Week 2: Pantry Organization

Well I'm already behind on my goal of completing one home project a week.  This time, my excuse was sickness.  At least one of us was sick everyday for the last two weeks.  We're not all 100%, but life is back to normal enough to finally get back to this blog. 


This week, I organized our pantry.  We're blessed that our little house has the potential of having good closet space - we just need to utilize that space correctly.  So my first step in utilizing storage space was with the kitchen pantry.  It didn't turn out the way I had envisioned, but it gave me some ideas for other parts of the house that need help.  


Alright, so here's my before picture. The outside.  Not so bad. 

The inside.  Yikes!  Obviously way overdue for some TLO (tender loving organization).

I started by taking everything out and throwing away expired items.  Then my helper and I organized what was left into six bins.

 

 The final result

It's better, but I'm not quite in love yet.  I'm thinking of adding some paper to the shelves to look something like this...

....but that seems like a lot of work and I have too many other things around this house that need my attention.  So we shall see if I get motivated to tackle that one!