One of my projects this weekend was to clean out our spice cupboard. It is a mess! It’s impossible to get to anything and I have no clue what is in it. So… Here is a picture of the second to worst shelf I have (the first was emptied before I thought of the camera).

As you can see, no one would be able to easily use this cupboard.

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The messiest cupboard was emptied to this…All of the contents went onto the counter to be sorted and evaluated.

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I also cleaned the cupboard before refilling it. 🙂

Here are the spices that were jammed into my little cupboard:

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That is a ridiculous amount of spices for two people to have. So I sorted them into groups so I could find out which ones were duplicates.

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So after I removed all of the doubles – it still looked like this…

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I ended up putting one double of each spice in this basket and moving them to a shelf in the basement. Then I combined a few other doubles like sesame seeds and threw a bunch more away.

Finally, I could refill the cabinet.

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Baskets and boxes are the key to organization!

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And finally the spice cabinet now…

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And we still have room! Maybe I will move the coffee over?! The possibilities are really endless. 🙂

Next on the nesting list:

  • The tupperware cabinet
  • My sock drawer
  • My classroom