Anne Halpenny, February, Pantry: Organized!

My goal for February was to help my sister, Jane, with her New Year's resolution. Her goal is to clean one room/closet in her house each month; February was the pantry. Jane does not like to clean and organize but she has high hopes and big dreams when it comes to her house (she's an architect). That's where I come in. I love organizing and am highly motivated to be so. Therefore, she often recruits me to help. She thinks my process is funny but since I'm doing the work, she never complains.

My process has a couple steps, most of them common to everyone (empty the shelves, better support for heavy items, etc.) but the one Jane chuckles at is I sit and contemplate a project before I begin. I draw diagrams to optimize use and time. I tell her to "be one with shelf." =D

The Project:

Funny story: a couple years ago, I organized Jane's pantry because it was completely haphazard. No rhyme or reason, everything shoved in wherever it would fit. I organized it. And here we are again, 3 years later to do it again. Needless to say, it wasn't nearly as bad. Below are "before & after" from the first organization:

Before

After

Followed by the latest organization:

Before

After

Yippee!