While your assortment of dry goods and other cooking staples may ebb and flow with your hosting schedule and grocery cadence, the best pantry organizers ensure that everything you buy isn’t forgotten on the back of a shelf. Whether you have an entire room for storage or just a few cabinets reserved, it’s still such a highly trafficked zone, especially if you live with children or roommates. In the heat of a particularly complicated recipe, or as you rush out the door, there’s little time to organize as you go; that’s where these products come in. Baskets, bins, and shelf dividers create a more manageable kitchen organization system that can be customized to your style and workflow. For example, snacks for your little ones can go on a lower shelf that’s at their eye level, while your specialty baking supplies can be kept safe up top.
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To help you in the process that is finally organizing your pantry shelves, we tapped five professional home organizers for expert advice and suggestions for storage solutions. We asked them how to keep everything in your pantry in order, including canned goods, condiments, cookware, spices, cereal, and more. Ahead, discover their pantry organization tips, hacks, and the pantry storage baskets and containers they rely on. And when your pantry is perfected, move right on to fridge organization, shoe storage, or any other area of your space that could use a tidy after the chaos of the holiday season.
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Best Countertop Organizers
Sometimes, you have too many ingredients for your pantry to possibly hold. Upgrade your countertops with a few storage essentials, like ingredient canisters and fruit bowls, that help house your produce without being an eyesore (or having your apples loose on the stone surface).
Best Clear Containers
To immediately remove clutter and create a calm and collected aesthetic in your pantry, remove dry goods (like rice, pasta, and beans) and baking essentials (like brown sugar and flour) from the bulky boxes they came in. Once removed, Karine Bouganim—the owner of Karine OCD—recommends sorting these pantry items into tall glass canisters or other clear containers so you can see exactly what’s inside. For increased uniformity put labels on the containers so you can easily identify each item.
If you’re someone who likes to keep a back stock of kitchen items, you’ll definitely need a system of pantry storage containers. Annie Schmidt, founder of SOS Home Organization, advises using deep acrylic storage bins to house your back stock and immediately see what you have on hand. They’re easily stackable, dishwasher safe, and keep you from purchasing too many of the same products.
Best Wire Baskets
Wire baskets are effective for organizing food storage products in your pantry such as plastic storage bags, tin foil, and parchment paper. By placing not-so-aesthetically-pleasing storage items in baskets, you’re able to keep the uniformity in your pantry and easily access them when you need to without totally concealing what you might need.
“Fill these baskets with similar items,” Jen Martin, founder of Reset Your Nest, advises. This will keep your pantry looking organized and make it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. Plus, it’s nice to see a touch of home decor behind closed doors.
Best Moving Pantry Organizers
A lazy Susan is the perfect solution for organizing bottled products, such as oils, dressings, and sauces in your kitchen pantry (and we’ve recommended these clever cabinet organizers before). The rotating feature makes everything accessible. Karine says, “These will come in handy for so many loose items around the kitchen.”
Best Shelf Risers
Instead of stacking cans on top of one another on pantry shelves, utilize a shelf riser to double or triple the amount of space you have. “Shelf risers are a game changer in a pantry,” Karen Windholz, founder and professional organizer at Sort Toss Repeat, says. “They allow you to see everything at glance, save space, and keep cans accessible in one location.”
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