Pantry makeover

A couple of months ago, we visited the kitchen of the co-op where a few of our friends live, and left with  some serious pantry envy. The organization and riches of their bulk items were a true sight to behold.

And so, when we finally found time for some deep cleaning and re-organizing of our home over the winter break, one of the top priorities was figuring out a way to structure our pantry items to make them more accessible and visible.

So, along with the help of some re-used food containers and a few purchased ones we turned our back shelves in our kitchen (which had previously held various appliances and hardware items) into a bulk food display:

Looking at this makes it easy to see what we could make for dinner, what we're running low on, and what we could be inspired by.  So much food potential in one place!