My absolute favorite organizing tip is to make things pretty. If a space is both pretty and functional, we are so much more likely to maintain it than if we aren't very fond of it.
If it looks fabulous when it's clean we will likely be motivated to keep it that way!
I've assembled a collection of some of the prettiest pantries in blog land. Please click through to these blogs to get the full tour of each space, and leave a lovely little comment there for the ladies who worked hard to create beautiful functional spaces. You just might make their day!
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I love these! And your pantry looks great too! Thank you for including me in your round up! You're awesome :)
ReplyDelete~Shelley
So lovely. All around. Wish someone would come do my pantry :)
ReplyDeleteOh, to have a pantry - wouldn't that be wonderful! Nice job on your pantry too!
ReplyDeleteUgh, I knew you would be getting to the pantry soon. Another one on my list of to do's! Might not happen today but definitely this week. I promise! Thank you for the motivation.
ReplyDeleteI feel very honored to be in this group....thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love your make over.
Happy Day
Thank you for the wonderful feature. All these pantries look so fabulous - including your own! Great job!
ReplyDeleteWarmly, Michelle
I am loving this series! You're doinga great job of inspiring me. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteLove the Pantry's. Do you know if that is wallpaper or contact paper on the walls. I love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pantry pictures. I wish I had a pantry. Sometimes I think what was I thinking when we bought this house?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for featuring me here! We love our pantry now and so glad you liked it too!
ReplyDeleteWow! Such beautiful and inspiring pantries! As an apartment dweller who recently had a jar of salt fall out of my overstuffed kitchen cupboards and into my chocolate cake batter, I am seething with envy!
ReplyDeleteOH my Heaves to Bestsy...will come redo my pantry? You really should have a picture of mine, just for the full on effect of how fabulous all those pantries really are.
ReplyDeleteThese pantries are amazing!! Mine is small...so I love that you have a small one, too yet made it cute and efficient. I have some work to do!! Thanks for the inspiration!!:)
ReplyDeleteWow most people have the same sort of wallpaper (different size pattern) but to my eyes, all seem so similar - how quirky!
ReplyDeleteWow those are beautiful. I have a large pantry and those gave me some great ideas.
ReplyDeleteI am loving all of your ideas!! Thanks for sharing so much inspiration, I'm just trying to decide where to start...
ReplyDeleteThese are great! My challenge is my pantry IS my coat closet. I'm sure I can use these to reorganize my closet.
ReplyDeleteJodi @ Make Three
http://makethree.blogspot.com
I am inspired but my problem with the "after" pictures (and I DO love the lovely makeovers) is that they are picture perfect. I would like to see another "after picture" taken one or two months after the new pantry has been IN USE. I can make anything look good for 15 min. but will it be ultimately useful and sustainable? :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that my pantry is configured like yours. Now to get pretty contact paper for the back wall. I also added those little push lights above each shelve to help me find stuff.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, is it wallpaper or contact paper on the walls? It's absolutely beautiful. I'd love to know what it is and where to get it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like the Faith,Trust&Pixie dust bloggers pantry!!
ReplyDeleteP.S I love the design on in your pantry!:D
It took two years to come up with an organized pantry. I purchased black open front baskets to fill shelves for "L" shaped pantry. Now everything is in its own basket. Love the pics and wonderful suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI need to do this! You inspire me.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the idea of an organized pantry with matching bins and jars and spice jars however, I have an issue with that.
ReplyDeleteWhen you buy a package of food, be it a bag of rice or a jar of spices - there is a great likelihood that the package will be larger than your bin.
Also, transferring one jar of spices into another jar seems like a big waste of materials to me. Which is why buying in bulk seems more practical. However, then you get the problem of the package being larger than your jar.
So the bottom line is that, unless you take your actual physical containers to the bulk section each time, it's very likely that you will still have to deal with the excess bags, boxes and jars of pre-packaged food. So...how do you take care of those and avoid having half to 3/4 empty bags of rices and pasta lying around?
Such great ideas and I really need to do this. Thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteSuch great ideas and I really need to do this. Thank you for the inspiration!
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