Kitchen Pantry Organization Reveal {Project Organization}

Hi Everyone,

It's the middle of the week, wahoo! Our focus this week is getting our pantry organized, it was pretty chaotic, let me refresh your memory:

We took everything out of the pantry so we could start fresh, everything. This is what my kitchen looked like:

We got rid of a lot of things, put them aside for our yard sale. We also threw away expired food, cleaned the shelves. I made sure everything has a place, so there is no confusion. This is our final results:

I am in LOVE! It is so much organized, WAY more space, and everything has a place. Nothing is on the floor (WOW). We just feel like we have a brand new pantry!

What do you think?

Pantry Organization Part 1 {Project Organization}

Hi Everyone,

So sorry I have been missing lately. I have come down with a horrible cold and finally am starting to feel a bit better. Thanks to a lot of vitamins and lots of rest.

This week our focus is our pantry. Our pantry is the least organized part of our house. I hate it. We literally use it as a place to put anything that doesn't have a home. Do you not believe me? Take a look:

See, I told you I was not lying. It is CRAZZZYYYY in there! My goal for this pantry is lots of labels and for everything to have a place. No more guessing games.

My first step was to start labeling, so that's what I did. We purchased these jars at Target and they were about $5 a jar. I made some labels using my Cricut machine:

So far, I am in love! Tonight, we will be emptying the entire pantry so we have a clean start to go with. Hopefully by the end of the week we will have a linky party! So get working on yours!

XOXO,

Erica

Under the Sink Organization {Project Organization}

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for being MIA the past few days, we took a very spur of the moment trip to Denver to watch the playoff game! More on that in another post.

{Project Organization} has been in full swing in our household. This month, our focus is the kitchen. We started with Coupon Organization and it went great. We now have a full functional system to save us money. We use it every single time we go to the grocery store and we love seeing the money saved.

Next on our list was an easy, but much needed project, under the kitchen sink! That cabinet has never really been clean, we just kind of throw cleaning stuff under there. Here are some before pictures. Pretty hectic under there!

We took everything out and wiped it down. We threw away empty bottles (why do those ALWAYS appear?) and put everything back in a nice organized matter. All in all it took us about 10 minutes, what do you think?

MUCH MUCH Better. We use that blue caddy on the left to take with us to clean, so if we clean the bathroom we have everything in one central location. We love it!


Have you done any kitchen organization? If so, be sure to grab my button to put on your blog! :) I love seeing your projects!

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Coupon Organization {Project Organization} Link Party!

Hi Everyone!

So, with the start of 2012 in full swing, one of our new years resolutions is {Project Organization} The Kitchen is our first target of attack. Although some might not consider it the kitchen, I sure do! It is my coupon organization! I love to coupon and have been doing it for about 6 months now. I have saved us a lot of money and seen our food storage grow. There are a lot of things I don't spend money on now, like toothpaste, body wash, shampoo and conditioner. Over December, I slacked, I didn't coupon and I let my papers pile up. I decided it was time to get organized.

I went to Wal-Mart and purchased a binder

And Some Baseball Card Holders

It took me two full days to go through over 100 different coupons. But I am done and it feels great. I used some tab dividers we had on hand and made a few different categories:

Beverages
Brekafast
Baking Goods
Boxed Items
Canned Items
Sauces/Condiments
Snacks/Candy
Dairy
Meats
Frozen
Personal Care
Cleaning/Medicine


This is what the final produce looks like

I love how it turned out and I know I will be using my coupons ALOT more! I would also love it if you would join the {Project Organization} Series with me!

You can simply add this to your blog to say you participated:

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And then LINK UP your {Project Organization} Coupon Organization Projects. Please only add coupon organization!

Thanks!

2012 Resolutions {Project Organization}

Hello Everyone,

With New Years quickly approaching, Kurt and I have talked a lot about what we want and set some goals for ourselves. One goal we decided to do is get organized, what better way to kick start the year then hosting a year long {Project Organization} Party with our readers. Each month we will have a project to organize, through out the month we will share tips, hints, what we did to accomplish the task. At the end of the month we want to hear from you so we will have a {Project Organization} Linky Party!

 

We are still in the works with the little details, but so far, this is the list we have come up wtih

January: {Project Organization} Kitchen
February {Project Organization} Bathrooms
March: {Project Organization} Pantry
April: {Project Organization} Basement
May: {Project Organization} Closets
June: {Project Organization} Garage
July: {Project Organization} Master Bedroom
August: {Project Organization} Living Room
Septemeber: {Project Organization} Office
October: {Project Organization} Pictures
November: {Project Organization} Living Room
December: {Project Organization} Paper


What do you think? Granted, this list might and probably will change as time goes on, but this is a good rough draft for us. It will help us stay on task and get each room organized to the max, we have to keep ourselves busy while we wait for the phone call to change our lives with the adoption.

Some other New Years Resolutions for us:
1- Not going out to eat, unless it is a birthday or special occasion
2- Enjoy life more, it is so short and we don't want any regrets
3- Lose weight


What are some of your New Years Resolutions? Will you be joining us for {Project Organization}?