{"id":360,"date":"2012-01-18T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html"},"modified":"2012-01-18T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:16:00","slug":"peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html","title":{"rendered":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"
Unloading groceries with a toddler who is trying to open everything while you are trying to get it all put away can be somewhat challenging. Especially if your pantry is a disaster like mine (used to be!). If this task isn’t done quickly, you might have nibbles in your apples and holes in your yogurt.\u00a0 I would dread putting the groceries away, as there never seemed to be anywhere<\/i> to put it all. So, I simply shoved items wherever they fit, though they were somewhat<\/i> near like items. That is, until I recently saw a few pictures on Pinterest of these beautifully organized pantries with bins and containers and labels, Oh My!<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is what my pantry used to look like:<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

I kid, I kid. I didn’t take any before pictures and just grabbed these photo from the internet, so you will just have to use your imagination. It probably looked similar to this, though on a smaller scale:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Not horrible, <\/i>but things were just kind of scattered in there and I was never quite sure what I had and would end up buying multiple items of the same thing, while others went bad. So, with a few key items I was able to transform our pantry into a place that glimmers, shines, and where angels sing from above. And it didn’t cost me an arm and a leg, either!<\/p>\n

First, I went to the Dollar Store and purchased about 4 of these bins:<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

From Wal-mart I bought this set of four little containers for under $7.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

I also bought a couple of space savers that I can’t find pictures to online, but you will see them in my final pantry pics.<\/p>\n

And the best finds came from Ross! From there I got two cereal canisters (I already had two I could use) four containers with spouts for flours and sugars, and a three-piece pasta container set. (All pictured later.)<\/p>\n

And the most exciting part of all!!! I ordered chalkboard labels from Etsy! There are TONS of choices out there, but I wanted the most bang for my buck, so I bought this 26 piece set for $12.99, including shipping! They come in various shapes and sizes and are erasable to write again and again!<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>
Chalkboard stickers- Click here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

My last purchase came from Michaels. The chalkboard marker.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

So, after a couple hours of sorting, organizing and labeling, this is what I came up with!!!<\/p>\n

The door organizer I bought a couple of years ago and stash most of my baking supplies in. Such a great space saver!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

We put a little portable pantry inside of our main pantry for our daughter’s “stuff”. This holds her snacks, dishes, bibs, etc., as well as extra napkins, paper plates, cups, etc.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Flours and sugars storage (Ross)…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

More baking supplies. I also used some old Tupperware I already had to save some money!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

This is where the sorting took place. One basket for various oils, one for the miscellaneous stuff, another I labeled “sauces” for things like ketchup, syrups, peanut butter, etc. (Dollar Store).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The yellow basket I already had and in it are all of our “drink” items. Coffee parts, sweeteners, teas, hot chocolates, juice packets, etc.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The next shelf up holds most of our “snacks” and ” boxed goods.” That little space saver on the end is from Walmart.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MmMmM Cheetos, a pregnant mama’s sinful snack.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

A little basket for our spices (already had), canisters for our pasta (Ross), and a great space saver for canned goods (Walmart).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Canisters for our oats and oatmeal (Walmart) and cereal containers from Ross. The little bin on the end I already had and use that for garbage bags, tinfoil, Saran Wrap, etc.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Up above are the items we don’t use every day and they are out of our rambunctious toddlers’ reach!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The end product!!! It’s not magazine-worthy, but it works great for me and I actually enjoy putting our food away now. The husband is pretty pleased, too! AND, I am able to put our groceries away in a matter of minutes and know just where everything is. Hallelujah! (And the angels continue to sing…)<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Is it a little strange that I like<\/i> going in my pantry now? Sometimes I find myself just staring in there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unloading groceries with a toddler who is trying to open everything while you are trying to get it all put away can be somewhat challenging. Especially if your pantry is a disaster like mine (used to be!). If this task isn’t done quickly, you might have nibbles in your apples and holes in your yogurt.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organize"],"yoast_head":"\nPeace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Unloading groceries with a toddler who is trying to open everything while you are trying to get it all put away can be somewhat challenging. Especially if your pantry is a disaster like mine (used to be!). If this task isn’t done quickly, you might have nibbles in your apples and holes in your yogurt.\u00a0 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Living with Lady\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lady\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lady\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lady\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b8cabd7aee61f28c270748c0fc2ef8\"},\"headline\":\"Peace of Mind in the Pantry\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\"},\"wordCount\":721,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Organize\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\",\"name\":\"Peace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peace of Mind in the Pantry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/\",\"name\":\"Living with Lady\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Living with Lady\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Logo-e1544308136491.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Logo-e1544308136491.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":246,\"caption\":\"Living with Lady\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b8cabd7aee61f28c270748c0fc2ef8\",\"name\":\"Lady\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f43daa603479eeb3f82673642d317ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f43daa603479eeb3f82673642d317ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lady\"},\"description\":\"I am a crafting, baking, party planning, organizing wife and mother. This is me sharing my every-day life. Let's be friends.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/author\/smorscheck\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady","og_description":"Unloading groceries with a toddler who is trying to open everything while you are trying to get it all put away can be somewhat challenging. Especially if your pantry is a disaster like mine (used to be!). If this task isn’t done quickly, you might have nibbles in your apples and holes in your yogurt.\u00a0 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html","og_site_name":"Living with Lady","article_published_time":"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg"}],"author":"Lady","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lady","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html"},"author":{"name":"Lady","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b8cabd7aee61f28c270748c0fc2ef8"},"headline":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry","datePublished":"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html"},"wordCount":721,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg","articleSection":["Organize"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html","url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html","name":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry - Living with Lady","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg","datePublished":"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-01-18T17:16:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Plt5n7Cq67E\/TxNOo9W8EII\/AAAAAAAAADU\/fiIRXvQvv0U\/s320\/pantry.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/01\/peace-of-mind-in-the-pantry.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peace of Mind in the Pantry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/","name":"Living with Lady","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#organization","name":"Living with Lady","url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Logo-e1544308136491.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Logo-e1544308136491.jpg","width":500,"height":246,"caption":"Living with Lady"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b8cabd7aee61f28c270748c0fc2ef8","name":"Lady","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f43daa603479eeb3f82673642d317ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f43daa603479eeb3f82673642d317ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lady"},"description":"I am a crafting, baking, party planning, organizing wife and mother. This is me sharing my every-day life. Let's be friends.","sameAs":["https:\/\/livingwithlady.com"],"url":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/author\/smorscheck"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}