To see the mayhem of this project’s beginnings, click here.
Well I conquered my kitchen! Sort of… My two goals for this project were to organize my refrigerator and to convert my hall closet into a pantry. Let’s start with the fridge.
Fruits and vegetables going bad before anyone had a chance to eat them, was a big pet peeve. The storage bins at the bottom of the fridge just don’t work. We forget anything is even in them! I also wanted a centralized place for snacks so I didn’t have to hunt through everything just to find some yogurt.
So I had an epiphany. I’ll create a “snack bin”! A place for all of our snacks including cut-up fruits and veggies that’s easy to find! Genius, right?
So I picked up this little bin in the dollar section of Target. I like the bright apple green color!
I added a decorative label to some cardboard, cut it out, and attached it to my bin.
I put some yummy snacks like applesauce, carrots, cucumber, and humus in the new snack bin. It’s easy to get to and now I am not wasting any money on fruits and vegetables that never get eaten.
My new cleaned out refrigerator:
Organization makes me happy!
As for the whole hall closet into a pantry conversion… That didn’t work out too well. There is no light in that hall closet, and short of installing flood lights to brighten the area, I am at a loss on how to illuminate the space. I am for the moment, stumped. So the pantry situation will have to be an ongoing project.
Week Three’s project is coming up! More organizing to be done!
Love this idea! I recently put a large, flat tupperware container in my fridge to hold all of my loose produce–I’ve found that I’m wasting less because it’s not hiding in the drawers anymore. Nice work with your challenge!
I think a lot of people inadvertently waste produce because they stick it in the bottom drawers of the fridge. That’s a great idea you had for your produce 🙂
Have you considered those stick and press lights? The ones that operate on batteries and you just press them to turn them on and off for your pantry?
That’s a great idea! Thanks, I’ll look into that.
Also, nice job with fridge. I love the idea of a snack bin.
Thanks!