Pantry Makeover!

On to week 2 of the organizing challenge.  I had done a really great job of cleaning out my pantry a couple years ago and I have to say, it stayed that way for a while, but then it slowly lost its way. 

Here is what my pantry looked like the first time I cleaned it up: 

You can also see this entire post by clicking on "Organized and Loving It" to the right in the sidebar.  It's been viewed a lot! Probably one of my most popular posts. 


Here is what it looked like a few days ago--oh yes, A Hot Mess! I can't believe we even found anything in there, seriously.

Yikes! I know....

Well, after a few strategic purchases of containers, I was able to clean out the old expired boxes of misc. food and put things into clear containers so we can actually see what we have!  I love using the canning jars when you have just a little bit of this or that.  I have to say, once you do a really good job of organizing a space, it gives it "good bones" so to speak and getting it back in shape takes about 1/3 of the time it would otherwise.  I realized this as I was clearing out and rearranging the other day.  If you take the time to do it right, then if it goes a bit off course over time, don't worry...you can right that ship in a jiffy. 

Here she is today:

Much Better!