I’m coming to you today with an organizational dilemma. Since Cat and I started redoing the house, we’ve been trying to solve some of our clutter disasters. One room we haven’t yet touched is one of my favorites – the kitchen. I think we find the cabinets of over-stacked dishes a little daunting. One area, in particular, that needs help is our “pantry.” This is the area where we house most of our dry goods and cans.
I think the problem here is too many items and not enough space. We have a serious coffee addiction in this house, so our coffee maker, espresso machine and grinder are key players in our lives. We have a million baskets to hold bread, potatoes and garlic, but I think they often just end up on top on another (see left). I am looking for a way to better utilize this space by making it more user friendly and more aesthetically pleasing.
There is a mega cabinet above this area, so I’m sure some of these items could be moved up (with better rearranging) but what? I’m completely lost when it comes to ideas for this space. Though, I really enjoy the look of jars lined up with rice, couscous, pasta, etc. So here is a list of ideas I’m thinking:
- Create a coffee station elsewhere, perhaps in the dining room? (though our outlet situation is dire)
- Move all the grains, rice and dry goods into pretty labeled jars
- Move items we don’t use regularly (the crockpot in the back) somewhere else
- Find some sort of better organizer for our to-go coffee cups and water bottles (this is something we desperately need!)
Do you have any tips on how we could reorganize this space?









































