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Pantry Decluttering


I decluttered the pantry before Christmas and am determined to keep it clutter free throughout the year. To save money we only buy what we will eat immediately during the week. We make sure to eat practically everything we have in the house before we go out for groceries again. This leaves our pantry looking bare at times, but it still manages to get full of other clutter. The pantry was mostly cluttered this time around with plastic bags that were accumulating to be recycled. Here is our pantry before the recent decluttering:


Our pantry looks pretty messy, but it's not as bad as our first declutter last year. Again, our biggest problem was the plastic bags that had been collecting for recycling. I own reusable grocery bags, but sometimes we buy groceries when we haven't been able to stop home for them. Hence, why we have some plastic bags in our pantry taking up space. We recycled those bags and I got my reusable bags organized and ready to take out. 

We also had plastic utensils and paper plates left over from parties. We keep them around for the next time we host an event. I placed those items on the highest top shelf to keep out of view until they are needed in the future. 

There was also some expired drink powder that needed to be tossed out.






After we got rid of those bags and organized the items that were in there, the pantry looked so much better. I must have decluttered the first Friday of break because we have hardy any food in there haha! This bottom picture is what our pantry looks like after a day of grocery shopping. We had enough room from the decluttering to add our trash can in there!  I think it's still looking really good. 😊
Our goal is to keep it clean for the remainder of the semester, then to continue on for the whole year! 



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