Pantry Organization Ideas and DIY Pantry Labels

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Recently I became obsessed with organizing my pantry.  We moved into our house over a year ago, but the pantry was never super organized. I had baskets in it like below but that was it.

pantry organization ideas

Then, with work being so chaotic, I would come home and see chaos in the pantry.  I decided I needed to control the chaos that I could, and so I went on a cleaning and organization binge.

pantry organization ideas

I studied beautiful pantries, like ones from The Home Edit.  Below is a corner in Khloe Kardashian’s pantry, organized by The Home Edit. I love how organized it is!

Inspired, I headed to the Container Store. I thought I’d mention, this is not a sponsored post.  They were having a 25% off sale for these containers.  I went to town and bought a ton.  As you can see, we love cereal.  The containers keep the cereal fresh for a long time!  The cereal containers are my favorite.

pantry organization ideas

Pro Tip – Buy more containers than you need in all different sizes, and figure out what works for you.  Keep your receipt, and then return the ones you don’t use!

pantry organization ideas

Pro Tip – Not everything needs a container.  The containers are not exactly cheap. Some things can stay in their own container, such as the mixed nuts from Costco.

pantry organization ideas

Pro Tip – Use baskets to hold loose items – like bags of chips.  Above, the basket holds assorted salad toppers and shaved/chopped nuts.

Now, not all of my containers are located in the pantry.  In the kitchen, I have deep drawers that we designed to be deep enough to hold flour.  Below you can see our flour/sugar drawer.

pantry organization ideas

To take your organization to the next level, add labels!  Now, I had wanted to purchase labels from The Home Edit, however for the longest time they were unavailable (I see today that they are now available, however they are $3 each!)

DIY pantry printable label

Pro Tip – Make your own printable labels!

To make my DIY printable pantry labels, I used this clear printable sticker paper.  It comes in a set of 8 sheets.  I just picked a font I wanted to use, typed up a list, and hit print!  Then I cut all the labels out and stuck them on. Easy and way cheaper than $3/label.  You could always just hand write on the containers with a Sharpie, but my writing is not neat!

DIY Pantry printable label

Hope you were inspired by my pantry organization. The containers I used were Oxo. I recommend starting with this set as it has all different sizes.  If you join The Container Store’s member program, you get a coupon that I think it was %15 off!  The baskets I used were purchased from Pier 1 and Ikea a long time ago.

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