Spice Organization
I am overwhelmed with the unorganized disaster zone that is my home so I am trying to get some sense of accomplishment by attacking some easy items on my list. First up, I present my spice shelf in my kitchen.
At first glance it isn't so bad but since my kitchen upper cabinets are glass fronted I wanted things to look a little nicer and more uniform. The biggest issue was that I have a lot of bulk spices in bags that I just ended up storing in a heap in a mesh colander which was not so convenient.
As a solution I ordered a bunch of spice bottles from Specialty Bottle. I got 6 oz French square glass bottles for most of my spices with a few 16 oz French square bottles for my larger quantity bulk spices. For my baking extracts I bought some 4 oz Boston round glass bottles.
The glass bottles came with black lids which didn't really go with the red lidded glass jars that I use for storing my dry goods. As luck would have it the red lids from my McCormick spices fit perfectly on the 6 oz spice bottles. For the 4 oz and 16 oz bottles I used some red spray paint to transform the lids. I haven't decided if I want to add labels to the front of the jars but in the meantime I cut down some cheap labels and put them on the bottom of the jars with each spice's name and expiration date.
Everything is much neater plus I can find what I am looking for quickly now. There's nothing better than a project that is both pretty and functional.
Have you been tackling any organization projects? How is it going? Are you naturally neat or naturally messy like me?
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 8:59AM | Posted by Lisa | 3 Comments | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
Reader Comments (3)
Nice and neat. I like your red top jars. My biggest organizational challenge is my scrapping supplies. While I swear to stop buying anymore paper, it just keeps creeping in. I have the paper nicely sorted and I use flat topped plastic containers but now I have the challenge of where to store them. Easier solution would be to STOP buying any more supplies, use what I have, trade what I have, give away what I have then the sorting and organization of said supplies would stop being such a stressor ................... I think I will go take another look at my kitchen cupboards, order would certainly be easier there - I think.
I'd lean more toward naturally messy. I like organization but at the same time I realize that messiness happens so I deal with it. I tend to let things get messy then clean it up. I like organization though. My spices are in the cupboard but all over the place. I need to come up with a plan to put them in some kind of order. It's not on the top of my priority list so it'll have to wait. I might be using your idea of buying the glass jars. Those weren't very expensive and so beautiful. I loved that! Thanks for sharing.
Mary-Lou- Thank you! I have a really hard time with keeping my craft room neat, too. Too many supplies!
Jen- I'm the same way. I would like to be organized, but I let things get messy and then am completely unmotivated to get things in order.