HUGE KITCHEN PANTRY (my makeshift pantry) DECLUTTER & ORGANIZE/ Such a big mess 🤦♀️
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- In this weeks decluttering and organizing video I’m going to tackle my very messy and unorganized pantry area. I don’t technically have a pantry in my home so I use my kitchen cabinets and cupboards to store any pantry type items.
I am very blessed with a ton of kitchen cabinets, drawers and cupboards so it’s not super challenging not having a pantry. Pantries don’t have any many restrictions as cabinets do but I make it work.
I tried implementing baskets into my pantry 18 months ago to keep it more organized but that just did not work for me. So I’m going back to basics and will not be using a bunch or organizational gadgets in this video.
Thanks so much for stopping by and watching my kitchen pantry declutter and organization video. I appreciate you 🤗
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Hi Jodi! Have you considered changing the shelf arrangements in the lower cupboard? They seem really short and deep, and not real user friendly. Maybe removing a couple of the shelves would create taller spaces for things. You are doing great! Keep up the good work. Loved the story about having the friend over and not feeling stressed about a mess.
For processed foods the best by dates don’t have to be followed so closely. If it’s within a year or two it’s probably perfectly fine.
I am sorry, I only allowed expire product two weeks after expiration date.🤷♀️
@@noreenperez8666 I mean for canned goods it is almost meaningless. for crackers they probably would just be stale. none of that food will make you sick it’s processed to death.
@@qfason5836 Botulism:
'Do I not exist to you?!'
Just kidding, no hate.. but seriously be careful. Dont eat canned food if its rusty, dented or bulging. Please! :)
@@mssendfitness yeah of course but botulism in commercially canned foods is almost impossible unless it’s dented etc. even then most canned food I add to like soup and boil so I think I’m good on botulism.
my point is for most foods you can smell it or taste it before tossing.
@@mssendfitness if the can looks fine you can keep it even when expired and when you use it just check beforehand if it looks/smells/tastes good
I must say I appreciate your attitude of gratefulness for the space/house you have!
Labels would remind you of where you want things to go. They also help the rest of the family to return things to the right place. Good luck .You are definitely making great progress. Love your positive attitude
Watching this in November of 2022 and seeing all the progress and growth from not only your channel but YOU is amazing! I’m so glad I found your channel ❤
Thank you Capri ❤️
Congrats Jodi! I am blown away by the before and after shots! I have noticed a clean & organized kitchen takes a lot of the stress away from cooking. So glad you are sharing this :)
I find it helps me to get in the habit of doing a pantry challenge once every year. I go through the pantry with the expectation of using up everything in it and don't buy anything except fresh produce for that month. I inventory what I have and choose recipes that will use it. For me, the best way to keep control of my food inventory is to do regular menu planning. I eat seasonally, and aim for zero waste, so I don't buy much in the way of processed food. Pantry staples are usually bought in bulk and I make a lot of things that most people buy (like yogurt and bread). I'm still buying a few packaged items like pasta because I don't want to bother with those. I use my freezer heavily to preserve garden produce for the winter and I can a few items, but this method works to control the pantry even if you buy everything.
I think the reason the baskets didn’t work out is bc they weren’t labeled(so everything has a place/home) & they were over stuffed! 😂 I can’t imagine how to keep a pantry tidy w out baskets? But if u find one awesome!👍🏻👍🏻 and from the looks of ur stocked pantry u may want to try a “no spend” month? Save ur cash & treat yourself to a massage jodi!! U don’t need any more candy or food!! Love u & ur positivity so much! Ur a breathe of fresh air!!🥰
Agreed! If things don't have a home - meaning this basket is only for chips, this is only for peanut butter etc. - then it's difficult to put things away AND you never know what you need to buy and then end up buying things you already have.
Maybe clear bins would work better. My dollar store has them, as does Walmart and Target. Even a few would make a big difference as you can see what is in the bins. That’s how my brain works anyway.
Looks great Jodi!! Those shelves in all of your cabinets can be adjusted to the height you need for whatever you are putting on them. The little tabs on the sides that they sit on can be moved to another hole to raise or lower them. Wasn’t sure if you knew that or not. You can actually remove some of the shelves in the cabinet under the open space to give you more room between them. If the width matches your other cabinets you may be able to use those shelves to create more usable store in your other cabinets. Just a thought. Also I totally forgot to enter your give away last week. Ughh. The hardest area to keep organized in my house is probably the pantry or my stockpile area. I have for to come up with a new system!
Stumbled onto your channel and love it. You show reality and it’s never easy to maintain a home for many of us. I am getting ready to start decluttering today and not sure if it will be the pantries or the spare room. Both are nightmares as things just get piled in without organizing. Your videos are encouraging and I must admit glad to see that I’m not alone. Thank you so much and please keep the videos going. Amazing finish!!!
Hi Deborah 🤗
Excited to here you have a couple projects to tackle. It’s hard work but the payoff is big. I’m cheering for you 👏👏👏👏
Hi - decluttering my yarn and knitting patterns. I set myself a new Years resolution 2 years ago to use up my yarn - still at it but I haven't given up! I stopped over buying by making sure I always used a shopping list. I've 'trained' all the family to complete the list when something is used up and will need replacing. it's stopped a lot of waste!
Looks great! I love the feeling after decluttering my pantry shelves! I did switch to clear OXO Pop containers over time. I love that I can see what we have and I try not to buy food we don’t usually buy, as that tends to be what gets thrown out as it expires. And you are right. Revisiting the cupboards every six months or so makes you aware of food that is close to expiration. Thanks again!
I love your insight on things! I hope you know you are helping so many by sharing! ❤❤
Brittany thank you for saying that ❤️❤️❤️
Jodi, I have the exact same cabinet set up for my pantry, I have them broken into zones ,top right is baking sugars,flours,shortenings and oils,top left is condiments,I keep two of each, bottom right is any baking mix,pasta,cracker dry items. Bottom left is tuna fish,soups canned veg. It helps me keep up with stuff and I rotate supplies as I put away groceries. As for you lancets or needles throw them in the trash,if they are ten years old they won’t fit any newer test kits. First step to organized is starting!
That’s awesome Jayne 👏👏👏
I love hearing when people find system that work well for them and their families ❤️
Thank you for what you said about motivation. I've been lacking that and I'm going to use what you said to help me finish cleaning and decluttering my apartment.
Tiffany you can do it!!! I’m rooting for you and cheering you on ❤️
Thank you Jodi! Trying to catch up on your videos. Just love how you are organizing your home. Great job 👍❤
Thank you Kelly ❤️
You're decluttering videos have motivated me to declutter my house too! Thanks for giving me the motivation! You're the best Jodi! 😊
Yay Debbie 👏👏👏 I’m so happy to hear that ❤️
It makes my heart feel happy when I see u grouping categories together.
I would say, label label label. The baskets, even the shelves so you andnkids can remember where things go. Looks great! Love your "not pintrest worthy but me worthy" design.
Thank you 🥰
Not sure how I came across your channel. But you are so engaging and encouraging. Have already decluttered my house but for me is so relaxing to watch others do so. My worst spot would b my mud room. It is just the place for everything to go that doesn’t really have a home. I do go and attack it about every other month and you are correct it doesn’t take as long. You are doing great. Keep it up. Blessings
Hi Shannon 🤗
Thanks so much for being here and thank you for your kindness ❤️
Yes the place where all get dumped 🤦♀️ it does always seem to get done quicker than we think it will
Well, everyone can decide where to store things but I still have a few suggestions. The area where the extra candy is store on the left side is Prime real estate and right at the level of your eyes. Since it is in a basket with holes it can go up high either in cabinent above or with overflow chips. Place items you use the most in Prime real estate area. In the upper cabinents is it possible to remove the shelf so that tall things like pop or taller bottles can go there. I would try to keep all food in the 2 side pantries and try to avoid the middle for food, just non-food wraps, paper plates. Maybe move the girls basket also to a side pantry so you can keep an eye on it. Good luck and it often is a work in progress.
One thing that helped me with as to move all of the food, minus the spices and baking, into one set of cabinets, so that I did could find it all in one place. Made making the grocery list so much easier.
That’s awesome Chris ❤️
😻😻 You did a great job! I actually really like your cabinets for the pantry. I'd rather have that structure rather than shelves!
Having someone over with out feeling like you need to apologize is the best!
My area it’s my pantry room and living room. I will star by painting my kitchen. Love your videos!!!
Very nice! I wish I had the drawer and cabinet space you have, I have 4 drawers, just a little wider than the one you keep your pot holders in!! It takes a lot of creative organizing. Thanks for sharing your decluttering journey, it is very inspirational to me!
The clear organizing bins you may like if you can find them dirt cheap. Sometimes places like TJ maxx and marshalls have them cheap It could be that you weren't able to see what is in the bins that may be leading to things that are expired you can't see. I struggle with my pantry as well so I feel you. I like that you use what you got and aren't dumping any money into this.
Expired does not mean to throw away, it means that the "best by" date has passed, the food is still good!
YES! A lot of YTubers throw away nonperishable food that is technically past the "best if used by" date but still good for a LOOOONG time and it upsets me. I wonder if they have to say that they are disposing of so-called expired food according to TH-cam rules so they won't be sued or something like that.
Why risk it? If u havent eaten it by the time its past its prime how long will it be till u actually do eat it?
@@ZenDragoonYT Do a pantry clean out every X months. Then you make a basket with the things that are past their best by date. Looking at the things in the basket make a meal plan to use those up one week. It's usually not that the family doesn't like the food. It's usually that someone moves it. It falls behind something else and gets forgotten because we are all so busy.
@@stacythomas1587 I don't think they could be sued because someone chose to eat "expired" food on their video. It's not like anybody on TH-cam is going to eat the food. When something is "expired" most of the time a lot of people throw it away. It's not just TH-camrs. My in laws will not eat leftovers at all including Thanksgiving. They overcook and at the end of the meal any and EVERYTHING goes into the garbage that night
I agree but if it’s been in the pantry more than 2 years like she said they had been it’s definitely time to go. A few months maybe a year I’d say ok but anything more I’d toss too. That’s why it is important to rotate your pantry.
I love the feeling of being proud of my house, too.
Hi Jodi, I'm new to the channel and I love it so far! If I could give you any suggestion it would be to label where things go in your pantry. I tried this in my own house and 90% of the time, the rest of the family puts things where the label says. It really helps so you aren't the only one keeping up the organization system. Good luck with your decluttering going forward!
Disclaimer: I haven't finished yet, but i look forward to the rest! + i loved your little success story -- i think that can definitely help with motivation!
❤❤❤ pantry looks fantastic! Thanks for the motivation! Now I am going to tackle mine. Blessings!❤
thanks for the vid!
yup, i feel embarrassed when things are everywhere at home. i have a toddler that needs to be watched all the time. really need to find time for it. but it feels so good once i am done, and so glad my husband helps me with it. 😊
Tes it’s a never ending losing battle with toddlers 😂😂
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 very true Ma'am😁 Happy Thanksgiving
You’ve inspired me to start decluttering my house. I have a hard time staying focused on one project because I see something else that needs to be done and I start working on that. However, I’m trying to focus on one area at a time. My kitchen is my hardest area to keep up. I have no pantry either and am having to use my cabinets. And my table is always a catch all no matter how often I clear it.
Hi. Nice to meet you . The needles can go to your closest pharmacy, I also gave them all my husbands prescriptions when he passed away.
You have a beautiful kitchen. You say you don't have a pantry but you do. Those cabinets are for a pantry. I love your videos and I see you are working hard to declutter and trying to maintain a calmer life for you and your family. I on the other hand have a lot of motivation to get things done around my house. I was a nurse for many years and worked on a surgical floor so I had to be organized for my job. I love a clean home and an organized home. I remember as a child my mom would say I love how you clean your room each week as well as cleaning the living room on Saturdays. I have no problem with decluttering and donating items I no longer need or want. Your doing a great job. Keep on going you will get there.
A tip I learned is shop your cupboards and freezers first before you go to the store . My mother is law has a paper near her freezer that tell what's in it and where . I'm sure that would work for the cupboards too . Also most stuff is still good after those dates. If it looks, taste or smells bad then toss it.
Wow he’s so big. Time go so fast. Thank you for sharing!!!
Isn’t he Evelyn. And he started walking 2 days ago already 😳
The hardest in my house right this very moment is my 3 linen closets. When I don’t clean them and organized, my husband and 3 kids just throw all their stuff inside. After that, it is my pantry. I can’t really use it as it is 3 shelves on top and 3 shelves on the bottom. The shelves are behind one door for each set of shelves. The shelves themselves are deep and very dark and I like to do Filo First in last out but things get pushed to the back and I can’t see. I don’t want to have to take things out of back to put new stuff in back either. Glad I found you today.
I would use the cabinet with the shorter shelves for canned goods and the bottom of the pantry with the tall shelf for small appliances you don’t want kept out
Just found your channel. Your story was inspiring. My house is always a mess and I never have company over because of that. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thanks so much for subscribing. I know the feeling all to well
I don't like the deep baskets either but the tray size baskets work great for me. I can see everything better and still organize the shelves. Especially in the refrigerator.
Hi Jodi; Sandy here. I just came across your channel, & I feel the same way about wasting food. I absolutely hate that. I always think of all the people that have nothing (food, a home, all the other basics, and wasting is shameful). It gives a HUGE reminder, to NOT DO IT! So “THANK YOU “ for sharing & the reminder we all need. You did a good job! - SANDY -
Looks great! I would put the cans on the middle at eye level shelves instead of at the bottom, maybe put your taller less used items at the bottom. Maybe the candy and the marshmallows baskets at the bottom. Can you adjust the shelves??
I don't have a pantry either so use a very small cupboard too. Bins don't work for me either, so now I tend to not buy multiples or back ups. I have just decluttered my kitchen and nearly fainted at food outdated 3 years! You're right about the motivation thing its hard sometimes but that feeling of release and calm after is amazing. Please don't include me in the give away, I love in the UK and your videos are just a gift enough for me. Thank you for sharing them.
Hi Liz 🤗
Thank you so much!! Yes expired food is always such a bummer. I hope going through the pantry once a month will stop that.
My pantry and my linen closet are a wreck most of the time...and when I say pantry I mean it's a very small little closet with shelves in my kitchen. NO SPACE. You actually have inspired me and in the last week I have decluttered my makeup vanity, my bathroom cabinets and drawers and my medicine bins. I also had a friend over and we decluttered about 2/3 of a junk room. Next on the list is to finish that room and combine it and my other junk room into one room as a guest bedroom and one room as a storage/stockpile room! You are so right! Small spaces at a time. One corner, one drawer and one shelf makes a HUGE difference.
Hi Jodi, newbie here. Thanks for the motivation. So true about the feeling if someone shows up unexpected. I myself would be embarrassed. The decluttering is definitely one of the things I need to work on. Thank you for sharing with us. Happy New year to you.
Hi Sfs 🤗
Thanks so much for being here! Yes decluttering can be challenging. But so worth it ❤️
My kitchen drawers are my biggest issues also no pantry so it easily likes up. This video got me motivated to do some reorganizing ty.
Yay Lupe 👏👏👏👏
Jodi- I would consider those wonderful floor to ceiling cabinets Pantries! I love all the storage! Lucky girl! 💕
Yes you are so right Terry. I think in my mind I think if a pantry as an actual room I can walk into. But I have plenty of storage space ❤️
On my way to declutter in my kitchen. Thanks for the motivation. And, I love your voice, laugh and personality. You are tops!!!
I love your kitchen it's so beautiful. I have a hard time decluttering our office. I hate having to go through all the paperwork and shredding it. It never seems to end 😊😊
Karen paper drives me crazy! You’re right. It’s never ending
Before I was able to get rid of most of my paper clutter, I moved my shredder next to my tv watching chair, plopped a pile of needs-to-be-shredded paper next to it and shredded a handful whenever a commercial came on. You'd be surprised how fast it disappeared!
Karen, Hi, Sandy here; I TOTALLY AGREE, THAT PAPERWORK IS THE WORST!!!!
Jodi those cabinets are definitely considered pantries I would definitely call that your pantry maybe try some slide out little shelves there always pretty cool
Great job. I try to cook from my pantry 2x a week to use things I already have.
I agree with you... I am never motivated. Lol! I set goals of the things I need to get things done, too!
My hardest place to keep clean is my bedroom. Everything ends up in our room when it does not have a home.
I don't have a pantry in my kitchen either. So I just use the cupboards I have and I have plenty of cupboards for my dishes. The place you would take the needles to is your police station. Your grandson is so cute.
Looks great! Our biggest problem area is my husbands office/my craft room. It is a dumping ground! I cleaned it the other day and it felt so good!
Tamera the dumping ground areas are the worst. Yay for getting it cleaned up 👏👏👏
You have a wall of pantry!!! I'm kinda jealous we have a galley kitchen so not much space. Now I'm curious about the bathroom to move that stuff there. Kinda like an online game if you will watching you move to each section, uncovering hidden gems, making repairs, tidying, earning points etc great job😎👍
Hi, I'm new here, but wanted to say how nice it is that you don't feel the need to fill the space once it's cleaned just to fill the space. I still have that issue but I'm working on it. Thanks for sharing with us, and keeping it basic.
Thanks Jodi. The hardest area for me is our kitchen and toy room/ computer room to keep tidy. Thank you for your positivity.😊 BTW, EJ is so cute. Our 1st grandbaby is coming in March and so excited!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
I agree , if I can't see it I will forget about it. I would totally let everything on those little shelves in-between the 2 bigger sets of cabinets. I would use those for things like paper plates or non food items.
If you find yourself with to much candy stop by the local firehouse. I'm sure they would love some. Next big batch of toothpaste is getting dropped at mine 🤣
Ps right now my beast is the hall closet. I decluttered my clothes , and my linen closet and my couponing items but the hall closet ... is forever collecting items !!
Food has become my biggest focus in decluttering and keeping in check because food waste also pains me. Best i can say is just not to impulse shop. Or start using online pickup like walmart offers. Get ur essentials. Have a plan to use it.
I'm horrible about pantry organization too. I might get inspired watching you Jodi
Awesome transformation. Looks so good.
Those cupboards are conceder as a pantry in my part of the world..lol the center cabinet with all the narrow shelves..they are for can foods..and small items.. great job
You could get single can organizers like the one you had spice and drink packets in for those narrow shelves!
My kitchen table seems to collect a variety of things. Jodi you are doing a great job 👍
Thanks Kim ❤️
I’m so jealous of all the food, cleaning products and personal care items you have… it’s sooooooo much! I would use the expired stuff!
It’s mostly thanks to couponing ❤️❤️
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 how much would you say your stockpile is worth versus how much you actually paid?
Congratulations on 2k.. That's amazing... Congrats also to the 1K winner.... Have a beautiful day😘
Kudos Jodi! I would call those cabinets a pantry! I like that you can open your cabinets up and see everything at a glance. After organizing my pantry many times I finally got it to the point where it doesn’t need reorganized anymore, just tidy a bit. I probably have 10 videos of my pantry in my channel 🙀 Also have just the two of us at home now helps to keep it organized now! Sometimes it takes time to get it try way you want it. 💜👍💜👍💜👍💜👍💜
Yes so so true! Sometimes it takes a few tries to figure out what works. That’s fantastic you figured it out for your home ❤️❤️❤️
Jodi, everything looks AMAZING! Thanks so much for sharing. My hardest place to keep declutter is my living room and kitchen, working on it. Feel like the past few weeks have been a work in progress. Keep it up. I love and appreciate your positivity. Take care
Hi Jodi- Congrats on your subscribers- Sweetie- don't throw canned goods out just because the date on it is passed, please please do some research on Best By Dates (BBD); expiration dates and best used by dates. These are all suggestions and guidelines manufactures have to go by, get yourself a sharpie and write the dates on items clearly, then stack food last in at the back and oldest up front... be sure to ROTATE your stock, this will help you organize and purchasing as well. Rule of thumb visually check and item, check seal sound when opening, smell then taste. Those peanut butters you tossed probably could have been donated or lasted months to years. It's amazing the amount of food people throw out. There are better ways of storing to extend your shelf life of foods as well. Great video looking forward to more. TY
Wonderful advise on how your feelings could help you get motivated! 👏🏼
Thanks Judy ❤️
I appreciate YOU! It's just so fun to have something to do besides watch television. Some people watch TV during their downtime and I watch videos on You Tube. I just find it more fun than television, except for football. LOL. That was so much fun watching EJ. That took me way back and I loved it. Well, you know I told you about me and organization already so I guess if I had to say something it would be the basement and that's mainly because of my husband and all his tools and my son with all his car buffers and waxes, etc. I constantly have to reorganize that stuff because it drives me batty. OMG, I watched the "bugs" videos too and was like I already knew what I was and how to take care of things. And you're totally right, everyone has their own way of organizing and doing things when it comes to the way they store things. And it definitely has to work for you or it wouldn't make any sense to use that system. And by the way, I think that cabinetry works PERFECT as a pantry. The shelves are adjustable so you can make the heights the way you need them for various items so I think that's awesome. We are in our home about a year and a half now after building from scratch, and I mean WE built it, for the most part. Of course we had a certified electrician, plumber, etc. but we did the majority of the work. But anyway, we made sure everything we could would be ADJUSTABLE because you never know. I'm super-organized but yet I let food expire and the reason is, well especially years ago, my kids would say oh, we want Pop Tarts, so being a couponer they'd go on sale, I'd print coupons from Kellogg's and get four or five boxes. They'd eat one box, 2 if I was lucky and they had enough of Pop Tarts, and they'd sit there and go bad. That is a shame but I just had to change the way I shopped for things and not get 25 of something that will expire quickly such as Pop Tarts. Laundry detergent of course is another story, but you can't get 50 boxes of cereal and expect your family to go through them. LOL. And again, you did amazing. So awesome Jodi. Those shelves ARE adjustable. You can even remove one and take it to the basement and have a ton of height. I noticed that with the clips and the holes and you could totally do that and make them custom to how you need them for your food, etc. I'm excited to see your next video! And right now what I'm working on is making Christmas swags. I took two of our very old Christmas trees, the ones with the individual branches and that's what I'm repurposing and making swags from. They are turning out awesome and I'm not that crafty but wanted a project and that's what I have been doing for the past week and a half and just having so much fun doing it. I have an entire area in the basement set up and am calling it Nancy's craft corner, to my family anyway. LOL. But that's what I've been doing when I'm not working or watching videos or cooking or cleaning, all the normal day-to-day stuff. Thanks for the giveaways and I am so happy that you are reaching so many people so quickly with your videos. That's so fun to know how many people enjoy watching your content. Have a great rest of your week Jodi!
Nancy I thought of you when I was opening the food cabinet and laughing at how you probably gasped 😂😂
Oh Christmas crafts sounds so fun!!
I think my shelves are suppose to be adjustable but I’ve tried so many times over the years and they will not budge. This house had a big kitchen renovation with the previous owner and I’m wondering if the shelves were glued or screwed in because I can not get them out 🤦♀️
New to your Really quite like your shelves especially the size. I agree you don’t need baskets except for the ones you used. With those shelves everything is easily accessible. Good job
Thank you Gloria ❤️
I think I would use them for the other side like the cleaning supplies so that way you can take them all out at the same time and put them back together right ✌️
Love watching these!! Our hardest areas to keep cleared, are any flat surfaces. It is so bad !! I just cant keep them cleared.
I think my office is the hardest to keep tidy. I hate going through paperwork! It also becomes a dumping ground for everything that doesn’t have a home, or the home has become cluttered.
Jodi, it looks wonderful. You have beautiful cabinets. I have a small kitchen with very few cabinets. I have a small pantry that is in my laundry area. The pantry is wire shelves, no doors. I straighten it up monthly. My linen area is the same in master bathroom. I always felt stressed for some reason, then I found Cass and Clutterbug. Turns out I'm a cricket and don't like to see my stuff. I had been using some clear bins and when I switched to containers I couldn't see thru, I could feel my stress going away. At one point in your video you said you were visual. Maybe consider clear bins for things you need a container for, like snacks. Our home is our haven, we only have to please ourselves and our family.
I just love her videos! I’ve been watching more of them and I think I’m a cricket too 🤦♀️
Really didn’t want to be a cricket 😂 because we are so particular with our stuff. I definitely don’t want to see the stuff it stresses me out but if I don’t know what’s in bins and things I forgot about it.
My hardest place is my pantry .I do rotate everything but things on the lower shelfs get unnoticed sometime. Always a work in progress. Great series.
Living room... that has been like the dump space as we don't use the room everyday and there was no purpose for it. I have several of those can organizers and love them. I was going through my pantry and found some Ritz crackers that were expired by a year... I didn't want to just toss them because I hate to waste food. I opened them up and decided to try one thinking they must be stale and they were perfectly good. I am glad I didn't toss them. On the other side of that I had a brick of mozzarella cheese in the fridge with an expiration date of December this year and it was moldy. I wasn't happy about that.
I just decluttered and organized my pantry. I gave my mom all the food that I won’t eat, which are usually freebies I get from Ibotta. That way they don’t go to waste. Also been working on eating from the freezer and getting some things in there used up. I have a big deep freeze and it currently is full. I cooked a turkey a couple weeks ago to use in recipes.
Looks great!
Jodi have you tried to see if lazy susans fit in those cabinets? It would make it easier to see what you need when you go shopping.
Your pantry is perfect. I would love to have a pantry like that. Although I'm thankful for the one we do have. But I miss those old style make shits pantry
I am blessed with a lot of space ❤️❤️❤️
Lovely 😍 👌 Wal-Mart have these plastic holders that cost around $1.78 (that look like magazine holders) they are excellent for taking advantage of vertical space. Dollar Tree have something similar but wider. I can see how satisfied you feel after this organization ☺ !
Thank you Francesca 🤗
I just switched to the clear bins…..works so much better than the baskets for me.
Awesome Patti ❤️
My pantry for sure. I have a deep pantry and I have to take out baskets and bins of stuff to get to the stuff in the back.
Yes that makes it challenging!
It's looking great Jodi!
Maybe you can use those narrow shelves for sheet pans or for tin foil and plastic wrap things like that
I agree I think the pantry is definitely the hardest to keep up on. There is also so much coming in, going out, many hands in and out of it daily. I try to keep a decent stock now since the world went crazy but I have the hardest time keeping it in order and not letting stuff expire. It is a struggle.
Yes it definitely is a struggle Brilynn.
Your little grandson is so sweet! Makes me think of my soon when he was a baby... Sigh! Okay- on to the video: the piggy banks on the table look very surprised! I have never seen one with this expression. Funny, that!
We had to put one of our dogs to sleep and she has my husband's best pal they were so bonded. I made him a little plaque that says "I loved you your whole life and I'll miss you the rest of mine" I attached a hook to it and hung her collar on it. This now hangs on the wall in his office. I think if keeping her stuff brings him peace then we can keep it forever
Oh Michelle that is so so sweet! What a great wife you are to do that for your husband ❤️❤️
You asked if we are basket persons.... I use them sparingly and only if they are transparent or so open-woven as to let me see easily the contents. If I cannot see what is in them I may overlook the contents and duplicate buy. I am short and use risers- graduated stacking devices- on the mid-level shelves so I can see everything and utilize vertical space. I limit my purchases to a set number, even with coupons or special offers, as we don't have the space to store much beyond a few weeks' worth of things. I set up a loose schedule of certain activities such as a 'frig sort each Friday to make sure the cold storage food is indeed okay and to use leftovers to make a savory soup. Oh, and baskets on the floor of the pantry can be solid as I am looking DOWN into them. I keep packages with the identifying label up or things to be protected from squashing, like chips/crackers. Fun to share this!
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️❤️
Cas the clutterbug is one I watched first on my declutter journey. A slob come clean is wonderful and The minimal mom.
My hardest is the kitchen. Never clean
Yes Cas is my favorite ❤️
The kitchen is a tough one!
I love to see how you organize your stuff. I it very hard for me to keep under the bathroom sink clean.
Thank you Kim 🤗🤗
I group the items in my pantry as well, this seems to work the best for me. I go through the pantry every 6 months or so and still find expired items I wonder if the expiration dates change after you buy the items😂 I have the hardest time keeping my home office organized, piles of appear seem to pile up all of the time. I have started filing all my client documents every Friday afternoon.
For me, the hardest parts of my house to keep organized are the front hall and the basement. They both accumulate stuff very easily and I just don't have a system that works yet!
Totally understand that! Systems have saved my sanity ❤️
The hardest area for me is my closet. I live in a studio apartment with my two dogs so the closet is a clothes closet but also a dumping ground for stuff I don't want the dogs to get into.
I have a very small pantry and fingers it hard to keep it organized. I use the 3 step can organizer so I can see my can goods. Helps.
Oh my gosh EJ is absolutely adorable Love grandchildren they are so much fun Since I started couponing my whole house is cluttered I think I turned into a hoarder I bought baskets from dollar tree hoping that would motivate me Lol added to my piles of hoarding But I keep watching your decluttering videos and you are so amazing Love all your videos
I love that motivating goal of how you feel when someone comes over unannounced. I will have to try that one. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm feeling those cabinets!! 🙌🏾🥰🥰🥰🥰
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