Chaos Control: Pantry Challenge

nanabanana06

SAK, loving the row of pretty Maple hot sauce. :P

stoneycakes

How do I upload a pic? I'm on a laptop.

bumpuser5078523

SAK - I love the lazy Suzan shelves! Did they come with your house or did you buy them somewhere? I need that for my spice cabinet.

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nanabanana06

My next house will have a walk in pantry.

/gavel

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stoneycakes

Nah, SAK.  You only have to clean it when you move.  And then you can just pile things into boxes, label them "hall closet," put them in the garage and never unpack them.  Or so I've heard...

bumpuser5078523

Our bedroom and my sewing area are the "toss random crap here" areas when I need to clean fast. They are worse than my pantry.

bumpuser9353653

I love seeing a glimpse into everyone's space. It's like you're all actual people and not just imaginary internet strangers!

#creeperalert

unaveragejane

Something I keep meaning to try is what Fly Lady calls putting out hot spots. You pick an area, like the pantry closet, piled up chair, island, desk, etc. Set a timer for 15 minutes and clean up that spot. Just do what you can in that time. Supposedly if you do it often enough it gets cleaned up and stays neater.

sarenu1

theultimatesak said:

theultimatesak said:

theultimatesak said:

Why wouldn't you have a random basket of laundry in your walk-in pantry?

This is more of a catch-all closet SAK. It could be SO functional once you organize it.

That is not said in a "you should do this" voice. If I had an extra closet it would look like this. Well or if i had a different spouse.

I know. And about three months ago before F was born it was totally organized. But as people come over and I have crap out I just throw everything in it and then never clean it back out. It's a sad state of affairs at this point.

If I ever design my own house I'm going to have to remember to make a closet just for this.

I do not recommend it. Because eventually you have to clean it up.And if you're really lucky, before you get around to cleaning it up you'll get involved in a conversation about said space with a bunch of Internet strangers, and you'll have to post a picture of the disaster that it is for the world to see.

This is my basement.  We've been stock piling things down there that should be recycled, tossed or sold.  It's pretty depressing.

stoneycakes

stoneycakes said:

How do I upload a pic? I'm on a laptop.

Doesn't anyone want to see my appalling pantry?

TJ1979

stringy813 said:

yea, but at least it would keep all that stuff out of the living room or our bedroom (which is where it gets tossed when someone comes over).  Seriously one chair in our living room is a designated clean laundry/random diaper insert chair. No one has sat there in ages.

Is this abnormal?  We have the same chair!

mamalamb10 said:

Sac I love that pantry! It kind of reminds me of my laundry room. I throw things in there and just shut the door when people are coming over. I've had a punch bowl and random toys sitting on my dryer for weeks. It's like an obstacle course to get to my washer and dryer.

Tee hee to Sac.  And I read that as sitting IN your dryer.  I was pretty impressed.

stoneycakes said:

stoneycakes said:

How do I upload a pic? I'm on a laptop.

Doesn't anyone want to see my appalling pantry?

You can't just copy and paste?  Or click "attach a file" underneath the text box, and browse to the image.

bumpuser9353653

stoneycakes said:

stoneycakes said:

How do I upload a pic? I'm on a laptop.

Doesn't anyone want to see my appalling pantry?

I'm rarely on a laptop, but can't you just copy and paste into the body?

stoneycakes

Okay.  Here it is.  I didn't even tidy it up.  Obviously.  LOL.

stoneycakes

I also have spices and hot sauce stashed in three other places in my kitchen.  I really need that to be a part of this pantry challenge as well.  I might need two weeks, though.

TJ1979

Why is your coconut water in there so haphazard and crooked like that @stoneycakes?  That would save you a lot of space and me a lot of OCD issues if you would just straighten them up.

nanabanana06

On this episode of My Messy House...

TJ1979

Well now I feel like I can't play bc we are moving in the next few weeks. No sense reorganizing now.

MK we only eat sweet potatoes, and we go through them super quickly. They don't last more than a week in our house.

countrycotton

I'll play. But won't be able to organize throughly untill next week. Though I plan to at least straighten up before her birthday party saterday.

countrycotton

I haven't trully cleaned this thing out in YEARS. Judge away! I know it's bad, and you must all think we eat compleat crap in a daily basis. Honestly we mostly eat out of the fridge and it gets compleatly cleaned out at least every two months.

Mandmeesh

Stringy, I swear, we are molding into the same person more and more every day. We also only have four tiny cabinets for food. And the spice/baking cabinet above our stove. Oh, and I do have a huge baking drawer in the island I redid. The drawer is so heavy it's hard to open. Lol

Mh organizes the shelves pretty regularly. Me, not so much. Which is so surprising because I love cleaning.

sarenu1

These are my two main cabinets.

One of the cabinets is double sided. I love this feature.

sarenu1

I just realized I have a lot of junk in my cabinets.

As everyone can see, I have a very small space for storage.

I need some tips for storing cereal.  None of my cabinets are tall enough to fit the boxes.  So it ends up on my counter, which I hate.  

I'm thinking I should get some clips, take them out of the boxes and store them that way?  Does anyone do this?  Tips?

sarenu1

stringy813 said:

sarenu1 said:

I just realized I have a lot of junk in my cabinets.

As everyone can see, I have a very small space for storage.

I need some tips for storing cereal.  None of my cabinets are tall enough to fit the boxes.  So it ends up on my counter, which I hate.  

I'm thinking I should get some clips, take them out of the boxes and store them that way?  Does anyone do this?  Tips?

You can get containers for cereal, or use any container in various sizes, plastic/tupperware type stuff.

Does it stay fresher longer?  And does anyone recommend some good ones that will last?

unaveragejane

Containers will keep the cereal fresher longer and are easier to pour. I have two Sterilite ones that I like. Be sure to measure and see what fits your cabinets.

Kelly11235

We store ours on top of the fridge.

Mandmeesh

sarenu1 said:

stringy813 said:

sarenu1 said:

I just realized I have a lot of junk in my cabinets.

As everyone can see, I have a very small space for storage.

I need some tips for storing cereal.  None of my cabinets are tall enough to fit the boxes.  So it ends up on my counter, which I hate.  

I'm thinking I should get some clips, take them out of the boxes and store them that way?  Does anyone do this?  Tips?

You can get containers for cereal, or use any container in various sizes, plastic/tupperware type stuff.

Does it stay fresher longer?  And does anyone recommend some good ones that will last?

Walmart has some of these containers.

Cereal only lasts like a day in this house, so I cant speak to the length of freshness

Mandmeesh

You guyzzzz! This chaos control has me on a cleaning rampage. Seriously. I scrubbed my bathroom last night...for two hours! Put up new curtain and liner. And today I cleaned and reorganized M's room (this kid's stuff is in a constant ebb and flow: clothes that are too small and need to be stored-next size clothes ready for dresser-outdated toys. Phew!!

It all looks so good. And I did not take pictures because....oh my god it was bad. Ya know how I know? I had to scrub my tub for an hour. My fingertips are cracked! Here's my unmatching bath mat and curtain though

sarenu1

Kelly11235 said:

We store ours on top of the fridge.

Wouldn't work for us.  We have cabinets above the fridge and the fridge is far enough back that there is only about 6 inches of space.

sarenu1

Mandmeesh said:

stringy813 said:

sarenu1 said:

I just realized I have a lot of junk in my cabinets.

As everyone can see, I have a very small space for storage.

I need some tips for storing cereal.  None of my cabinets are tall enough to fit the boxes.  So it ends up on my counter, which I hate.  

I'm thinking I should get some clips, take them out of the boxes and store them that way?  Does anyone do this?  Tips?

You can get containers for cereal, or use any container in various sizes, plastic/tupperware type stuff.

Does it stay fresher longer?  And does anyone recommend some good ones that will last?

Walmart has some of these containers. Cereal only lasts like a day in this house, so I cant speak to the length of freshness

Cheerios are my main issue.  I buy the big boxes of both regular and honey nut so that the kids have something to snack on if I'm trying to get dinner ready.

My main issue is that my husband sees a closed box of cereal as good enough.  Then the bag sits open in the box and it goes stale. 

nanabanana06

Omg, meesh I love that! I seriously need to get crackin on cleaning my house. School has seriously interfered with the cleanliness of it.

Mandmeesh

nanabanana06 said:

Omg, meesh I love that! I seriously need to get crackin on cleaning my house. School has seriously interfered with the cleanliness of it.

Walmart, yo .

nanabanana06

Mandmeesh said:

Omg, meesh I love that! I seriously need to get crackin on cleaning my house. School has seriously interfered with the cleanliness of it.

Walmart, yo .

LOL, Too bad you didn't say Target. We could of been bathroom buddies.

Mandmeesh

nanabanana06 said:

Mandmeesh said:

nanabanana06 said:

Omg, meesh I love that! I seriously need to get crackin on cleaning my house. School has seriously interfered with the cleanliness of it.

Walmart, yo .

LOL, Too bad you didn't say Target. We could of been bathroom buddies.


Lol. I do love Target more...but do Walmart shopping for work and bought these

bumpuser5078523

I haven't even started. Anyone else??

unaveragejane

doeie04 said:

I haven't even started. Anyone else??

I took pics, but apparently we're sharing the bubonic plague at my house, so that's as far as I've gotten.

nanabanana06

Mandmeesh said:

Mandmeesh said:

Omg, meesh I love that! I seriously need to get crackin on cleaning my house. School has seriously interfered with the cleanliness of it.

Walmart, yo .

LOL, Too bad you didn't say Target. We could of been bathroom buddies.

Lol. I do love Target more...but do Walmart shopping for work and bought these

I don't shop at Walmart. Seems like a weird hill to die on, but I refuse to go there. I live closer to Target anyways, and their stuff is nicer. :P

freezorburn

Here's mine. I think if I can empty out the P&P and stash it away, we might actually have a decent space for a play kitchen back there.

nanabanana06

Omg, @freezeorburn that room is totally cute.