How to Organize: Pantry Room Ideas

Is your Kitchen Pantry in need of a major makeover? Today, I will be sharing some Organized Kitchen Pantry Room Ideas to help get you inspired to start putting together your own perfectly organized pantry!

Pantry’s are used on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. An organized pantry is a must if you are a busy parent on a tight schedule. We don’t have time to be rummaging through things to get to what we actually need. Having an organized pantry also helps with lowering the cost on your grocery bill because, you are not buying items that you don’t need. I believe when my home is organized, my life goes a little bit smoother. Don’t you? I’m excited to share with some some pantry room ideas to help you get your pantry items organized this year!

NO PANTRY? NO PROBLEM

What do you do if your small kitchen doesn’t have an official walk-in pantry or space for your food storage? There are several things you can do to create a space to store your food items even if your kitchen layout is small or doesn’t have a dedicated pantry space. Some of the most common storage solutions to add more food storage in your home:

PANTRY IDEAS

• Add Shelves– add a shelf to your wall or a bookshelf that you can store food items on to increase your food pantry storage space. Use cute jars and labels so that it is pretty to look at in your open shelving space.
• Use Baskets or Bins– on a shelf or in a cabinet to hold those items that are not pretty to look at that you want to store items in.
• Store items in drawers– Drawer space can be used to easily store items out of sight that you want access too.

• Utilize pantry door– Grab a storage rack or door storage unit to add some extra storage to the back of a door in your kitchen. It will stay hidden and out of sight but increase the amount of storage available in an other wise unused space.

ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATION IDEAS

• Use a Closet– If you have a closet in your space that is close to the kitchen you can use that to store your food items in. Most of the time if you can declutter and consolidate items, you can free up a closet or some space to make your storage more efficient and useful.
• Install Racks–  Install some racks in your cabinetry for cans or spices. This will allow you to make the most use of your space and maximize the storage capacity of each cabinet or cupboard. You can also install a rack to hang cleaning tools or pots and pans from to free up additional cupboard or drawer space.
• Small Appliances- evaluate and get rid of any small appliances that you rarely use. You can also store them in an area that is not in the kitchen and save the kitchen space for items used more often.
• Maximize Counter Space– If you are low on space, get rid of any unnecessary kitchen counter items or decor. Store your bulk items like flour or sugar in glass jars on your counter. Add cute labels and make your storage of these items part of your kitchen decor. Decorations and storage in one cute display! You can add any dry goods in glass jars and display them on open shelving with cute matching labels for a beautiful display.

PANTRY ORGANIZATION SUPPLIES

Check out my favorite food storage containers and bins. These are items I have and use in my own home.

• spice rack and labels
• over door storage hanger
• Tupperware lid storage
• onions and potatoes storage bins
• 3 drawer bin (12 x 12 paper fits in here perfectly)
• Large Flip Top Box
• Small Flip Top Box (2 of these fit perfectly on the large flip top box)
• small 3 drawer storage bin
• 6 qt. drawer
• 16 qt. pull-outs drawer
• 27 qt. pull out drawer
• 3 drawer bin (12 x 12 paper fits in here perfectly)
• 6 qt. shoe box storage
• 1/2 qt. glass jar
• 1 gallon glass jar
• 1 gallon candy jar
• pantry food bins
• rectangle pantry bins
• Plastic Storage Dispensers for cereals
• embroidery floss organizer
• metal basket
• plastic bins for snacks
• white storage bins with handles (my very favorites)
• white storage bins with handles (from the Container Store; similar to the ones above from IKEA but not as sturdy. These are thinner but are less expensive.)

FRIDGE AND FREEZER ORGANIZATION SUPPLIES

These are some of my favorite fridge and freezer products:

1. glass drink dispenser
2. egg holder bins
3. deep fridge bins
4. wide deep fridge bins
5. soda can container
6. onion keeper container
7. fruit and veggie storage container

PANTRY ROOM IDEAS

There are many pantry ideas that have been shared that are beautiful to look at and can give you some creative ideas about how to organize your own kitchen and pantry spaces. Most of us are not lucky enough to have a beautiful butler’s pantry in our home…but we all can find ways to maximize the space we do have and create an organized and pretty pantry or food storage space.

Here are some of our favorite inspirational pantry spaces and storage ideas for all of those pantry items. As always, please click on the link above the photos to be taken to the original sources.

ORGANIZED PANTRY ROOM IDEAS

• Classy Clutter
• Oh Happy Day
• The Idea Room
• Delightful Order
• Boxwood Clippings
• keep it simple, keep it fresh
• Kevin & Amanda
• BHG
• The Idea Room
• BHG
• BHG
• BHG
• BHG
• Impression
• Shanty 2 Chic
• The Handmade Home
• Eleven Magnolia Lane
• The Vintage Wren
• nina hendrick
• two twenty one
• Brian Vanden Brink
• Home Bunch
• BHG
• the kitchen
• Four Generations One Roof
• Everything Emmy
• Houzz
• Container Store

PRINTABLE PANTRY STORAGE LABELS

I have created some fun printable pantry storage labels for the kitchen and the various items in the pantry that you can grab below by clicking on the links if you are interested in using them in your home too.

• Printable Gluten Free Pantry Labels
• Printable Pantry Labels
• Spice Labels
• Printable Kitchen Labels

HOME ORGANIZATION COURSE

Many of you may know that I am releasing an Organization Course to help you bring clarity and balance to your life and home. My Organization Course is called The Balanced Home. I am so excited to be able to share with you so many of the tips and tricks I use to keep my home clean and organized with 5 busy children! It makes me so happy to be able to share that with you and help you get on top of your clutter!

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MORE ORGANIZATION PROJECTS

If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!

• Medicine Cabinet Organization
• Laundry room
• Pantry Organization
• Spices Organization
• Clothing Organization & Storage Labels
• Printable Gluten Free Labels
• Printable Kitchen Organization Labels
• Christmas Decor Organization Labels
• Recipe Binder
• Weekly Meal Planner