This morning I tackled my lazy susan. I use the top shelf in this cupboard mainly for spices and the bottom cupboard is my baking shelf. However I haven’t organized it in over a year and it was definitely due to be done. I always have to laugh because for a person who doesn’t enjoy baking I sure have a lot of baking supplies…what’s with that?! You can’t say I don’t try…lol.
Here are my before pictures:
Whew…definitely overflowing with stuff spilling out of the containers everywhere and clearly no boundaries present anymore. I couldn’t stand it a moment longer so I set to work. First I pulled everything out onto the counter and the mess got so much worse before it got better:
This basket below holding my measuring cups definitely needed to be replaced with something a little bigger wouldn’t you say:
Ahh that’s better:
Remember this basket below. I’m using it now to store some of my baking supplies and in case you are wondering why I have a cooler bottle there, that is what I turn my angel food cake pan over onto when it comes out of the oven.
So after alot of rearranging and purging, here is the final product:
You can see I use a lot of containers to keep “like sorted with like”. I absolutely have to have everything similar contained in the same spot. I also gave the spices a new more functional container. I like to keep my spices here for a couple of reasons….first to keep them out of view and from cluttering up my countertop and because the lazy susan is right beside the stove for ease of use.
Items were put back into the lazy susan with the things I use most often towards the front.
Okay so I may have gotten carried away with my pictures again…sorry about that. I am very happy to have this tackle done and am feeling quite the sense of accomplishment today. I keep opening the cupboard to take a peek at it!
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Updated: See here for how I ended up labelling my spice jars.
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Wow what a great job! Those corner lazy susans are such a pain and take up so much room in a kitchen. I have a very small kitchen and a pantry to keep my kitchen stuff in and I hung one of those over the door shoe pockets on the inside of my pantry door. It holds all the small stuff like vanilla extract, jello boxes, taco seasoning packets, and the two large bags at the bottom I put my paper plates and napkins in those pockets. It so great to open the door and see them right there.
Your spices caught my eye. I have those turntable spice racks that stack on top of each other. It’s so great to turn the rack and there is the spice you need instead of digging through bottles.
My daughter was making fun of me because I made a pantry, refrigerator and freezer list of items we always should have. If we use the last we have to mark it off so I know when I go back to the grocery store to purchase more. I typed up the list and then laminated them so they can be used over and over. She says I’m being a neat freak!
WOW, what a difference! congrats…
That looks great! I posted to you on my comments,but I wanted to make sure you got my message!
You have always been so humbly organized,Laura! One of the things I love about you,my friend!!!
You are a humble inspiration to us all!
Kim
I like what you’ve done with your turntable. I never call them “Lazy Susan’s” (for obvious reasons!!)
:)
Great work! You’re so right about things getting worse in the process of organizing before getting better.
You did a great job on your lazy susan. You inspire me! You’re right, I did change my template. I’m waiting on one from Susie at bluebirdblogs, but it’s going to be a while :)
Great tackle! I wish that we had a lazy susan in one of our cabinets. They are so great. :) Lucky you!
Beautiful! I *love* the red basket. My kitchen is slowly turning red–all because of a new red kitchenaid mixer I got for Xmas.
My mother-in-law has a similar system for her spices. She write the name of each spice on the top of the lid so as she’s standing up, looking down, she can see at a glance which spice it which (what spice is what? I don’t know the correct grammar there…)
Quite the transformation, Laura! I love how well you organize everything.
Have a great day!
AWESOME! You so totally ROCK at this!!!
Lisa
This is my first time to visit your blog. I love it!!!!!
You are the BOMB. I feel so inadequate! :)
The pictures are wonderful. Seeing the transformation take place was neat. It looks great!
That looks so good!! You make me want to get motivated!!
Wow, what a difference! You certainly have a gift for organization!!
What a great tackle! I love getting big jobs like that tackled! I posted on another sit that posting my to-dos and my tackles help keep me accountable!
My tackle has been posted…I tackled my daughter’s closet!
Beautiful! Your blog is very inspiring to me. I’ve gotten many ideas from reading your posts. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and love of organizing with us.
That is awesome girl - you are living up to your name. ;)
It is soooo hard to clean when a toddler is “helping.”
You did a great job!
Great job! I totally forgot to do my tackle yesterday, LOL! But my Lazy Susan could definitely use a tackle!
You need to be Homemade Simple’s organizing maven….for real!
I’m not sure how I found your site to begin with, but I found it again while searhing for the ‘Menu Monday’ meme homepage. I saw the widget on one of your posts, do you just add your name to the widget to be included, or is there an actual meme homepage somewhere.
Anyway…I’ll be visiting your site often for inspiration….getting organized is a top priority for me this year. I’m already pretty organized, but there’s always room for improvement, right?
Belle, organizing is definitely an ongoing process….one is never forever organized. Yes to participate in MPM just add your menu post link to Mr. Linky. There isn’t a homepage. We’d love to have you join.
Thanks for your comment :)
Laura
Oh by the way I love that show “Homemade Simple”. It is awesome!
Man, you had all the fun!!! I went crazy in my junk room yesterday. I should have invited you to the party!
I really like using the lazy susan like this. But where do you keep your flour, sugar, etc. then?
I have a large family and have very large containers for flour, sugar, etc. that would never fit in my lazy susan.
I’d love to figure out how better to organize my kitchen. Very little cabinet space………..LOTS of people and stuff! But I am getting rid of lots of stuff.
Hi Tammy,
I have one big tupperware container of flour that I do keep in the cupboard next to my lazy susan and the rest of my flours I keep in the fridge. Sugar is kept on the lazy susan. I don’t buy in large quantaties though because I don’t use it up fast enough.
Laura
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