http://unclutterer.com/discuss/forum/kitchen The community for people interested in home and office organizing. en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:53:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://unclutterer.com/discuss/search.php http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/how-many-photos-are-on-your-refrigerator/page/2#post-47551 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:56:18 +0000 irishbell 47551@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Not exactly about pics on the frig, but I can't find the photo scanning thread:<br /> Got a groupon for digitizing photos to DVD!!!!<br /> Pay $115 for $300 worth of digitizing. This is my chance to get these photos<br /> done at a super price! Yay!!! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45703 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:48:35 +0000 snosie 45703@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>ninakk - I saw that photo and loved it... BUt you're right, it's a LOT of stuff! So proud that you CAN and DO clean your fridge as part of your weekly routine... I should instigate that, but... I don't know what my excuse is!</p> <p>behejo, I'm just starting my pantry, I made sure my containers would fit at least 2kg (as this is the qty I buy flour, sugar etc in). Actually they fit a bit more, so that I can empty a new bag, with some left in the bottom of the container!</p> <p>Lori - I'm with you, as a non earthquake zone dweller, and anti plastic it seems ideal!</p> <p>I don't write use by dates - most of my 'containers' are for baking needs, and as my colleagues and family will attest, that happens VERY regularly!</p> <p>chacha1 - your comment makes me laugh! I decant the stuff that's messy if I don't (flour, sugar etc) and these can get creepy crawlies. But other stuff stays in the packet. And I work outside the home! I'm also a little OCD, so perhaps that's it!</p> <p>I have open glass shelves, but I have crockey and cups there, they are in higher rotation, less dust. Though there is dust (and fat), so some cleaning. But it's a dark place, closed cupboards there would drive me nuts.</p> <p>celebkiriedhel - that houseofsmiths pantry is famous, I saw it on her blog first, but it's reposted EVERYWHERE!!</p> <p>I've decided sachets (resealable) for spices, that I will hang from hooks on my pantry door once it's repainted. The jars are varied (difff stores etc), and take up more room than sachets... Will post a photo if it gets done in a timely matter! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45663 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:31:40 +0000 sleepykitten 45663@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>@lucy - thanks for the tips about the canning funnel and the thrift stores. To be continued... </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45662 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:21:05 +0000 pkilmain 45662@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>I use canning jars to store things like dry beans, split peas and hot cereal. BUT, we don't have an insect/moth problem at all. I just hate dealing with the plastic bags they come, hard to store neatly. I loved looking at all these pantries! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45651 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:14:02 +0000 lucy1965 45651@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>@kitten The jars can be found in a lot of places; specialty kitchen stores will carry a wider selection, but they'll also charge you the full whack for them. I just went into my kitchen and counted: I've got 24 jars, and most of them came from various local thrift stores (I'm pretty sure I only paid full price for the two gallon jars I use for flour); it takes longer than going out and buying a few armfuls, but it's considerably cheaper (some of the half-litre jars were fifty cents!).</p> <p>For me, the half-litre and two-litre jars are the most useful sizes, but I'm generally only cooking for two people these days: YMMV!</p> <p>One thing I'd recommend you purchase, no matter how you acquire the jars, is a <a href="http://amzn.to/xdh3MC">metal canning funnel</a>: it will save you frustration and spilled food when it's time to fill the jars. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45647 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:51:57 +0000 liag 45647@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>sleepy: dishwashing should do it. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/how-many-photos-are-on-your-refrigerator/page/2#post-45629 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:05:05 +0000 liag 45629@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Telemachus--love it! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45628 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:04:30 +0000 sleepykitten 45628@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>@irishbell - I actually do have plans to use the smallest size of grocery canning jars for my spices! (I don't like many "spice" jars because they have such a narrow opening, and I use spices by the scoopful) But for rice and grains, something airtight would be nice. So I was intrigued by Susan's jars.</p> <p>@liag - I'll check out Classico at the grocery. I have had issues, though, with glass jars from some foods retaining the smell/flavor of whatever was in the jar - despite washing, baking soda, etc. Any tricks there? Or do I just have a super-sensitive nose? </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/3#post-45627 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:02:00 +0000 Conny 45627@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Last week i came across Mellen's blog and there he features his kitchen, including his pantry. (we also have pull out cabinets like those with our food supplies arranged in a similar manner) <a href="http://andrewmellen.com/kitchen.php" rel="nofollow">http://andrewmellen.com/kitchen.php</a> </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45625 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:53:00 +0000 liag 45625@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>The Classico brand spaghetti sauce has wonderful jars that I wash and reuse. Not a very tight seal, though, as irishbell points out. Decent sauces, too. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45622 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:09:15 +0000 irishbell 45622@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Could you use the canning jars sold at the grocery for storing,<br /> Or do you need the rubber gasket type seal?<br /> There are some pretty decorated Ball jars.<br /> At one point we considered using them for flower vases at dd wedding. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45620 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:50:26 +0000 sleepykitten 45620@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Thanks, Susan! These are on my wish list for February... </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45618 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:33:28 +0000 susanintexas 45618@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>They have them at the Container Store: <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop/kitchen/foodStorage/jarsTerrines" rel="nofollow">http://www.containerstore.com/shop/kitchen/foodStorage/jarsTerrines</a></p> <p>Sizes depend on what you store in them. I have three large ones for flour, slightly smaller for sugar. A tall skinny jar for spaghetti. Some medium ones for grains. As someone else mentioned, I sometimes put the remains of a packet of grains still in its original packaging into a jar to keep out pests -- so, for example, I have one that contains half-packets of barley and red rice. I have one medium size for the beans I use to hold down pastry crust for baking. I find the smaller ones less useful. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45614 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:13:25 +0000 sleepykitten 45614@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>OK, so for those of you with the gorgeous glass jars with the wire thing-a-ma-jigs on the top to close/open...what sizes do you find most useful and where do you get them?? </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45588 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:44:17 +0000 celebkiriedhel 45588@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>I have 2 shelves in an overhead cupboard and a shelf on my IVAR storage for food. So all those pantries are eye candy for me to enjoy. I'd love to have one that size.</p> <p>On the other hand, I did see a gorgeous pantry the other day, and the thing I liked most about it (apart from that it was exceptionally pretty) was that everything was laid out for ease of use.</p> <p>Found it! <a href="http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2010/07/pantry-remix.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2010/07/pantry-remix.html</a></p> <p>beautiful and useful! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45582 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:11:25 +0000 djk 45582@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>I liked the first one for aesthetics and order, but I loved all that home canning in the second! I wouldn't feel the same if that were just a stockpile of tins from the store (unless they live in the boondocks and it's their grubstake, and yes I have lived in places where 8 hours drive to the nearest town for shopping is not an option in the winter when you're snowed in)<br /> We had a cold room in the cellar growing up for root vegetables and canning, which looked much like this. And that would be one winter's supply for our (admittedly unusually large) family.</p> <p>For our current lifestyle both pantries would be overkill though. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/how-many-photos-are-on-your-refrigerator/page/2#post-45579 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:06:51 +0000 bandicoot 45579@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>o and of course the car door magnets of our first logo.....about a foot in diameter....on the freezer door! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/how-many-photos-are-on-your-refrigerator/page/2#post-45578 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:05:32 +0000 bandicoot 45578@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>we have one photo.....a b&amp;w of our beloved cat telemachus when he was a kitten.<br /> i have a magnetic tin with my pears soap coin collection.<br /> the opening hours of the wider community transfer stations.<br /> and one of those magnetic poetry kits lurks on the side of the fridge.....a culinary one. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/how-many-photos-are-on-your-refrigerator/page/2#post-45542 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:21:02 +0000 Rainey Daye 45542@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>We've got a bottle opener kinda hidden on the side of our fridge up by the upper cabinet next to it.</p> <p>Besides that I've only got one magnet on the front...one I bought in Romania when I lived there that says (in Romanian) "No coffee, no work".</p> <p>I used to have another one (also in Romanian) that said "Kitchen work won't kill you, but why risk it?"...but the magnet separated from the plastic front so I need to fix it.</p> <p>I pretty much like an uncluttered fridge though. I'm also one of those people that hides their small appliances (breadmaker, crockpot, blender, toaster, etc) in their bottom cabinets when not in use cause I like my counters clear as well!! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/pantry-envy/page/2#post-45539 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:28 +0000 bandicoot 45539@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>oy vey, the second one is claustrophobic.<br /> how many people are they feeding there?</p> <p>the first one was pretty good though. </p>