When we moved into this house and did our kitchen remodel, I knew one of the things I wanted to do was to actually have a beautifully organized spice cabinet. I spent hours on pinterest, coveting perfect pantries and cabinets and trying to figure out how to create such a space in my kitchen. I don’t have a pantry so all those systems were out. And somehow, I hated the system I came up with.
These little jars were cute but I couldn’t see the labels and the lids were messy. After awhile, the labels peeled off too. The cabinet ended up being a catch-all for all the other spice containers with absolutely no order. I would always waste time rummaging around for the spices I wanted to use.
Finally, I decided to start all over with a whole new system.
I began by measuring my spice drawer and looking for jars on amazon that would fit. I really liked these hinge lids because I could easily grab a pinch of something or fit a measuring spoon inside. It was a set of 30 and came with chalk labels and multicolored gaskets. And the price was not outrageous.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K2JFDZK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also looked for something to help organize my spice cabinet. The cabinet is narrow, only about 9″ but I found these three tiered frames that would fit perfectly.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DO3G558/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Once I got my new jars and racks, I started by taking all the spices out of the drawer and cabinet to see what I was working with.
But before getting too far into it, I needed to wipe out the drawer and cabinet. They definitely needed it!
I wanted to be sure that my spice drawer held the most used spices and have the lesser used spices and larger containers kept in the cabinet.
Once I knew where the spices would go (drawer or cabinet), I further organized them into different types and used the colored gaskets for the categories:
- Herbs (green gasket)
- Yellow/exotic (orange gasket)
- Red/spicy (red gasket)
- Seeds (purple gasket)
Then came time to transfer the spices into the new jars. I used a little funnel for this which made quick and clean work. The chalkboard labels were great and easy to use with my chalkboard marker.
And then I began placing the jars by type and then alphabetically. Immediately I was loving the way it looked.
There were a few spices that came in their own grinder jars and I also ran out of the hinged lid ones so I just placed those at the very right. And still had room to put measuring spoons reserved just for spices.
Moving on to my cabinet. I really like the tiered shelves I got to help me see what the heck is in the cabinet. Your girl is not very tall so I need all the help I can get! There were some big containers that I kept because I use them quite a bit so those went on the bottom shelf with the least used spices on the tippy top shelf.
As soon as I was done, I felt massive satisfaction. I had been wanting to do this for ages and kept putting it off. But now, I get to check this off my list and move on to other things. Like reorganizing my lazy susan cabinet. Ugh.
Here are before and afters side by side:
BEFORE AFTER
BEFORE AFTER
Good luck with your own organizing projects!
Long time supporter, and thought I’d drop a comment.
Your wordpress site is very sleek – hope you don’t mind me asking what theme you’re using?
(and don’t mind if I steal it? :P)
I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours– but the theme slows (!)
the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it
by searching for “royal cbd” on Google (would appreciate any feedback) – it’s still
in the works.
Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself during
the coronavirus scare!
Hi Justin! Thank you so much for the follow. You can email me at wifeycooksketo@gmail.com and we can discuss my wordpress theme, etc. Thanks again and also sending you well wishes.