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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Organizing Before and After

Have any of y'all seen the Amanda's?  It's on the Style channel, and I caught it one late night nursing Gianna.  It has totally sucked me in!  These adorable stylish girls in Birmingham go in and totally organize people's homes or businesses.  It has me so inspired!  So after 6 years of not wanting to spend the money on decent canisters, I splurged and bought organization gear for our kitchen.  I was giddy with excitement at the idea of an well-ordered baking cabinet!  Check it out!

BEFORE: Big utensil drawer

AFTER: Big utensil drawer!!!!

BEFORE: Baking cabinet (notice all the bags- blah...)

AFTER: Baking cabinet!!!!!! (No comments on the oils, Sew, haha!)
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!

17 comments:

Char said...

I love it! Now if only you'd be willing to travel to MNin your free time (HA!) and help me out with mine. :)

Karen said...

I have been dreaming of doing this! We are fortunate to have a huge pantry but I can't ever find anything in it because it so unorganized. I am constantly buying something that I already have because I lost it behind something else.

You've inspired me! I think I have a project for tomorrow. :)

barbie said...

CRISCO?? CRISCO??? WWSFS?? ITSF! Bad bad!! throw away at once!

you said Sew couldn't say anything...not me. :)

Lauren @ Magnify the Lord with Me said...

I know! I know!!!! OK...no more grief from Barbie OR Megan!!! :) If it makes you feel better- I've had the same can for years!!! When you need it- you need it! What can I say?! :)

Karen- before and after pics, please!!! I totally want to get can organizers. The kind that the cans roll down so you have first in, first out... I'm dreaming of expiration dates in order! :)

Char- I would LOVE to- mostly to visit with YOU!!!

Nicole C said...

Love it!! The canisters are gorgeous... I even have some that I haven't unpacked since our last move...guess I probably should do that! My Lenten project is to declutter. This would be a good start!

Nicole C said...

Might I add, I LOVE Crisco?!?

Grace in my Heart said...

Love it!!! (The oil too!) :) I'll need to find that show.

Kaitlin @ More Like Mary said...

PAM??????? Yeah-you didn't say I couldn't scold you!

Julie said...

Love it! Ha ha on the Pam spray! I can't believe that you found time to organize anything! I am totally into organizing my kids toys and rooms. I hate clutter. I think I am going to do 40 bags in 40 days this Lent!
Ok. So now we need a post with pictures of Abigail and at least some baby Gianna feet!

Kelly Aldridge said...

I can hear it again when the pantry opens... "ahhhhhh"

LifeHopes said...

Wow, looks fantastic!! Nice job!

Lauren @ Magnify the Lord with Me said...

Oh no! Kaitlin!!!! I thought for sure you'd be merciful... :) And I'm so not apologizing for my Pam. When I make my bread, it's so much easier to spray the pan than to butter it. Seriously. I'm making my own bread. A little Pam won't kill me! :)

Julie- It was my VAlentine's present! :) After we put Abigail to bed, I begged J for an hour to work on it, and he fell asleep with Gianna on the couch, so I had TWO hours! Haha!

Kelly- Haha! That was so funny. The angels totally sing when you open that cabinet! :)

Nicole, GIMH and LH- THANKS!!!

Karen said...

I've already purged my cabinets in a nesting rage so they aren't as full as usual. But I will definitely post pictures.

I have PAM too. I know, shame, shame. But like you, with baking, it so much easier. :) I swear I don't use it for anything else. :)

JellyBelly said...

LOVE IT!!! I've been using my mason jars (that I made my pickles in) as containers in my pantry. It looks 100 times better! No more ugly bags and mismatched containers!

MB said...

Beautiful job! I have to say, I can taste that nasty Pam and have to use butter b/c of the taste.. I'm surprised you can't taste it! But I won't shame you for having it... after all, I do eat the grean bean casserole the nasty/naughty way :)

All in His Perfect Timing said...

Looks GREAT! Thanks for the show shout out! I'm going to be checking that out. I'll bet that you have even MORE fun cooking now with such a beautifully organized Kitchen! :-)

barbie said...

We can only give you grief, you have sinned and bought major real food No-no's! It's easier to just throw that stuff away then have to learn to deal once you DON"T have it in arms reach. I did the same with microwave......gone!