Good Morning all, I hope you had an exciting week. mine was an eventful one, as I told you in last week’s post I was having a procedure last Thursday the day that my blog post went out, well I had my hysteroscopy, where they removed a polyp from my womb, that has now been taken away to test for cancer, and they also did another biopsy. I was also told at my appointment that I am extremely anaemic as the normal range was between 12 – 200, and I was at an 8, which is pretty low by what they were saying. I was told that if I bled too much, anytime after the procedure I was to go straight to the hospital day or night, as it will make me severely ill. While I was still at the hospital the consultant told me that I would need to have another blood test to make sure it was not going down any lower than it already is. I am still waiting for those results, which will take about 1 to 2 weeks for me to get them back, as for the biopsy and the polyp results it will take up to 4 weeks, so there’s a lot of waiting around, wondering, anticipation, and positive thoughts that everything comes back okay.

On another note my Aunt was supposed to have gone on holiday last Friday. But on Thursday night, she suddenly woke to searing pain and swollen wrist, which led her to go to the hospital where they examined her wrist and sent her for an x-ray, it was after that they discovered she had bursitis on ulna bursa, and the doctor immediately put her on some antibiotics and made her an appointment for Monday morning at Derby hospital as it deals in hand treatment. Monday morning came, and my Aunt went to her scheduled appointment, which was a waste of time, as he looked at the X-ray from the Friday appointment, gave her hand a prod and said if it gets any worse within the coming week, get back in touch, so she went through all that and nothing was done to help her. They say we waste their time with trivial things, but what about them wasting our precious time, as my aunt missed out on her holiday for nothing.

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I am so excited about doing this week’s post as I am a big fan of organisation, I love nothing more than organising each of the rooms in my home, as I like to have everything in its own place, my family would go as far as to say I am OCD about it. But I always say if it has its own place wherever that may be in the house, you will always find where it is when you want it. Every other month I will give you tips on decluttering each of the rooms, once I have finished each section of the kitchen followed by organising it. This month is organising the kitchen Pantry, so you can create a tidy, fresh, new space, instead of being messy, I can’t find anything I want in this storage place. I am a big fan of Stacey Solomon’s Tap to Tidy Books and Mrs Hinch’s Books. They’re both mothers who love nothing more than organising and creating beautiful rooms in their homes.

The pantry is a place, where you can store all of your delicious and flavoursome food from snacks to baking products, cereals to tinned food and things that come in packages like pasta. Let’s face it, that’s one area of the kitchen that can become over-cluttered and chaotic. No matter what type of pantry you have, whether it’s a big walk-in pantry, a single cupboard or you have a pantry with with a double door, it can easily become messy, overstocked and unorganised. You have to make sure you keep an eye on the fact that it doesn’t start to become a disaster zone, one thing you don’t want is hoards of food in your pantry only to find that the majority of it is out of date, because it has been shoved right to the back of the cupboard. We all try to keep it organised with the best intentions to stay on top of things. It can be so difficult to keep on top of your pantry, especially with our busy lives and horrendous schedules, There are ways you can stay on top of your pantry and prevent any waste.

Organising The Pantry

To Begin With…

One of the things I like to do before I start organising and putting things in baskets or storage boxes, is its always a good idea to divide your groceries into sections, a bit like a supermarket, there’s no point putting sugar amongst the pasta or tins, it doesn’t really work, as that would fit nicely with hot beverages. Designate an area for all your breakast products, make sure to put your tins in their sections and its always good to stack tins, to make the most of the space.

Maximizing Your Space

If your shelves only go up to a certain degree, why not do a bit of DIY and take your shelves all the way up to the ceiling, it’s the best way to maximise and creating more space. The good thing about having shelves go up to the ceiling is your able to put any small appliances that you don’t regularly use and store them up on the top shelf.

Vtopmart Set of 24 Airtight Food Storage Containers & Kitchen Storage Containers

I find that its good to stock up on all different storage jar sizes fom small to large that fits all your storage needs. They are good to putting pasta and flour in. It is always good idea to put all your dry food in these type of storage jars. One thing I love about these jars is that their different sizes, you can stack them on top of each other with the smaller ones on top of the large ones, making use of every bit of space. Buy it here on Amazon for £32.28

JOIKIT 2 Pack Rectangular Wicker Storage Basket

Wicker baskets sit nicely on the shelves and come in handy to hideaway anything from paper towels to fresh produce like vegetables, fruit, potatoes, and baking supplies etc. These baskets keeps everything neat, and tidy, it also minimises the clutter in your pantry. So that you know what is in each basket make sure to label your baskets, that way you know what is in each of them. Buy it here on Amazon for £21.99

iDesign EcoWood Storage Box

I find that this is a good idea and very useful for putting all your packets in this IDesign EcoWood storage box like soups, angel delights etc. Make sure you throw away all the boxes that would normally take up a lot of unwanted space, this way it keeps all your packets all in one place, make sure to put them in their own sections, that way you will always find what you, when you want it. Buy it here on Amazon for £8.50

STAR SUPPLIES Pack Of 2 Space Saving Light Grey

These crates are good for storing bottles of fizzy pop and any kind of squash. Another thing that is good to store in the crates is big bottles of oil and vinegar, You can store the crate, under a shelf at the bottom of the pantry, that way it is out of sight and it still keeps everything neat and tidy. Buy it here on Amazon for £11.50

TOPWE 6-Tier Adjustable Over the Door Storage, Pantry Door Organizer

You want to make use of every available space, as you don’t want to let anything go to waste, so a good thing to use is an over the door organizer, where you can store condiments, herbs, spices and other small items that you can put in the rack, you will be so surprised to find what items you actually fit in it. Buy it here on Amazon for £39.99

Lazy Susan Organizer 2 Tier – Turntable Spice Rack

if you don’t have room to to fit an organizer on the back of your door, because you have a sliding door, or you just don’t have the room, here is another option for you which is the lazy susan to put all your spices on, and condiments. Buy it here on Amazon for £29.99

Folding 2-Step Stool

If your like me this will definitely come in very handy for reaching the top shelf, because lets face it if your not over six foot, then they’re is no hope of reaching that top shelf, as I for one find it really impossible to do so. You can always upgrade to a rolling ladder at a later date, but I think this foldaway foot stool will surffice for now. Buy it here on Amazon for £34.99

234 Minimalist Kitchen Food Labels

One thing you must not forget is to label your jars, storage boxes, bins and baskets, it saves you time from rumaging round in them trying to find what you need, it also saves any cooking mistakes if you grab the wrong jar, as you don’t want to add sugar when you actually wanted salt in the first place. It is also a good idea to label your spices too. Buy it here on Amazon for £8.99

Create Your Own Pull-Out Drawers

if there is any space available, and instead of leaving an empty space, you can always create your very own unique and one of a kind design of a pull-out wire drawers, that create’s a little hideawy spot that is perfect for you to hide all of your kids snacks, treats and lunch supplies.

Final Thoughts:

It is good to stack containers on top of one another as it utilises every bit of space.Make sure you have a number of storage baskets and bins etc, then if the chance arises for you to buy in bulk or on special you can, as you have enough storage space for you to put it in, giving you a way of saving both time and money. Hopefully these storage ideas will help you to create your dream pantry that you have always wanted.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and taking the time to read this weeks post. Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you back here next week.