to the stove ) but that’s just my opinion. Also maybe take your big containers (flour , sugar etc) and put those in a bottom cabinet those won’t get pushed back and lost! But at the end of the day it’s your kitchen so whatever’s handy for you ❤
I would personally put “commonly used” or “baking” (a ‘category’ of food )next to the fridge in the tall pantry there. I would then keep the other (the one you didn’t put there) in the pantry closet. Then the bulk/less commonly used items in the butlers pantry with less commonly used kitchen tools. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and it’s just how I could envision myself using it most productively.
Thank you for the long video I enjoyed it! I would move your cans from the butler area over to the long cabinet beside the fridge 😊 I think it will be trial and error as you continue to utilize your new kitchen until you are satisfied 🙂
The canned goods where they are definitely look great. I would clean out the little tall cabinet in the corner by fridge for cereal and snack drawer stuff you access more often cause how everyone usually gets snack and a drink or cereal and milk. Using the butler pantry for appliance storage and food stock. Just an idea. When we moved to our house now we moved from a bad situation with our old house but I still cried and wanted to go back just overwhelmed with a new way of doing things. Prayers that things start to become the new normal for you soon!
Your kitchen is a work in process. You will eventually figure it out as time goes on. No need to rush it. As you work in the kitchen it will come to you how to organize the cupboards and the butlers pantry.
Suggestion-I know you want to move that white cabinet with the barn doors out of there. That is a large wall that could be utilized for storage. Thought maybe you could get a cabinet (about 6 ft. tall cabinet and about the width of the white cabinet you will be moving)all enclosed and not very deep. You could free up all those cabinets that you currently have all your canned foods in by using the new cabinet for those cans. Beautiful house and family.
Put all of your pots and pans over by the stove in between the stove and refrigerator. The tall cabinet can be all canned goods in those drawers. Combine your coffee cups and glasses and move your coffee pot over. Food stuff that you do not use but maybe one in awhile, leave in your pantry. I have one and it holds all of my food. All of my glasses, plates, etc., go in one large pull out cabinet under my island which is so convenient. Just restructure your cabinet drawers.
I keep my cooler in my vehicle at all times...or a cooler bag. So that it's there whenever I go shopping. Just make a habit of emptying it when you get home, then putting it right back in your trunk.
Insulated Bag I had to keep in my car 24/7 when I lived in Florida. You already have the Kitchen settled, I would not make any more changes till you feel the rest of the house is settled. In 2 to 3 months you will, little by little, realize if or what you want to change. I have been enjoying your videos so much.❤❤
Love love the bathroom to the yard! Great not to track Water from pool through house. Maybe do a bunch of cute hooks And you can store the bathing suits/ towels In there.
I am guessing the previous owners used cleaners that have left a residue on the stainless steel. I have a full stainless kitchen and I use a mixture I make of 1/3 cup rubbing alcohol, 1 drop Dawn dish soap, 2 cups warm water. Shake it up well, then spray. Buff in the direction of the grain of your stainless with a microfiber cloth. It may take a couple applications if the residue is layered on, but eventually the rubbing alcohol will cut it and your finish will be sparkling and streak free.
I would utilize the tall cabinet between refrigerator and wall for food but still keep extra food in the cabinets in the butler pantry. If you use bottom cabinets for food, you’re going to be down on your knees all the time looking for food in those cabinets. Keep the pots and pans and things you use every day, in the kitchen. I would put all my baking supplies, including staples like flour, sugar etc. in one spot so it’s all together. I would put all my small appliances together in one spot also. The top shelves above the glasses could be used for flat glass baking dishes ( breakables) you don’t use every day. Your home is beautiful! I’ve really enjoyed you bringing us along in your move too.
Perhaps on the kitchen wall where you had the entertainment center, you could create a food pantry using upper cabinet only as they are thinner, you could stack them or you could put them up and down with a thin counter. That way you could put your extra fridge and freezer in butler’s pantry area.
IF YOU SEE ANTS IN MAXINE'S FOOD....common here in Florida to get tiny ants you can barely see. If they get into her food bowl, use a flat dish like a pie pan and fill it part way with water and put her bowl in the middle. The ants drown trying to get across the moat. Works great for us.
Keep all cabinets to the left of the fridge as is. Utilize the cabinet to the right of the fridge for food and/or somewhat used appliances. It has drawers! You pull those out. That is a good cabinet.
@amymaryon you should get you a magnet made for the dishwasher that covers the whole front that says gather your fragments but I love your kitchen and I really like the color of the cabinets
For the kitchen, it’s nice to have so much room to use in your kitchen to keep a lot of your food. Keep your most used pans and baking sheets inside your kitchen. The rest can go to the pantry. Those pullout drawers are great for cans. They can hold a lot! You could keep baking canisters in the top shelves of the tall cabinet to the right of the fridge. And the top shelves are a great stop for chips and snacks since they aren’t likely to be crushed. The top pullout drawer in your tall cabinet in the corner could work great for spices as well. Another thing is to pay attention to which things you’re using the most and keep those things close to your cooking space. I always keep cleaning things under the sink. You’re going to soon realize that no matter how many times you rearrange your kitchen, you’ll still find new ways to fine tune your space and rearrange it all over again! Your new home is just beautiful and I’m green with envy of your space and all of the storage you’ve got in your kitchen!
Amy, you don't really need the ice maker In the butler's pantry have a beautiful new frigerator that has a ice maker . By you storing the old ice maker, that'll free up some space in your butler pantry for you.
Hi Amy. They make stainless steel spray to clean. It is called magic stain cleaner. Removes fingerprints and stuff. Does not streak. Also papaya makes a good fruit salad with mango and pineapples and a fruit dressing. Cut in half long ways and scoop it out like cantaloupe so the seeds don't get in the flesh.
Papaya is also great for the digestion. The enzymes found in papaya are used in meat tenderizers. When I was pregnant and had the stomach ickies, I would eat 1 slice of papaya a day and it dramatically improved my indigestion. Not my favorite fruit to eat, generally, but it was absolutely my favorite at that time in my life.
I feel you can fit a lot of your everyday pantry food in your cupboard next to the fridge. You might find this much more practical than way over the other area. Over stock could go un your butler area 😊 everything else seems very well stored to me.
I can agree with suggestion of moving seldom used appliances over to the pantry but I actually agree with your arrangements. I’d rather run over to the pantry area to grab a canned good, or pasta, or other non perishable item, Thant to constantly lug pots, pans, etc to and from the work surface and dishwasher. But that is my opinion. Spices, popular and frequently used cooking items, drink ware, etc, I want on hand. I know when I cook I pull out my ingredients from a pantry and bring them to my prep station. While I’m cooking, I rarely have to run for an ingredient, it’s usually that I decide to use a different pan or something like that, that I found I need within easy reach. I think as you work in your new kitchen more, you’ll realize where you need things! Have a blessed day!
I say butler stuff in the butler pantry. Dishes, plates saucers etc. Silverware. Appliances etc.but canned food either in the cabinets or closet in the hall
I have 2 blind corner cupboards also. I store my appliances/dishes that I don't use as often or only seasonally in one and bulk food bins in the other with smaller amounts in upper cupboards.
I have a small amount of my food that I use most in my kitchen then have all my extras in my pantry in my hall. I have to have my pots and pans next to stove and my small appliances in my kitchen. I have a deep cabinet above my fridge that holds most of my small appliances. I have a baking cabinet and it's the best.
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Amy, it's okay if you do you and don't post a video every day. You are one of the few who do. Others post once a week. I admire you and will continue to watch
Thank you 😊
I would miss it so bad but I agree, posting a video every day is a HUGE undertaking. I really don't see how she does it.
Amy I agree. Don't feel obligated to post everyday. Although we live seeing you, I know it's a lot of work. Most only post once a week. ... We will watch it you only post 3 times a week! Love from Alabama
Do what works best for you😊
Where can I get that notepad you keep your list on?
As much as you have to focus on cooking, that stove is a dream come true for you.
In my opinion, where you have the food in the pantry is what looks like it works for your family and use the kitchen cupboards just like you have it. Once you get your freezer where you are wanting it, you could always buy a pantry cabinet to move some of your food to.
They sell pull out 1piece racks for corner bottom cabinets.
I agree with this comment. We moved our to a lower cabinet and it’s hard to see what we have and yes stuff gets lost in the back. We end up having to sit on the floor to get stuff out
Agree I love her family she loves her family that's wonderful God bless them
I totally agree @fayejacobs1043. I think floor to ceiling pantry cabinets there where the freezer is would be amazing.
Greg’s domain is the garage…I would still put the freezer in there as well. He said he would and he eats the food too? Would make such a difference in your kitchen. You could have a cute little table to sit and look at your pool and have coffee.
Ideas: Top shelves for fancy serving dishes, Christmas dishes, wine glasses etc. Pots next to stove, dishes close to sink or dishwasher. Tall closet next to fridge for food, saran wrap foil etc. Dish cloths and placemats in drawers. Far left bottom cupboard near sink for pots and pans, corner will be hard to organize. Corner for bowls and strainer. All machines in Buttlers pantry, utilizing all shelves. Also consider putting baking sheets and muffin pans, cake tins etc. Extra paper products, towels, plates and cups here? So many possibilities, it is like a jigsaw puzzle,and will fit eventually. P.s. Amy.. please leave the shower door open when you clean with chemicals of any kind. As someone who passed out cleaning with bleach and comet cleaner. Better even leave a window open. Hope I don't come off as bossy, just wanted you to have one more opinion. ❤ya
See, I was thinking the same thing for the pantry beside the refrigerator, but I was thinking about using it for snacks and stuff like that for movie night and taking stuff out to the pool. Once they get the table and chair set up out there they could put chips and stuff all that in there, but your idea is much better as far as Dish towels, etc. to put over there
I really like your new house. Your old house was nice but I believe God in his wisdom truly blessed Greg with a job in Florida and you 😊that beautiful wonderful new home.
Thank you
I like the way you have your kitchen now. It's easy to see what food you have in the cupboards.
Allo, I've been watching your videos about the kitchen and I wanted to say that the cupboard beside your fridge with the drawers is a pantry. You put all your food in that pantry. I can't say I've ever seen someone use it for anything else. Just wanted to share. Hope it helps a little.
I recently moved and we put those roll out drawers in all the lower cabinets and it’s my fav thing in my kitchen. Your kitchen looks pretty organized to me! 😊
Hi from the UK. You could do a cupboard of shelves where your freezer is and put your freezer in your bulter area with your appliances.
Love your videos. Thank you love to you and your family ❤
the pantry by the fridge you should have a little of all your cans and food items so when your cooking you have it near the counters and cooking area. restock once a week and on the top keep your bigger appliances or crockpots
When you feel overwhelmed, look back over the last months and everything you and your family have accomplished. You've come along way!.
Our family has been sick one after another for almost a month, it has been awful. I'm finally feeling like today we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our chores have fallen to the side, we've been going for convenience foods or takeout soups if anyone even feels like eating. This video gave me the motivation to start to bring our home back to baseline. I'm really enjoying watching your journey and it's a great reminder to hear you say- It's ok, we'll get there. Maybe not today but we'll get there.
Oh I've been there before. Many many times...it is okay and the mess isn't going anywhere...praying for you
I would leave the food in the pantry . . But then I've always wanted a pantry like your . What ever you do will perfect for your needs . God Bless .
The house 🏠 is coming together. You and Greg are doing a fantastic job 👍👍 with everything!
You should get a drying rack for your towels outside that way you wont have to worry about mildew it works very well.
Love your vlogs.
I think having your freezer in the kitchen is a good idea. My husband and I are having a second home built out in the country on the farm and my second refrigerator and freezer are going in corner of our living room just off of the new kitchen so I say do what works for you and your family and let your husband have his space it is a good thing 😊. He seems like a nice guy and amazing person. Life is happy 😊when you do have a happy husband and wife.
Don't change anything. Live with it the way you have it for 3 weeks to a month. It will sort itself out. 😊
I would store your large appliances in the butler’s pantry. I think the can goods are working well where you have them. The tall cupboard beside fridge would be a good place to put cereal and foods your kids get to the most and maybe the drawers could hold plastic wrap, bags, etc. , drink mixes. You could use a drawer near stove to store spices. You need to set up a baking center that holds what you use for baking-baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla, etc. bowls, measuring cups & spoons. You will just have to try things out and if it doesn’t work try another system. We’ve lived in our house 40+ years and I still re-arrange things in my kitchen and pantry.
I love the idea you had and moved the food to the butler pantry . It keeps it all together visible for you to see shop and such . The spices you use for everyday cooking would be great in the kitchen 🎉
I have had my food in both positions, however, I really like the fact that as I get older 50+ I love having my food options at eye level or above and keep the things that I don’t use that often or every day below. You have to do what feels right for you. You will get there it just takes time. You have a beautiful home.
Love this idea
I agree and said the same thing. Having everything right at eye level is so much better than having to stand on your head to fins anything! Lol.
The refrigerated bags by the car in the garage that way you will not forget them😊
@@marthaspriggs8724 That's what I was going to suggest. If she parks her vehicle in the garage, just hang the refrigerated bag/bags on a hook in the garage and she wouldn't have to go to her bedroom to retrieve it.
Food in pantry. I don’t have any food in my kitchen cabinets except my spices are in a drawer beside my stove and above that drawer in upper cabinet is my baking soda, corn starch, specialty rubs, bulk spices…..pantry houses all other foods. Canned, pastas, rice, staples…When I bake I pull out my canisters needed. I know you will find your rhythm in time.
Hi Amy, the papaya's you have should ripen on the tree. those you showed aren't ripe at all. Look up Thai green papaya salad for unripe use.
Just a thought, below your built in shelves, could you have a 'buffet or a hutch? It could be used for extra kitchen dishes/serving dishes?
Your food in the kitchen can be a small amount of what you use frequently(next to the fridge-long shelf) but most of it in the working pantry in the hallway(white drawers), as you have it now, that you restock as needed. Corner in your kitchen island would be the best place for least used appliances/dishes. Have fun!
Thank you
Outside gazebo is nice with roof over table and chairs
I personally keep my pots, casserole dishes and pans in the lower cabinets. Plates and cups in the upper cabinets near the dish washer, and the cabinets by the fridge with pull out drews would be for food. I would also keep the hall closet for over flow.
Amy, there is a wonderful truth for you. The only one who actually knows what day you film and post ...is you. You dont have to mention the day of the week at all! I'm just happy to watch what you feel like sharing when you share it! I still go back and re-watch a lot of episodes!!
Now, as for your spices, only keep the ones you use quickly on the shelf by your stovetop. The heat and condensation will ruin them fast. I moved mine to a drawer. Its easier for me. I agree with you, you are going to change and organize several times over. I think its coming along great!! 🎉❤
Thank you. I'm doing that today ☺️
You helped me through some dark day's thanks. Congratulations on the move!
Keep going !! You are still here :)
For the corner cabinets they make a pull out and turn style accessory to be able to reach items easier and to see what you have in them.
When you put something in the bottom cabinets you could put them in containers so you can pull them forward when you need something and nothing would get pushed back and lost in the back.
You have done alot of work. I like the tall blue cabinet for food and the butlers pantry for food...it seems perfect.just put your small appliances in the bottom cabinets. I like your house.its very pretty..
Use the built-in hamper in your closet for your beach stuff.
Hi congrats on your new beautiful home. In my kitchen I have it set up like you do now. I have an upper corner cabinet that holds the spices, oils s&p, above it some utensils like cheese grater we like but not always used but we know it’s there and choc chips (have to hide them or kids will snack on them) All the food is on pantry along with crock pots and rice maker and some other things. Nd remember just because you have a shelf (up high) doesn’t mean you need to use it. It’s ok to be empty. Or store things you seldom use or want to look at cuz it’s pretty and makes you happy 😊
I think your home is beautiful. The color of the kitchen cabinets makes me want to have mine painted. Seeing Greg and you working together is heartwarming. Ive been looking for your videos as soon i get up.
I like your cans where they are. Very easy to see what you need.
Stashing beach stuff (blanket, bags, towels) in the garage is what I do. It keeps the sand out of the house and you can keep things with your beach chairs and coolers.
It will take time to get your kitchen in the "flow" that you want. I've been in my home for 5 years, and I still move things around. Everything takes time, give yourself grace and just take your time. Enjoying the process you are doing, and actually have gotten a few ideas from you . Have a great day!
Amy there is an app on your phone that you can download all you do is take a picture of your tree or plant and it comes up and tells you what it is.
Hi Amy, loving your new home! So, this is my opinion about moving things around in your kitchen and butlers pantry. I would say move your bigger appliances, i.e. crockpot, etc. to your area that has your bigger bins of flour, rice, etc. Otherwise, I would leave the dishes in the kitchen area because when you take them out of the dishwasher I wouldn't want to have to take all the dishes over to the butler's pantry. You may have already made changes now but I just wanted to share.
I love ideas
I’m glad you’ve arranged a day off from videos. Taking care of ourselves is important. The Good Lord gave us the Sabbath so we could rest. I do look forward to your videos, but would much rather see you claiming personal time to recharge. My thoughts while watching: For the lower corner kitchen cabinets, I’ve seen 3/4 lazy susans for exactly that purpose. I had a thought for the built in laundry hamper, maybe a portable hamper to fit inside it, easy to lift out. I like having multiple hampers designated for color or item types. One for lights, one for towels, etc.. The towels, I remembered so many organizing gurus saying keep things where you use them. And I thought of pretty chests or something like that outside near the pool, one for pool stuff and one for beach stuff. Out of your closet and accessible especially for pool towels. I like the idea of having all the food in one spot. Scattered in multiple locations in the kitchen, seems not so consolidated. Someone mentioned purchasing standalone pantries, I personally love that idea. Or building one either in an existing closet or even along a wall. I think the food is better off being visible. You’re on to something with putting most often used stuff on the lower shelves and less often used higher up. It will all take time, living with and tweaking your systems. I hope all your viewers can help you solve the issues and make satisfying progress.
Perhaps you could get a nice pot rack and hang it up in that open area above the sink side. Midwest Magic Cleaning guy uses a homemade formula for stainless etc. He calls it APC. 70% isopropyl alcohol, 30% water and 3-4 drops of dish soap into a spray bottle. The alcohol really makes it shine and dries fast. The stainless panels will really look so much better on the fridge. Have a great day!!
Okay so anything you use on a daily basis in the kitchen like dishes pots and pans stay in arms reach. The tall door pantry for bulk storage like you've done perfect. The food storage area is great for overflow foods and long term storage. The upper cabinet area is great for items you only use once maybe twice a year. The bottom deep depth cabinet would be great for appliances like your slushie machine and other appliances you again don't use on a daily basis. It may take upwards of a year to get it figured out take your time and enjoy the process. You have a lovely new home in Florida enjoy yourself and all the fun memories of this new place ❤😎
Hi Amy, don’t feel the need to video every day , enjoy your family and new home , love watching you . I have lived for 18 years in our home and move kitchen bits around still never happy with it , 😂, love to you hubby and kids xx
Take your time!
Love your washer and dryer.
Amy, I learned the hard way…unscrew your head of your kitchen faucet and bang it upside down on a kitchen towel. Sand will collect in the head and you will know when it’s time to clean the sand out because the pressure gets really bad from the faucet. I do mine about every 3 weeks. I replaced 2 kitchen faucets till one day I’m like wait there has to be something clogging this Florida life 😊
Good to know. I will thank you
Live with everything for awhile. Every time you wish an item was here or vice versa make you a list! Having moved slot this was the secret for me. Same for items for the wall. Place the items where you want them on the floor,a chair or a table and live with it a few days. Enjoy decorating your new beautiful home. Happy for you guys!😀
Pledge furniture polish cleans all the stainless steal appliances beautifully!
The overhead cabinet at stove put spices. Especially your tall containers of spices. Maybe a large spice rack on side of refrigerator facing counter/cabinets.
Hey Amy, I would put your spices and baking stuff in the cabinet next to the fridge with the pull out drawers. I would leave the rest of the food in the butler pantry. It just takes time you will figure it out.
Pull out drawers to the right of frig you can store can foods, crackers, etc. you could put the coffee maker to left of frig and also movie coffe cups over.
Hi Amy, would you consider moving your other fridge to where they new one is? Looks like it would be a better fit 😊 no harm in trying. Love your channel x❤
For your stainless steel, olive oil should take the streaks off, I had streaks on mine and used bar keepers friend and it didn’t work, and then I wiped it down with olive oil and it took all the streaks off. Love your new home and your videos!
Trucking through Tuesday
The tall cabinet next to the fridge is actually a pantry cabinet. I would put food in the bottom of that cabinet in the drawers. Especially things like baking goods and canned goods.
Get retractable clothes lines for inside the showers. We had small chrome circle one in our shower for years - to hang bathing suits after the pool. They dry overnight...so handy! & you can put it away when you don't use it.
If you move refrigerator to garage maybe Greg could build a built in pantry for all your can foods. Could have a cute barn door or bifold doors.
Hi Amy. Love the new house. Suggestions. The tall cabinet is technically for food with the pull out shelves.pot and pans to the right of the stove. Appliances in butlers pantry and overflow dishes and food. left dooxt to fridge for spices. I would not put food on the bottoms be a pain to get down to them and food would get pushed back and forgotten. Cookie sheets left of stove
❤❤❤❤ I honestly think how you have things is fine. You do what works best for you and your family. I love those colors in your kitchen too. 😊
Cabinet on the wall before you go out to the pool… a place for your plastic containers for pastas, cereal, flour ( baking needs) etc or baking dishes, bowls, empty storage containers. Another suggestion your canned foods! Just suggestions…
Possibly put your cups in the skinny cabinet on the right side of the fridge when you take that stuff out. Then use your cup space for the cooking/seasoning/baking supplies. Just a thought. I can't cook without those things being out of arms reach.
I think I would move your glassware in the bottom cupboards between the stove and fridge to the butler pantry and put the pots and pans in that space instead. I also think you need to live in the space for a bit to really get a feel for how to make it work for your family.
I actually like where you keep all of your canned goods as well as the tall closet but I would change the baking goods, rice, extra large spices, etc. in the pull out cabinets on the right of the fridge. I would also move the pots and pans in the cabinets next to the stove. The reason I would leave all of the canned goods in the butler pantry is because it's right at eye level and so much easier to see what you have. If it goes into the lower cabinets, you'd be on the floor or having to stand on your head looking for what you need. The one white tall skinny cabinet you have baking goods in would be great for cereal, chips, snacks, drinks, etc. I also like the idea of getting bins to organize the extra toiletries. You can label them too. Hope that gives you some ideas to kick around. ❤️🙏
Love ideas. Thank you for them
My idea would be coffee station in Butlers pantry. Move coffee cups with coffee it. Make coffee and bring cup to kitchen for cream and sugar. That’s not bad. I like glasses near dishwasher for ease in putting them away. Then food where glasses are and in the cabinets next to fridge. I wouldn’t want food or dishes in lower cabinets. The closet pantry is nice storage too. I know you have a big family and used to stocking up but maybe not keeping as much extras would free up more storage. By the way, I love your cabinet color and the walls. So light and beachy. 😊
I only have one tip, I have two cupboards and lower cupboards next to the stove, oven, and microwave and make sure you don't stick foods next to the heat. Maybe put something that won't get spoiled in the heated areas. So just watch for that, thanks and I love listening to all you're channel it's very encouraging and motivating too. I hope you all have a blessed Independence Day and enjoy you're whole family and make many memories in you're new home and take care!
Put all your spices and baking bowls and baking things in the cabinet next to the fridge on the right side. Hope it work
you should get a storage bin for the backyard for the towels, grocery cooler bags fold and keep in the trunk of your car so you always have them available
My suggestion is, to move the tools out of the shelf area beside the fridge, and put your canned goods there. I wouldn't mess with the rest of your stuff unless you know you're not going to need it all the time.
Good morning Amy! If it were my kitchen I’d put the stuff I reach for every day in the tall cabinet by the fridge , can stuff will fit in those pull out (or looks to be pull out drawers) in the cabinet. Then keep a cabinet in the butlers area for over stock and cycle thru it! I’d also take that drawer beside the stove to put my pot holders in (closer to the stove ) but that’s just my opinion. Also maybe take your big containers (flour , sugar etc) and put those in a bottom cabinet those won’t get pushed back and lost! But at the end of the day it’s your kitchen so whatever’s handy for you ❤
I would personally put “commonly used” or “baking” (a ‘category’ of food )next to the fridge in the tall pantry there. I would then keep the other (the one you didn’t put there) in the pantry closet. Then the bulk/less commonly used items in the butlers pantry with less commonly used kitchen tools. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and it’s just how I could envision myself using it most productively.
nice to see you getting comfortable in your home. It will take some time, youre doing great!! loving the pool
Leave it the way it is, I think you will be HAPPY in the long run!!
Thank you for the long video I enjoyed it! I would move your cans from the butler area over to the long cabinet beside the fridge 😊 I think it will be trial and error as you continue to utilize your new kitchen until you are satisfied 🙂
The canned goods where they are definitely look great. I would clean out the little tall cabinet in the corner by fridge for cereal and snack drawer stuff you access more often cause how everyone usually gets snack and a drink or cereal and milk. Using the butler pantry for appliance storage and food stock. Just an idea. When we moved to our house now we moved from a bad situation with our old house but I still cried and wanted to go back just overwhelmed with a new way of doing things. Prayers that things start to become the new normal for you soon!
Your kitchen is a work in process. You will eventually figure it out as time goes on. No need to rush it. As you work in the kitchen it will come to you how to organize the cupboards and the butlers pantry.
Suggestion-I know you want to move that white cabinet with the barn doors out of there. That is a large wall that could be utilized for storage. Thought maybe you could get a cabinet (about 6 ft. tall cabinet and about the width of the white cabinet you will be moving)all enclosed and not very deep. You could free up all those cabinets that you currently have all your canned foods in by using the new cabinet for those cans. Beautiful house and family.
Put all of your pots and pans over by the stove in between the stove and refrigerator. The tall cabinet can be all canned goods in those drawers. Combine your coffee cups and glasses and move your coffee pot over. Food stuff that you do not use but maybe one in awhile, leave in your pantry. I have one and it holds all of my food. All of my glasses, plates, etc., go in one large pull out cabinet under my island which is so convenient. Just restructure your cabinet drawers.
I keep my cooler in my vehicle at all times...or a cooler bag. So that it's there whenever I go shopping. Just make a habit of emptying it when you get home, then putting it right back in your trunk.
Insulated Bag I had to keep in my car 24/7 when I lived in Florida. You already have the Kitchen settled, I would not make any more changes till you feel the rest of the house is settled. In 2 to 3 months you will, little by little, realize if or what you want to change. I have been enjoying your videos so much.❤❤
The tv stand that u have in the kitchen put some food in thier and put the ice maker and microwave on the tv stand .
Love love the bathroom to the yard! Great not to track Water from pool through house. Maybe do a bunch of cute hooks And you can store the bathing suits/ towels
In there.
I personally would put main food in the cupboard by fridge and keep excess in butlers cupboard.
I am guessing the previous owners used cleaners that have left a residue on the stainless steel. I have a full stainless kitchen and I use a mixture I make of 1/3 cup rubbing alcohol, 1 drop Dawn dish soap, 2 cups warm water. Shake it up well, then spray. Buff in the direction of the grain of your stainless with a microfiber cloth. It may take a couple applications if the residue is layered on, but eventually the rubbing alcohol will cut it and your finish will be sparkling and streak free.
What a great Video. Love you from Oklahoma.
I'm looking at your kitchen and thinking an island would look fabulous ❤
I would utilize the tall cabinet between refrigerator and wall for food but still keep extra food in the cabinets in the butler pantry. If you use bottom cabinets for food, you’re going to be down on your knees all the time looking for food in those cabinets. Keep the pots and pans and things you use every day, in the kitchen. I would put all my baking supplies, including staples like flour, sugar etc. in one spot so it’s all together. I would put all my small appliances together in one spot also. The top shelves above the glasses could be used for flat glass baking dishes ( breakables) you don’t use every day. Your home is beautiful! I’ve really enjoyed you bringing us along in your move too.
Perhaps on the kitchen wall where you had the entertainment center, you could create a food pantry using upper cabinet only as they are thinner, you could stack them or you could put them up and down with a thin counter. That way you could put your extra fridge and freezer in butler’s pantry area.
I like it where your cans of food are at. It’s easier to reach so you don’t have to bend down.
IF YOU SEE ANTS IN MAXINE'S FOOD....common here in Florida to get tiny ants you can barely see. If they get into her food bowl, use a flat dish like a pie pan and fill it part way with water and put her bowl in the middle. The ants drown trying to get across the moat. Works great for us.
Keep all cabinets to the left of the fridge as is. Utilize the cabinet to the right of the fridge for food and/or somewhat used appliances. It has drawers! You pull those out. That is a good cabinet.
I suggest using a stainless cleaner. I use it on my stainless and it works great!
55:52 Was curious about those after seeing them in your earlier video. Thanks for the update. 😎👍
@amymaryon you should get you a magnet made for the dishwasher that covers the whole front that says gather your fragments but I love your kitchen and I really like the color of the cabinets
For the kitchen, it’s nice to have so much room to use in your kitchen to keep a lot of your food. Keep your most used pans and baking sheets inside your kitchen. The rest can go to the pantry. Those pullout drawers are great for cans. They can hold a lot! You could keep baking canisters in the top shelves of the tall cabinet to the right of the fridge. And the top shelves are a great stop for chips and snacks since they aren’t likely to be crushed. The top pullout drawer in your tall cabinet in the corner could work great for spices as well. Another thing is to pay attention to which things you’re using the most and keep those things close to your cooking space.
I always keep cleaning things under the sink.
You’re going to soon realize that no matter how many times you rearrange your kitchen, you’ll still find new ways to fine tune your space and rearrange it all over again!
Your new home is just beautiful and I’m green with envy of your space and all of the storage you’ve got in your kitchen!
Amy, you don't really need the ice maker In the butler's pantry have a beautiful new frigerator that has a ice maker . By you storing the old ice maker, that'll free up some space in your butler pantry for you.
Hi Amy. They make stainless steel spray to clean. It is called magic stain cleaner. Removes fingerprints and stuff. Does not streak. Also papaya makes a good fruit salad with mango and pineapples and a fruit dressing. Cut in half long ways and scoop it out like cantaloupe so the seeds don't get in the flesh.
You can also use baking soda to clean your stainless steel
Papaya is also great for the digestion. The enzymes found in papaya are used in meat tenderizers. When I was pregnant and had the stomach ickies, I would eat 1 slice of papaya a day and it dramatically improved my indigestion. Not my favorite fruit to eat, generally, but it was absolutely my favorite at that time in my life.
I feel you can fit a lot of your everyday pantry food in your cupboard next to the fridge. You might find this much more practical than way over the other area. Over stock could go un your butler area 😊 everything else seems very well stored to me.
I can agree with suggestion of moving seldom used appliances over to the pantry but I actually agree with your arrangements. I’d rather run over to the pantry area to grab a canned good, or pasta, or other non perishable item, Thant to constantly lug pots, pans, etc to and from the work surface and dishwasher. But that is my opinion. Spices, popular and frequently used cooking items, drink ware, etc, I want on hand. I know when I cook I pull out my ingredients from a pantry and bring them to my prep station. While I’m cooking, I rarely have to run for an ingredient, it’s usually that I decide to use a different pan or something like that, that I found I need within easy reach. I think as you work in your new kitchen more, you’ll realize where you need things!
Have a blessed day!
I say butler stuff in the butler pantry. Dishes, plates saucers etc. Silverware. Appliances etc.but canned food either in the cabinets or closet in the hall
I have 2 blind corner cupboards also. I store my appliances/dishes that I don't use as often or only seasonally in one and bulk food bins in the other with smaller amounts in upper cupboards.
I have a small amount of my food that I use most in my kitchen then have all my extras in my pantry in my hall. I have to have my pots and pans next to stove and my small appliances in my kitchen. I have a deep cabinet above my fridge that holds most of my small appliances. I have a baking cabinet and it's the best.