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7 Tips For a More Organized Kitchen Pantry

November 28th, 2022 by Joyner Fine Properties

Kitchen Pantry

If you feel like you're always running out of pantry space, you're not alone. Pantry space is often at a premium in homes, leaving us to scramble to find space for all our food, kitchen gadgets, and supplies. Would you like to keep your pantry more organized for the holiday season and beyond? Here are a few recommendations from our real estate agents for making the best possible use of that space.

Make Hard-To-Reach Areas More Accessible With Baskets
Making the best use of your pantry means not letting any space go to waste. Baskets can help you utilize even hard-to-access spaces, such as corners, deep shelves and cabinets, and the topmost and bottommost shelves. Simply pull the basket out like a drawer to access what's in it.
Label Your Baskets and Bins
Grouping items by type and labeling baskets accordingly will also help you make use of those spaces and find what you need quickly. Don't bother with pulling out each basket to see what's in it. There are a wide variety of types of labels available: peel-off, reusable, chalkboard, and clip-on labels for fabric and natural baskets, or invest in an inexpensive label maker.
Install Pull-Out Drawers
In addition to baskets, pull-out wire drawers can be great for organizing the pantry, especially when it comes to heavier items such as cans. They're easy to install and common additions to pantries, so you'll see a lot of them in staged pictures online and in Richmond homes for sale.
Use Can Organizers
Cans and jars can be difficult to organize because if they're on a shelf or in a basket, from the top, they all look the same. Make cans easier to find by sorting by food type and storing them in baskets or drawers, using can organizers or using tiered shelves to elevate back rows and make labels more visible.
Make Use of Vertical Space
Much of the wasted space in a pantry is poorly used vertical space. Find ways to make use of vertical space, such as baskets, shelf risers, tiered shelves, can organizers, lazy Susans, and vertical dividers for storing things like cookie sheets and cutting boards. Even tall, narrow containers for dry goods such as cereal can be a good way to use your pantry's vertical space between shelves.
Utilize Wall and Door Space
Even wall space and the back of the pantry door can be used for storage. Consider mounting organizers such as spice racks, bag organizers, and hanging baskets for snacks. An over-the-door shoe organizer can be used to corral water bottles. Seemingly unusable wall space is also a good place to mount hooks for hanging things like aprons and brooms.
Store Seldom-Used Appliances and Kitchen Gadgets
The pantry can also help keep your countertops clear and save your kitchen cupboard space by providing a place to store those appliances and kitchen gadgets you only use for the holidays and special occasions. If you lack cupboard space in your kitchen or want to clear your counters, carve out some storage space for those items in the pantry and just pull them out when they're needed.

Organizing your pantry will not only make your life easier, but it could also add to the value of your home. When it comes time to list, a well-organized pantry with custom shelving and drawers can be a selling point. Contact us for more tips.

Categories: Homeownership

Tags: Richmond, Richmond neighborhoods, Home maintenance, Home repair, Home improvement, moving to Richmond

Related Markets: Richmond

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