I am excited to show you one of the spaces that SOLD me on the floorplan of our new home almost as soon as I saw it – the pantry!
Food Pantry
I never loved the food pantry in my last home. It was a closet-style pantry tucked on the wall behind our kitchen table, and the entire space was just crowded.
Having a nice walk-in pantry was on my wish list for a really long time. Can you imagine how this big pantry made me feel when I walked through the model home for the first time?! I was in heaven!
Tall ceilings lined with shelves all the way to the top. Room for a small gathering, really! 🙂 Come on in and take a look –
Pantry
I love all things organized, and I’ve been using this basket system for over 10 years! I like having everything grouped together, plus the baskets totally help hide some of the disorganization that is pretty typical after a major grocery shopping trip- BONUS!
The best part about this beautiful pantry is that EVERYTHING has a place!
My aprons are hanging on a hook on the inside wall and the big, bulky stuff is on the pantry floor in pretty wood crates.
My cupcake liners, cookie cutters and sprinkles are in a pretty glass jars.
Everything is grouped together so it is easy to find.
You want cereal, you say? Look for the cereal basket, pull it out, and take your pick!
The only items I don’t recommend having in baskets are your canned goods or items that aren’t labeled on the top. When you pull out your basket, the tops of cans all look the same, which is why I have my canned goods and spices organized on spice shelves and a few Lazy Suzan’s that are pushed back into the corners. (A total space saver, by the way!)
All of my baking ingredients that I use a lot are in air-tight containers, alongside my kids snacks.
I love the look of these containers with the fun foods inside. I switch up the snack foods almost every shopping trip to surprise my kids with something new. I think it’s great to have something that stands out for the kids so they can access their snacks easily.
I have space in this pantry to store my cake stands and other dishes I use for entertaining.
The top shelf is up so high, I can’t even reach it with my step stool. Because I don’t want to pull out our ladder to reach items stored at the top, I just added some small plants along the top.
Butlers Pantry
Right across the way from our kitchen pantry is our fun butlers pantry. I keep all my small appliances in these cupboards so they are out of sight.
On the counter of my butlers pantry, I keep our toaster oven (because we use it all the time) and our bread box with a fun little toast station.
My kids make toast almost every morning, so it is nice to be able to contain all the crumbs in one spot. 🙂
I Love My Kitchen Pantry!
SHOP MY PANTRY –
Natural Baskets – Lowes $12
Wood Labels – Mine were from Pick Your Plum, but I found some similar ones on Amazon.
(If you buy wood tags without holes, or with only one hole, as mine had, I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch through the wood.)
Vinyl Letters – I made my own, but I found these to be similar on Amazon.
Wood Crates – Walmart $12 (used on the bottom shelf/floor)
Plastic Food Containers – Target $18 (for snacks and baking supplies)
Glass Jars – Walmart $6 (used to hold cupcake liners + sprinkles)
Peel-N-Stick Wallpaper – Target
Chicken Wire Basket – Similar one at Walmart (on pantry floor)
Expandable Spice Shelf – Target $13
Boxwood Topiaries – At Home $13
Bread Box – From a local shop, but on Amazon for $65
The Evolution of My Pantry –
If you’ve been following me for a while, you may remember the pantry in my last home –
I started with red bins from IKEA. They were less than $2 each and I wanted to make sure I loved the basket system. A few years later, I updated this pantry with the baskets that I am still using now.
Special thanks to Lowes for providing me with a gift card to get my baskets for this project.
Would you happen to know the width of the pantry? I’d love one an we will be remodeling our kitchen soon so it’ll be now or never on adding one
Hi Stephanie, I just discovered your website today. What a beautiful pantry! I was wondering if you could tell me how deep your shelves are and the height of each shelf? I have a similar setup but in my walk through laundry room. It always looks like a mess and drives me nuts! I’d love to organize mine similarly but am not sure if the depth and height of my shelves can accommodate all the different baskets. Thanks in advance!
Hi! All of our shelves are all 15 inches deep, but they vary in height – some are 12″, some are 13″ and some are 14″. Good luck with your laundry room, I can’t wait to add some shelves or an organization system to mine too! It’s a disaster!!!
All I can say is Wow! My dream pantries. I will keep dreaming because we live in a house built in the 50’s and although there’s lots of storage there’s no place for a walk-in pantry. But I’m thankful for a wonderful home and I’m very blessed with what I have.
God bless,
Belinda
Thanks for your kind words Belinda! I appreciate you stopping by!
Love it!!!! I had put my spices & soup mixes in baskets but yours is beautiful & user friendly. You have inspired me to do my canned goods now.
Simply organized at it’s best! Love the baskets and the color you selected for your wall. I need to do this by my pantry closet is just on small door closet, so when it’s full it’s a mess. I was thinking of pulling out the mdf shelves the builder put in and add some wire adjustable. that way some shelves can be taller than others. Love your finished product.
love your pantry makeover!!! awesome job!
Looks great, Steph!!! Good job!! XO
Love this! I, too, am in the process of slowly organizing all of my kitchen…however, a lot of it is being done in Tupperware (I recently became a consultant) and it’s amazing how much more space I have and how much neater everything is becoming (from the fridge to the freezer to the pantry). Knowing where everything is also helps for making meals and saving money by not buying the same things over and over again not realizing you already had them hiding behind other items 😉
Wanna come do mine now? 😉 Love it! Beautiful job!
Wow have the same pantry! I’m so inspired now. Thanks for sharing and I love your blog. New fan!
Love it!!! Soooo pretty- and spacious! I also keep my cupcake liners in a glass jar 🙂
Just pinned the picture of your cupcake cases in the jar. So stealing that idea. Beautiful makeover!
Nice job! Have a nice day.
Beautiful Steph! I love all the baskets! I dream of a pantry that big one day.
LOVE!!! What a great job. Love baskets and yes, I wish I had a proper pantry of my own.
I love the baskets!! Looks so chic!!
I love it Steph! The new baskets makes it so fresh & pretty! The lazy susans are brilliant too, I love them functionality too! Have a wondeerful week! Angie xo
Beautiful! I love the baskets and that light blue wooden box!! Great job! 🙂
It looks fantastic! A little inspriation for me to get mine done 😉
– Fotini