Whenever I post photos or videos of our pantry on Instagram I always get a tonne of questions about where everything is from so I thought I would do a blog post to answer everything and also for a little inspo when people are searching for ideas. Most items are purchased from Target, Kmart, The Warehouse & Ikea so easy to find, affordable and practical.
It’s important to have functional containers. Airtight is important when it comes to baking ingredients like sugar and these whites from Target are excellent. They also have similar at Kmart. We originally purchased the Kmart push-top containers but they were not airtight enough, however we still use them for our flour as they are much larger than most so fit a lot in and flour is ok with a little air compared to other ingredients.
It’s also nice to break up the containers with different jars that still flow with your look but don’t make it look too boring. I love anything with a rattan or bamboo look as you can tell so this was the theme I went with and tried to stick too when purchasing items for the pantry. They also have to be functional so bigger jars work well for nuts whereas the smaller corked jars work fantastic for smaller items like chia seeds when you can sprinkle it out. Rounded jars are from IKEA & The Warehouse and cork jars are from Kmart.
On the other side of our pantry is where we keep all of our back stock items and breakfast station. I love the look of the white & bamboo wire baskets from The Warehouse and they’re perfect for hiding extra backup ingredients in like sauces, rice packets, baking ingredients and so on. I love the functionality of a turntable when it comes to things like spreads because it’s easy for the kids to access and keeps it tidy. The tiered shelf I have used for unopened cans and jars of sauce so that they are easier to see.
Our cereal dispensers are an item that we get asked the most about. They were purchased from Trade Me and were about $50. Well worth it as the kids can wake up in the morning and help themselves to breakfast and they love it!
The rattan baskets are for our snacks and some extra back up kids snacks too (yet to be labelled). Down the bottom we have used a big plastic container with a lid for the kids snacks. It gives them easy access which may not suit some but the kids know to ask me first and then they can grab something from there without me having to get it every time! In my baking section I have tried to organise my baking/cake tins by using a tiered bamboo shelf from Kmart too which makes use of the space!
I am yet to finish a few areas so will continue to update photos and items where I can. Thanks for reading!
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