How To Organize Your Pantry Cabinet

No matter the size of your pantry cabinet, it always looks small. However, clever pantry organizing ideas and the use of some kitchen organizers can help out big time. Also, if you have kids at home, it becomes essential to organize pantry cabinets to make things easy for them. 

Before redoing your pantry cabinet, make sure you research buying organizers to make the whole organizing process easy. Once you have them, it is time to get all the stuff out and organize it for the better. 

Here are some tips to follow:

Buy See-Through Canisters

To make your pantry cabinet look organized even when it isn't, buy similar and see-through canisters of different sizes. This adds a clean look to the place. 

Also, buying see-through canisters avoid the trouble of labeling them individually. You can also easily keep track of the quantity and when they need to be refilled. 

These canisters should also be stackable, i.e., they should be able to fit above each other. 

Make Use Of Tiered Shelf Organizers

Tiered shelf organizers are beneficial to place similar size cans and bottles over a flat surface. When kept in front of each other, it is difficult to pick the bottle kept at the back, making the front ones fall in the process. 

Tiered shelf organizers help in stacking bottles conveniently. 3-tiered organizers are pretty much sufficient. Lazy Susan (circular two-tiered turntable) is also a good idea to double up space and utilize the height of your cabinet sections. Using undershelf baskets is another way to make use of the extra space below the open shelves. 

Use Door Organizers

Feel a lack of space in your pantry cabinet? Getting door organizers installed is one way of optimizing the pantry space. 

Get the door organizers installed at the inside of the cabinet doors. Depending on your door type, you can go for over-the cabinet grid baskets, the long back-of-the-door organizers, and such. 

Buy Bottles With The Big Mouth

Wide mouth bottles are always beneficial. This not only avoids pouring out contents but also makes it easy while refilling the bottles too. 

Mainly, if you like to measure your content before using them, the measuring cup should at least be able to dig in through the mouth for easy access. 

Keep The Likes Together

Organize your pantry cabinet in a way to keep similar items group together. 

For instance, all the baking items should be kept in one space, all the spices in another. Similarly, all pulses should be held on the same shelf. All the sauces and marinating ingredients should be kept close. 

This makes it easy to find things without disrupting the whole cabinet. Also, less time is wasted on finding things when cooking. 

Use Baskets Of Sorts

Stuffing things directly on low and high shelves makes it difficult for you or your kids to access them. The items were thrown at the backstay at the back and end up expiring and end up in the recycle bin at last. 

Instead, one can make use of wooden baskets to organize items better. Just add snacks and stuff to these baskets and shift into the place. When in use, one can easily pull out the baskets and access the eatables easily. 

Make Space For Oversized Jars

Some food items are used daily, and it will be irrelevant to keep them in small jars or bottles. You would not want them to refill them every next day. Such items include sugar, salt, pulses, and stuff. 

Therefore, you should look for large oversized containers at first. Also, make sure your pantry cabinets have shelves that can accommodate such big-sized containers. 

Not only big-sized containers but also look for sufficient space for accommodating essentials like juicers, blenders, and mixers. These are the most neglected items when organizing a pantry cabinet and getting stuffed in unappropriated spaces. Leave sufficient space on the countertops or in lower cabinets to accommodate them. 

Labelling Done Right 

Not everything in your pantry needs to be labeled. Firstly, the items kept in a see-through jar and canisters should not be marked with the item name, especially when they are easy to recognize. 

Instead, use labeling for things that are hard to recognize and are kept in non-transparent bottles. Also, resort to labeling jars with expiry dates and other details than stating the obvious. 

Everyone knows about the label makers these days that can easily be used to extract labels. Buy one if you need to label your stuff frequently. 

Use Shelf Liners

Are you worried about getting your shelves dirty? Or are you concerned that your boxes would fall off the wired shelves?

Shelf liners are a great product to keep such worries at bay. You can buy adhesive liners or liners of sorts to keep your pantry cabinet look clean and more organized. 

The next time you think of cleaning your pantry cabinet, things will become a lot easier. You will have to replace the shelf liners with no sort of deep cleaning required. 

Get The Hooks Mounted On Walls

Got a plain wall on any side of the kitchen or pantry? You can make use of such space by getting a hook mounted on it. This will help in hanging bulky kitchen tools like spatulas, mesh filters, and stuff. 

They not only save your precious shelf space but also makes accessing them handy. Such hooks can also be installed behind the kitchen doors. 

Conclusion

These were some of the needful pantry cabinet organizing ideas that will keep the pantry easily accessible and efficiently work in the kitchen. 

It is true that you will not ever be satisfied with your pantry organizing and would need frequent changes, especially if you have kids at home. We hope these ideas will keep you happy for a while until new organizer tools make their way into the market.