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Pantry Clean Out

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 02:22 AM PDT

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

One of the items on my spring bucket list was to do organize the pantry/ do a Pantry Clean Out! I finished it this week. Wanna see? 

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It’s been a long time since I updated my pantry. The last time I shared it online was in 2014! I’ve definitely cleaned it out since then but I always wanted to paint the particle board shelves because they’ve never been painted before and I am ACHING to make a change at home. My Mom may have put contact paper on them when I was a kid, but I am not entirely sure. 

Here’s what it looked like when I got started:

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

The first thing I did was take out all of the shelves and clean inside my pantry.

Old particle board from the late 70s!

Can you see why I needed a change??

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I found some paint in our garage and primed them and painted! 

I forgot how much I like painting even though I’m not the cleanest painter.

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I put the shelves back in after they dried and started playing around with black metal baskets I wanted to repurpose. I thought that they would help make a cohesive/cleaner look.

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

After many hours of work, getting rid of expired food (ugh!) and putting things back, my pantry went from this:  

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

to this!

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

When I put stuff back, I moved things around and put all of the sugars & flours in their own sections. I took the shelf out that I had to create another row for canned goods and it made it instantly look cleaner.

You can see I like to use plastic containers to keep things organized. 

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

Labels made with tape & index cards!

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

My rice has its own section now. Wahooo.

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

Cooper’s favorite part: I made him some containers for his sauces 🙂

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

My favorite part is this little section with my recipe binder & my Mom’s. I think she would be happy with how it turned out  🙂

Pantry Clean Out - by Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I hope this inspires you to your own Pantry Clean Out!  

Items used for this project:

white electrical tape

sharpie pen for labeling

binder clips (to attach labels to baskets)

index cards for labeling

clear storage containers

flour & sugar glass canisters

64 oz. mason jars for rice

wide mouth  mason jar lids

black metal baskets for nuts & dried fruits

black metal baskets for rice & pasta

deli containers

And if you’re interested in seeing how I transformed my childhood kitchen, check out this post! 

Happy organizing!  xo Tracy

 

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