Kitchen Organization For A Stress Free New Year

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Home Organization: Arrange Pots & Pans Near The Cooking Range

This New Year choose to be a smart worker rather than a hard worker. Try and keep the cooking pots and pans near the cooking range so that the utensils are within a hands reach when you start cooking. This will help you be efficient in the kitchen and will prevent unnecessary running around looking for pots, pans and lids.

Declutter for Useful Kitchen Organization

Just like the New Year, kitchen organization efforts must begin on a clean slate. A clutter free, clean look is something that I would love to suggest. And with great cabinetry solutions that take in all the kitchen paraphernalia, a clutter free look shouldn’t be a difficult thing to achieve. Besides keeping in all the crockery and knick-knacks, you can even create a shelf exclusively for the electronic items and save so much on the otherwise permanently occupied counter space. You will pat yourself on the back, for achieving a spic and span look, with the advantage of ‘it’ all being at one place.

Pantry Organization: Keep your Kitchen Safe

Safety, is something we should all try and achieve this New Year, be it in the kitchen or our lives in general. As far as the kitchen is concerned, sharp things are the ones that scare me, especially with the little ones getting more and more inquisitive. Wouldn’t it be great to tuck away the knives and other sharp objects at one place, away from the mind and sight of kids!

Pantry Shelving: Keep Produce Fresh

With the decluttered and safe kitchen part being taken care of, there is one more thing in my wish list for a great kitchen. This year I would love to purchase fresh greens from the market and cook healthy for my family. Having the veggies in sight, rather than in the fridge can provide an area for them to be accessible while cooking! Look to options in pantry shelving to keep your produce fresh and organized.

My mantra for this New Year’s kitchen organization regime would include a clutter free look, a safe work environment and to include something that inspires the ideas of healthy living. Needless to add that innovative design ideas and ingenious storage solutions can provide an array of options to choose from! Of course there is so much more that one can add to the list above. It would be wonderful to hear from you on how you plan to organize your kitchen this New Year. Please do share!

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Kitchen Organization: Taming Your Disorganized Pantry

Clean & Organize Regularly

Regular cleaning is a good way to keep the mess coming back! Shake your laziness off and be prepared to clean up the place and make small organization on a regular basis. In addition, sort through the pantry regularly to decide what you should keep and what to discard so that the place does not turn into a mess of clutter.

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Divide & Section the Pantry

Dividing the pantry into several areas will help you keeping the food items and different ingredients organized and cut short you meal preparation time. You can separate the areas according to categories like portable lunches, baking, weekend dinners, bbq, etc. and store relative items in the designated sections. Label each section for easy finding. Remember keeping the most often-used sections in easy reach or in front part.

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Glass Jars & Labels

Apart from categorizing the pantry, another handy organization trick is to devise a way to easily find what you want. A good idea is to keep the ingredients in glass jars that will allow you to see the kitchen staples without wasting any time. It will also add an old French style to your pantry. Another easy way of identification is adding labels. It is a great way to keep track of your inventory. Adding similar type of labels to the ingredient jars and boxes will also add an element of uniformity and character in the place.

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Baskets for Small Ingredients

Baskets are a safe option when organizing. Whether wire or woven, baskets and plastic bins can be used for storing anything. In fact, they can not only store bulkier products but can be the solution to mild hoarding problem as well. Keep the small items including toothpicks, napkins, fast-fix appetizers, and trays that you often need in your kitchen in small baskets or bins. This will keep the small items together that will otherwise be scattered throughout the pantry.

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Resort to Hanging Style

The key to any organization project is to make the most of the space you have. So, using hooks and other hanging options will be effective in carving out more room in your pantry. Especially, this option can be used for pots and pans, which will otherwise take much space of the place. Bulky cookware that usually take bigger space and can be lost in a heap in the pantry can also be hung in this style.

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Every homeowner dreams of a perfectly organized storage center and these kitchen organization tips will help you get that neat and clean and systematically arranged pantry. Simply, go with the options that will do the trick in your kitchen.

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A well-organized kitchen pantry is really a fine thing. This extra storage space is always welcomed. But if we don’t take care of it, it can soon turn into a nightmare every time we want to find something. So, kitchen pantry organization has to be on top of our priorities if we want to get maximum use out of it. Here are some tips on how to do that without paying much for it.

How to Organize your Kitchen Pantry for Less

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How to Organize your Kitchen Pantry for Less

Containers, Boxes and Trays

Containers, trays and boxes are just must-haves for kitchen pantry organization. Wire racks are also great and versatile. If they aren’t clear, labels are the best way to go, so you always know what’s in them.

Clear containers have the advantage that you can keep an eye on when they need to be refilled. Clear jars and bottles are also very helpful and a great way to make your pantry look amazing at the same time. You can re-use glass jars and bottles which you’ve bought from a store by just removing the labels. Most of them come off easily if soaked in warm soapy water for a couple of hours. Also, try brushing a mix of one part olive oil and two part baking soda on the labels, to make peeling them off easier.

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Storage from Top to Bottom

A great way to achieve kitchen pantry organization is to try and make use of every single space available so you have a place for every item. Put things you don’t use often on the highest part of your pantry and bottles and heavy stuff on the floor, but keep a stool or ladder handy so you can reach the items stored high.

Also, make use of corners and space behind doors. With a few handyman skills you can even use space you would never think that you could use. To do this, you can screw on some spice racks on the inside of the cabinet doors to hold your spices. Also, screw – or glue with strong adhesive – glass jar lids under a shelf or cabinet and you will instantly have cheap additional storage for small things.

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Keep on Top of Clutter and Contents

The most important thing to do to have an organized pantry is to keep control over the clutter and its contents. And it comes for free, too. To do this, regular cleaning is of outmost importance. This way you also ensure hygiene and getting rid of spoiled goods.

To minimize stuff lying freely around you can use some cheap solutions, other than boxes or trays. For instance, use Velcro to fasten together granola bars or candy bags. Also, some plain plastic over-the-door shoe holders are a clever and cheap solution to keep your small supplies organized.

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Kitchen pantry organization has not to be something costly, nor does it need complicated gear or expensive hardware. Just try to keep in control of your pantry and make use of the tips described here and you will have much more fun in the kitchen.

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Last weekend I sat down to sort out my ever increasing grocery bills when I realized that I was buying way more than what was being consumed in my household. This is when I shook up and dragged myself to achieving good pantry organization. I was amazed at the clutter I had collected. I had twos and in some cases threes of stuff that I did not even use.

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The whole incident made me realize the importance of maintaining a clutter free pantry. Here are simple steps to help you get the pantry in order:

1. Pantry organization – Start with a clean slate

Set aside a day in your calendar for organizing the pantry. Pull out everything from the shelves and place them together in one place. Give your shelves a good clean with soapy water and air them out for some time while you sort. Replace the old shelf liners with new ones.

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2. Sorting and prepping

Start by sorting out any expired food items and place them in a large garbage bag to avoid mixing them up again. Next group your food products according to their categories. So place all the cereals together, spices together and so on. Once again sort out anything that can be donated and bag these separately.

If you use glass canisters or plastic jars, label them clearly.

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3. Space planning your pantry

The secret to a well laid out and functional pantry is proper space planning. Once you have categorized the food items in your pantry, think of items that you use every day, items that you use occasionally and items that are very rarely used.

Place the heaviest and the bulkiest items that are difficult to lift in the bottom – most shelf. This includes bulk purchases that you make from Costco.

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Next place the most frequently used food products in the middle shelves. You can further segregate these according to their use, for example, keep the baking supplies together and club the specialty foods like organic or gluten-free together. Also, keep a separate tray of soon to expire food stuff on the middle shelves so you  remember to use these quickly. These should be at eye level and easily accessible.

Finally place the food products that you rarely use on the top shelves. You can also place food stuff that you would rather stay away from like a bag of potato chips or ice cream topping on the top.

Once your pantry organization has been achieved with the food items you already have, make a list of what you need buy in order to restock. A well-organized pantry will help you save hundreds of dollars per year in grocery bills.

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