Pantry Storage 2012 Goal

I sat down and wrote a few 2012 goals on the 1st. One of them for the house was to be more purposeful with my food storage. By that, I mean to decide how much “stocking up” that I want to do and in what categories. I’ve been lowering our grocery bill by buying in bulk, etc. But that’s for a later post. Anyhow, to accomplish this goal,it would be good to know what I have to begin with. This led me to our first project of the year; get all of the food into the kitchen. You see, I had this large armoire in my living room stuffed full of canned goods and such. Seemed like a good idea at the time. It wasn’t.

As you can imagine, it was on my nerves. And it really wasn’t practical since I couldn’t tell what was in there anyway. Rob and I made a trip to Home Depot and bought some wire shelving to add to our little kitchen pantry. Believe me, I’m not complaining about the size of it. When we first moved in, all we had was a cabinet that was one can deep. Forget trying to put a cereal box in there! We carved the space out of a coat closet that was in the entry. I’ve really loved it since then. However, it was in need of some new love as you can tell.

 

Before:

What a mess. Couldn’t really find anything in there either.

 

After:

What a difference some added wire shelving can make!  I can see what I have and what I need. As an added bonus, all of my spices were able to move from their overcrowded cabinet by the stove, into the shelves on the door.

I moved the armoire over to the dining room because I still need storage for cookbooks and large appliances.

It’s a little too big over there also. But for now it’s holding a ton of “stuff” that I just can’t put anywhere else. I can live with it for now.

The most exciting part is that I can check it off of my goals list. I LOVE checking things off my list!

How about you? Have you started on any of your house goals for 2012?

I’m linking up with The Nester!