What to Keep In Your Organized Pantry

Have you ever walked into your pantry (Affiliate Link) and wondered, “Where are my ….?” while rearranging cans and jars to see if you can find what you want, meanwhile growing more and more frustrated with the clutter? The lack of a system in a pantry (Affiliate Link) constantly being moved around is frustrating and what many of my clients always encounter. Luckily, I made a list of what to keep in your pantry (Affiliate Link) and included some tips for organizing these items for easy access.

Jump to:

• Canned food:
• Pasta and Rice products:
• Paper products: Like paper towels.
• Tablecloths and cloth napkins
• Platters and party supplies: paper napkins, plates, forks, knives, etc…
• Small Appliances:
• Additional Tips to Organize Your Pantry:

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Essential items to keep in an organized pantry

Canned food:

Sort the cans and jarred food by type, veggies, pasta, legumes, and tomato sauce (Affiliate Link). Using an organizer like tier shelves (Affiliate Link) works nicely.  But you can also use a canned organizer like this one.

Pasta and Rice products:

Group the pasta and rice products together. I find that boxes (Affiliate Link) easily fall over, so placing them in a clear bin as this one works well too.

Paper products: Like paper towels.

Make a place on the shelf for paper towels to remove these items from the floor and, at a glance, quickly determine if you need these items. Check out these handy paper towel holders for a pantry (Affiliate Link) shelf.

Tablecloths and cloth napkins

You can hang them on a towel rack on the door or place them on the shelf with the cloth napkins (Affiliate Link).

Having enough room in your pantry (Affiliate Link) to hold these items helps give you space back in your dining room or kitchen drawer. These hangers allow you to hang the tablecloths in your pantry (Affiliate Link) or hallway closet.

Platters and party supplies: paper napkins, plates, forks, knives, etc…

Keep all the party supplies together for quick inventory for your next party. Using something like this to stand up the platters (Affiliate Link) makes it easier to retrieve with less risk of injuring yourself when getting the platter (Affiliate Link) from the bottom.

Small Appliances:

These items are usually not used often. Place them in one location in your pantry (Affiliate Link). Not too high if they are heavy. If you have wire shelving (Affiliate Link) in your pantry (Affiliate Link), these plastic shelf liners will help keep your small appliances (Affiliate Link) from falling into the openings.

Additional Tips to Organize Your Pantry:

Buy extra supplies:

Buy extra supplies to save money and store these items in your pantry (Affiliate Link). Some items that last for weeks are cereal, snacks, herbs, spices (Affiliate Link), extra juice, water, soda, and condiments.

Now, where should you place these items?

The image below shows which shelf would be best used for which item. The role of thumb is heavy items, and frequently used items should be closer to the floor. Lighter items and infrequently used items can be stored on the top shelf.

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To help maintain the organized pantry (Affiliate Link), don't forget to label (Affiliate Link) the areas! Label (Affiliate Link) each shelf section to describe the type of items below there. This will make it easier for you to remember where each category is placed.

And finally, remember that each pantry (Affiliate Link) should be designed for each family. No one pantry (Affiliate Link) will be the same. The goal is to make the pantry easy to get what you want and maintain the system.  If your pantry (Affiliate Link) isn't easy to maintain, it should be modified and simplified.  Think simply, and don't worry about making it supper categorized. I hope this helps you get your pantry (Affiliate Link) organized.

Let's continue the conversation; please share your tips on organizing your pantry (Affiliate Link) in the comments below.  I would love to hear from you.

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