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Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips!

Kitchen· Organization

Recently I organized my pantry and was very happy with the way it turned out!   So today I am giving you my big reveal plus some great tips.

Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips - So Much Better With Age
Welcome to my pantry reveal with lots of tips!
I love my kitchen but it’s very tiny in the way of cupboard space so this long hallway off the kitchen has been my solution to a pantry.
No matter how many times I purge there are always things I need in the kitchen: appliances, baking supplies, baking sheets. And I really don’t have the space to store most of these in the kitchen.
You can turn any closet into a pantry. Or if you have a pantry, here are tips to organize it.
Let me show you how.
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Here is the large closet that I turned into my pantry.
Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips / my big pantry before being organized - So Much Better With Age
It was so messy and chaotic. I started by taking everything out and throwing away what I didn’t need.
I took account of certain organizers I thought would work and put them together.
Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips / pantry items on floor - So Much Better With Age
I moved everything to the dining table to store it while I painted the interior of the closet.
Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips / pantry items on dining table - So Much Better With Age
I thought it would be nice to have a pop of colour in here. I used the leftover paint from my vintage bathroom.
Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips / painting the pantry - So Much Better With Age
And now here is the after:
Pantry Reveal With Lots of Tips / putting the items back into the pantry after painting - So Much Better With Age
Okay, let’s take a tour. I have 3 sections of shelving units inside this closet
{luckily they came with the house}.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / 3 sections of shelves - So Much Better With Age

LEFT SIDE

So let’s start with the left side. This side is farthest from the kitchen so I store extra appliances, garbage bags and stuff I don’t normally use all the time.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / left side of pantry - So Much Better With Age
I used this office wall hanging organizer for diaper bin liners and garbage bags. I love this old-looking metal. It even has a spot to put a label.
Genius! I found this is at Home Sense.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / wire rack in pantry - So Much Better With Age
I have large items like extra long aluminum foil and large freezer bags that don’t fit in my kitchen drawers so they go in a kitchen organizer. I also have four different types of flour so I have them organized in large air-tight containers.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / storage bins in pantry - So Much Better With Age
I found these plastic shoe bins at for just over a dollar! I gathered all my like items that I don’t use every day like cookie cutters, pie accessories, roasting utensils and organized them in these bins with labels. I love how you can easily see what’s stored inside and they stack so nicely!
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / plastic shoe storage bins - So Much Better With Age
I guess I have a popcorn section! And an extra tea bin. Also a spot where I put my silpats and long utensils for icing cakes.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / popcorn section in pantry - So Much Better With Age

MIDDLE SECTION

I have this awesome soup caddy so the cans take up less space and the roll to the front once one is removed. The plastic bins are the perfect size for taco packages etc. They come divided so you already have different sections. And the mesh stacking shelf adds another level for supplies.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / middle section of pantry - So Much Better With Age
More air-tight containers for baking supplies and those plastic shoe bins!
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / labels on everything - So Much Better With Age
 I love using a basket for bags of chips.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / basket just for chips - So Much Better With Age
And these clips from Ikea are the best for sealing up bags of cereal and chips.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / Ikea clips - So Much Better With Age

 RIGHT SECTION

I love my new wall spice rack. Such a great way to utilize space vertically.
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / the right side of the pantry - So Much Better With Age
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / spices in pantry - So Much Better With Age
Use every bit of real estate, even behind the containers! These containers are great because they’re sturdy and see-through!
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / clear bins - So Much Better With Age
It makes it so easy to find what you need to buy when it comes time to grocery shop. These bins act like drawers. Just pull them out and grab your snack. And don’t you dare put the crackers in the cookies bin 😉
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / Labeled items in bins - So Much Better With Age
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / labeled jars - So Much Better With Age
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / organized jars - So Much Better With Age
Love these metal stacking baskets. The bottom bin is for extra stuff you’ve bought in multiples but doesn’t fit in the regular shelving areas. This is great for new non-perishable fridge items as well!
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / metal baskets in pantry - So Much Better With Age

And one final tip…we put locks on our pantry doors so our little guy can’t sneak in to get his snacks anytime he wants.

Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / lock on pantry door - So Much Better With Age
So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed this little tour and hopefully you can take with you some ideas for your kitchen pantry!
Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / organized pantry - So Much Better With Age
Are you in the mood to organize your pantry now?

Pantry Reveal With Lots Of Tips / inside of the pantry - So Much Better With Age

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  7. Wow! Great job! My pantry resembled this one a few months ago, but it seems to have gone back to its old ways again. Thanks for the inspiration to get it back on track!

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  10. Love this pantry organization, Jamie! We have a similar pantry situation in our house. It’s a hall closet and we use it for overflow pantry items, linens, medicines & cleaning storage. I’m working on our guest bath & master bath right now to get some of the linen/medicine items moved into the bathrooms so that we can utilize some more of that pantry space. This is great inspiration!
    – Lora

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    • Good luck with your organization! It’s always hard to figure out where everything goes at first but once it’s all done, it hopefully stays that way LOL
      Thanks for stopping by!
      Jamie

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  13. This is just wonderful, Jamie! You had some great tips, too! I have a pantry in my kitchen that is adequate, but you make me wish I had one of those long hallway-type closets. There is a benefit to a smaller pantry for us, I have to keep it pretty well organized. Always looking for the positive, that would be me….lol!

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    • Thanks for your comment, Carol! I have to laugh because I wish I had a smaller pantry closer to the kitchen LOL. Grass is always greener 😉 Have a great day!
      Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com

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  17. Awesome! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I have to go and tidy up in my pantry now… it’s already organised with Tupperware containers, labelled and so on. I just need to organise the bottom shelves which are filled with spare Tupperware… Better start before I change my mind lol Autumn greetings from Australia♥ ~Pernilla

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  24. This is exactly what I’ve needed to see. I am so disgruntled every time I open my pantry! Where did you get that amazing spice rack??

    Beautiful job!

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  30. I think most of these ideas are fantastic and very do-able. The only thing is that in one picture, it looks like you have things hanging on the inside of a cabinet door and if you were to close that door it would hit the things stored on the shelf.

    ~Marilyn

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