I am always so inspired when looking through Pinterest and Instagram by all of the perfectly organised spaces – from closets to kitchen baking supplies to play rooms…but my favourite is a perfect pantry organisation makeover!

Pantry organisation

Jason Leung

Of course it doesn’t help that I have a secret obsession with pantry organisation either! 😂

Jarek Ceborski

The pantry problem in my kitchen

I have a corner pantry cupboard in my kitchen which is the bane of my existence – it just never seems to stay tidy no matter what I do!

Over the last few years I have tried a few different methods for arranging things – but inevitably over time they just keep on getting disorganised…🙈

Of course – my ideal solution (and one which justifies my hour-long Pinterest searches! 😂) is to just build a new kitchen – voila! Out with the old – in with the new…fantastic pull out drawers and space savers and organisers…picture perfect Pinterest kitchen!

Ha-ha, I wish! Unfortunately this is out of the question for the moment…(although a girl can still dream, right?) so I’m still left trying my best to keep my current pantry tidy!

Laura Mitulla

With the holiday season just around the corner- and having family coming to stay – I’ve decided that this is an area in my house which I simple have to tackle – and so I decided to start small and organise it shelf by shelf. Because a little bit is better than nothing, right?

Superkitina

David Billings

But of course – first – LABELS!

Maira Gallardo

Labels

Because who can even consider a pantry make-over without labels, right?

My old labels were practical and did the job – but they certainly weren’t pretty – just hand-written stickers…so I decided to create a few prettier versions!

I designed my labels in Canva, but you could just as easily do beautiful handwritten ones, or get a labelling machine, if you prefer.

I designed three different versions (I ended up choosing with Design 3 for my pantry) and then headed over to my local printing shop to have them printed onto clear vinyl stickers.

Pantry labels, free, printable, download pantry labels

Next up was to make sure that I had all my storage containers – I just love the SISTEMA brand – especially for my baking supplies, as it comes complete with a measuring cup that can stay in your container! And of course, when organising a space – uniformity is key! (Although I also secretly have my eye on OXO containers for some of my other consumables…)

Organisation tips and tricks

So – over the period of time in which I have been trying to organise my pantry I have learnt the following:

Keep storage containers as uniform as possible – this helps to keep things looking more organised.
Go for easy shaped containers – or ones that are stackable.
Group similar products together in bigger containers – this also helps things feel less cluttered.
Label items so that they are easy to find!
Play around with layout – move items from shelf to shelf until it works for you – this may happen over a period of time (like a week…or a couple of months!) (Or years – in my case! 😂)
Ditch the shop packaging (recycle it ☺️) and use uniform containers … it might seem like a waste of time to repackage everything – but you will thank me afterward, I promise! It is simple enough to cut out the cooking instructions and stick them onto the container – or otherwise make a label with the cooking instructions and stick that onto your container as a more permanent solution.

Stick on your new labels – and voila!