I have some kitchen storage issues – the main problem is that we have no pantry. I have to use the tops of my cupboards as storage spaces, which doesn’t look very nice at all but I don’t have much of a choice.
I had all my baking supplies (flour, sugar, etc.) in one of my precious cupboards, but I had too many other things I needed to put in that space. The solution I have come up with is to make my food canisters prettier so I don’t mind having them visible.
I picked up some free icing buckets from a local grocery store, cleaned them out, Mod Podged some pretty paper around the front, and labeled them all with a giant vinyl letter.
The icing buckets are a perfect size and I didn’t mind the price tag either…cleaning them out wasn’t a big deal, and now I have 5 canisters for all my brown sugar, flour, oats, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar. I need to pick up some more buckets for wheat, beans, and rice, although I worry that those buckets filled up will be too heavy to get up and down. I suppose a good arm workout is nothing to be scared of…
What are some of your kitchen storage solutions?
I understand the pain of not having a pantry as well (thought I was the only one, lol) I’ve also taken to repackaging items into prettier containers as well. Its a great way to “freecycle”. I might try your mod podge idea on our cat litter container, just to make it prettier.
Those are really cute Kelsey! And such a great idea. You are so creative.
This is awesome! Very creative.
Oh, wow, those are lovely canisters!! Gotta love functional art!
Those are really pretty!
When I got married, we had a Tupperware shower and got several of their square stackable containers. I printed out address labels that have the names of everything inside and put one on each container. Not as pretty, but still really handy!
My kitchen is very small, I have to keep decorative canisters of supplies visible on the counter also. I too use decorative canisters so they don;t look so boring!
I never would have thought of covering them with paper! We may just do this to our buckets.
Great way to recycle, very nice design. Love your ideas.
What a wonderful idea. I also have a small kitchen without alot of cupboard space. I really like the idea that not only are they pretty they are useful.