Does your pantry look like this?
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to Hampton Your House. Well you just saw the footage of my pantry and I have to
say, it was nice and organised about two years ago, but with a busy family, my
hubby and my three boys and a youtube channel on the go, it had just started
looking worse and worse lately. One of the ways we can start creating those
Hamptons holiday vibes in our own homes is by setting up easy systems for all of
our stuff, so it makes it simple to keep everything put away and looking
uncluttered, neat and tidy - or at least as much as possible! Now this is definitely
a bit of a journey and we won't get everything all sorted out overnight, but
we've got to start somewhere right?! We're starting right here, right now with the
pantry, so go on open your pantry door and let's do this together.
First I'm removing everything so I can clean the shelves and the floor. I decided
to do this pretty much one shelf at a time which worked really well. I think
for me if I had pulled absolutely everything out all at once, it might have
been a little bit overwhelming. I also had quite a few things in the bottom of
my pantry that almost never got used, so I started a pile of things to sell or
donate. Give your pantry a really good clean once the shelves are empty. For any
super tough or disgusting stains, try using baby wipes - they work like a charm!
Then you can put a few things back in to try out the spacing, putting the things
you don't use often in the far corners and the things that you use all the time
in the most accessible spots. A great way to organise your pantry is to get
containers or bins to put everything into, in categories. If you have the
space, empty packets out of their boxes and into the bins. Small tins can fit
sideways in these awesome bins I got from Cheap as Chips.
This is a good chance to go through your platters and decide if there are any
don't need anymore, like this cool art school experiment
which I've never used. A great tip is to use pegs on half used packets - it's much
easier than twist ties. If you wanted to, you could put all of your pasta etc in
jars, but with all the different shapes and types, I think for me at least it's
more functional to just put pegs on the bags. Onto the next shelf which is a bit
of a disaster! I've bought a few new organising baskets; this is a small one
from The Reject Shop.
And it wouldn't be an Australian pantry without Vegemite!
Here's another organising bin, this one is the medium-size. My 'school snacks'
bin needed to be a bit bigger, but you may have to rearrange things a few times
until you find the right spots for everything.
I've now got a basket for all my sauces and oils - they look so much better now
and this will help me to keep track of what I actually have.
You can totally get Pinterest-perfect jars for your baking goods, but I'm
sticking with my plastic containers for now, they stack easily and I find them
really functional. I created some labels using black cardboard and a whiteout
pen. If you want a specific look for your lettering try copying the letters from a
font you like on the computer. Not only do labels look organised and pretty, but
they will also help the other members of your family to know exactly where
everything goes without needing to ask you!
And here we have the before,
and after!
It's not perfect, but it's a lot more functional than it was before and that's
really all we need.
Well I hope you've been decluttering and organising your stuff along with me,
and if not, maybe you want to hit play again because let's face it - it's way
more motivating when you feel like you have someone working along with you! And
if organising the whole pantry seems too overwhelming, try just setting yourself a
timer for 2 minutes and see if you can find 10 things that you need to get rid
of or 10 things that you can put back in their right place as fast as you can,
and you might be surprised by how much of a difference you can make in just a
couple of minutes. Well guys, thanks for joining me again today. If you found this
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Hampton Your House, and I'll see you again very soon in my next video. Bye!