Organizing..Kitchen edition

Let me start by saying I reached over 15,000 page views today! I am shocked. 5,000 of those came in just today alone and I am so excited and amazed to have so many readers and I hope you will continue to follow and comment on future blogs about what you might like to see more of!

In honor of all of these new views, I am trying to do more posts about what seems to be the most popular topics on my blog..Recipes, Children's activities, and Organizing.

I decided to tackle a couple kitchen cabinets and under my kitchen sink the other day. I love to bake and had tons of baking supplies spread throughout several different cabinets and my pantry, so I decided to get it all together in one place. Like a lot of my projects, I jumped into it before I could get a before picture. I started by throwing everything onto the counter.

I then put all of my various sugars and flours into sealed containers. Then, I put all my baking supplies into one basket and baking mixes in another...

This allowed me to get all the baking supplies onto one shelf in the pantry and freed up room for more everyday things in the kitchen cabinet...

This pantry also houses lots of other things...

All my extra paper towels

Extra "staples"

Cereal for snack mixes and extra pastas

Reuseable grocery bags and smalls coolers

I can now fit everything I need for everyday into my one main food cabinet.  { we also have a large snack drawer, will make sure to show that another day} Contraband and quick packaged meals on top. Canned foods, quick sides, and salad toppings in the middle. Breakfast foods, breads, drink mixes on the bottom.

I also gained room in my spice cabinet which now needs some work on its own...

I also got busy on organizing the cabinet under the sink...

Before

Everything was shoved under there. I found myself buying things I didnt need simply because I couldnt find it. So I whipped out some containers and did the usual. Sort, Contain, Label...

Everything pulled out

Wow

Empty and clean

The labels pretty much explain themselves. Everyday, contains the things I use most often: pledge, carpet fresh, windex, febreeze, bags for waste baskets, and a magic eraser.

Rags, are well, rags. These are only used for cleaning purposes. {I also have a drawer for dish towels and rags used on counters, dishes, and face wiping}

Brushes and sponges are for all my sink and floor scrub brushes, extra dish sponge attachments, and magic erasers...

Scent and soaps holds air freshners, extra febreeze, hand soaps, glade refills, and disinfecting sprays.

Now everything is right where I can see it when I need it or when I need to check supplies before a trip to the store...

I even hung up my gloves