Having a well-organized pantry, with everything in its place, will save us a lot of time in the kitchen. It doesn’t matter if you have a more or less spacious closet, or an attached room that acts as an organizer; There are several keys that we can follow and take into account to have everything as structured as possible.
Knowing where each utensil and ingredient is – and having them close at hand – will greatly facilitate our work in the kitchen. So if chaos has reigned in your kitchen for a long time and you don’t know where to start to turn the situation around, don’t worry, take note because we are going to tell you how to face such an arduous task.
The first thing we have to do is know our space well, and how we have it furnished. Make a mental plan of how we can organize everything, how we want to group it. If the pantry is very messy or you have never really worried about creating a method, it is best to start from scratch and start from the beginning.
So it’s time – even if it’s cumbersome – to empty the entire pantry. In any case, it is a practical step because it will help us, on the one hand, to thoroughly clean all the furniture that makes it up – such as drawers, cabinets, shelves or auxiliary carts -, see if we need to change or restore any of the pieces of furniture and also pay attention to the in the food we store to make sure that everything is in good condition and nothing has gone bad.
It is also time to take into account whether you should use some insulation for the closet you use as a pantry or the shelves of the shelves with some vinyl. It can be very interesting because it will protect the surfaces, make them non-slip and, in addition, there are some very decorative and easy-to-clean coatings. So it can also save you time the next time you want to clean the dust while styling it.
Once everything is well cleaned, if you need to renew some furniture you can find many very practical storage solutions on the market with removable drawers that have a lot of capacity to store things or with transparent doors that will allow us to know at all times what we keep inside; boxes of different sizes, some stackable to make better use of space or hangers to store some kitchen utensils.
Make good use of space
Not all of us have a room next to the kitchen with a lot of space to organize everything we need on a daily basis. Therefore, if we are in the position of having a small kitchen, we will have to be very practical, functional and think of options that allow us to have everything essential. For example, we can install shelves that are adjustable to modify their height as we wish.
With more or less space, the most convenient thing is to organize the pantry by areas and categories: we can classify the products according to the type of product we store in drinks, pasta, flours and legumes, cereals, cookies and other breakfast products, oils, etc. or according to the packaging, or even the expiration date.
The essential thing is that it is a simple formula for you and that you are rigorous when it comes to putting away the things you are using at all times. You have to follow a method. It is important, for example, that those ingredients or utensils that you use the most are closest to hand. And, finally, we should not go overboard with the number of categories we establish. It’s about making our lives easier, not complicating it.
Another tip that may be useful is to store the heaviest products – such as a jug of oil or milk cartons or soft drink bottles – in the middle parts; This way you will avoid having to bend down or grab a stool to reach it when you need it, although this piece is essential in a pantry organized at height.
Although in most brands that work with kitchen furniture we can already find endless furniture with drawers and removable drawers that have a lot of capacity and are very useful to always have everything organized, we can manage perfectly by using, for example, boxes to organize by category. , or baskets of different sizes if you want to give it a more rustic style.
Having glass jars will also help us store pasta, legumes, flour and other foods. These types of containers will allow us to keep our ingredients much more visible, organized and to preserve them better and for longer. Avoid storing open packages even if you use tweezers to close them, as they are targets for insects that will find it much easier to sneak inside, which will spoil the food.
Put labels in your pantry
Another idea that works very well to see everything easily at a glance is labeling. It’s about sticking stickers on our boxes, drawers or jars to classify everything better and so that we don’t miss anything. It is super practical for storing legumes or cereals that we can buy in bulk or that we are going to transfer from the package to the jar that we use to keep it in our pantry.
It is true that if the bottle in question is transparent, that will be of great help to know what it contains, but labeling will be effective in many other cases. Especially when it is necessary to indicate, for example, the expiration date of the food. This is also very useful when we are going to freeze meats, fish or dishes that we have cooked at home.
Light is also a fundamental element of pantries, especially if in your case you have a small room that you dedicate to this use. If you have natural light, one less thing you have to worry about. But if not, you will also have to take into account installing a light point inside to be able to illuminate it at any time.
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