I love having a pantry! A pantry can be a true life saver with all the food storage one has to manage with a family. But, unfortunately, my new pantry presented me with the challenge of super deep shelving.

Come see how I conquered this challenge without spending any money!

I had just thrown some of our food in and was waiting on all of our “stuff” to arrive.  I quickly learned with this start of a set up that I didn’t want to put anything important in the back row.  If I had to reach for something it would force me to do a dancer pose to actually reach the item, risking a slippery fall on my slick white tile.  This is a prime example of deep shelving gone wrong!

It was time to roll up my sleeves and tackle this pantry once and for all…here is the play by play. I had this set of drawers in our old Master Closet.

I grabbed one of them and it fit perfectly in the bottom section.  The small space on the left side was a great spot for Protein Shake containers and the Kitchen Aid.

The drawers worked great for holding larger items like water bottles.  Check out my water bottle solution over here.  I used the top smaller drawer for all of my towels and mopping covers.  The bottom two drawers keep extra baking and food supplies.

Then what to do with the four deep shelves?

I had these wire baskets from my old pantry…and boom, they fit side by side three in a row and could be used double parked too.  Hooray!

I organized things so that items I use less often are placed in the back.  I can pull out the first basket to completely access the rear basket.

I had to re-work a few of the tags, by just flipping it around and writing on the back, shhh…

I still used two of the red bins for bulkier items, and things I don’t need to get to as much.

And a place to hang my aprons and sack holder.

Pantry Organized – Check!!!

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