how to organise a pantry?

artichoke

Hi all

my pantry is a mess, no order just crammed to the brim with stuff,

i have an old fashioned pantry so lots of space, and i need suggestions for how to organise it...

i suppose common sense says baking stuff together, jars together etc....

any other tips?

art

overlykeensaver

I use empty biscuit tins (large ones you get at christmas...) to keep things together in my cupboard (ie all my baking stuff etc). Would that work for your pantry shelves?

sarahsarah

Oooh, you should do before and after pictures!!!

I don't have a pantry so no advice lol sorry..

Skint_Catt

I agree on the before and after pics!

I just put like stuff together - packets, tea/coffee/sugar/other drinkable things, baking/spices/herbs, tins, condiments etc, bottles together, etc but then I don't have a big pantry so I split it into different cupboards.

thriftlady_2

Although I don't have a pantry I organise my stores like this:

Baking cupboard (above my worktop)- large plastic ice cream tubs (4litres) with all my flours, oats and sugar. Other stuff like cocoa, golden syrup, coconut, chocolate, peel and so on also in here, plus a plastic tray holding baking powder, yeast, bicarb and spices used frequently in baking and a small tub of salt.

cupboard 1

top shelf- pasta, rices, barley, couscous, popcorn plus other grains

middle shelf -dried pulses, nuts, seeds, dried fruit

bottom shelf - jars and bottles (mustard,honey,soy sauce etc), stock powder. I keep my hm jams & jellies in the fridge.

cupboard 2

drawer -spices

top shelf -tins, unopened bags of flour (always have backups if you love to bake)

bottom shelf -tea, coffee, cartons of juice, the biscuit tin (containing Ryvitas and oatcakes), the cake tin (containing muffins/hm biscuits/cake), dried milk and UHT milk for yogurt making.

Small cupboard next to cooker -culinary alcohol, oils, vinegar and salt


garage -sack of spuds, basket of onions, bags of apples, jars of unopened homemade preserves

Pink.

Hi artichoke,

There are lots of tips on this thread that should help:

Question on organization of cupboards

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Liney_2

I also group stuff together like
cereals boxes,
tea, coffee, hot choc
baking ingredients
pasta
spices
tins
jars
packets etc

I wish everything was in the same size box so it all looked neat and tidy but I think storing it all in baskets may work so you just pull out the basket you need. I may do this after we have had our extension done with my all new pantry.

PS whats the difference between a pantry and a larder?

daleigha

before and after pics would be fabulous!! I would sooo love a walk-in pantry!!

my kitchen is basically organised the same way as Thriftlady's:

- shelf for herbs and spices
- shelf for cooking oil, balsamic vinegar and stuff i dont use that often eg tamarind
- shelf for savoury tins and pasta
- shelf for baking stuff and sweet tins
- shelf for biscuits, buns etc
- shelf for cereal (under worktop)
- shelf for spuds, carrots & onions (under worktop)
- shelf for booze (under worktop)

fizzel81

i store items in lidded storage box,s and group things together

ie baking , bread making, pasta and rices noodles lentils etc,savoury packets spices etc, i have jars on one shelf with my opened pasta,rice,lentils etc
a shelf for cereals 2 are in tubs when opened

admitedly on the floor i have 9x4 beans ad 4x4 spaghetti, oils etc live on another shelf and the top shelf has loose jars, cans etc