3 Pantry Organisation Tips for Your Home in Petersfield
If you’re fortunate enough to have a pantry in your kitchen, you’ll know how difficult they are to maintain.
Half-eaten bags of rice. Towers of cans. Tupperware filled with miscellaneous nuts that you don’t remember buying. It’s a lot! However, by following our pantry organisation tips, you can make it much easier to keep everything neat and tidy.
Below, our house cleaners in Petersfield have shared their expert advice for managing your pantry all year round.
1. Follow designated pantry zones
Fed up with having to dig around to find what you’re looking for? Creating designated zones for different food categories will take your pantry organisation to the next level.
Think about the categories that’ll be most relevant to your lifestyle. For example, busy families might want to keep the components for child-friendly weeknight dinners together. Alternatively, if you work in the office from Monday to Friday, having tubs of grabbable breakfast food and snacks will help you save time in the morning.
Once you’ve defined your categories, give them a section in your pantry and label it. Our Petersfield home cleaning experts recommend keeping perishables away from other ingredients; if you store onions and garlic alongside potatoes, you’ll find they go off quicker. Equally, keep strong-smelling items like spices away from absorbent foods like flour and bread.
2. Use durable storage containers
There’s nothing worse than going to grab something from the pantry and finding that it’s leaked or burst. That’s why we recommend using durable, easy-to-clean storage boxes to organise the space.
Avoid cardboard, paper or anything else that can disintegrate over time. These materials are rarely airtight, which means your produce will go stale and might even attract pests or mould.
Alternatively, a stainless-steel tray or sealed glass container will keep your food fresh for longer and reduce the likelihood of spills. Plus, they’ll allow you to get rid of unsightly supermarket packaging and replace it with uniform, attractive tubs that suit your kitchen aesthetic.
3. Implement a ‘first in, first out’ system
Ever gone to the shop to buy something and then realised you already had it at home? Or, on the flip side, have you ever assumed you’ve got something you need for a recipe and then realised too late that you don’t?
Using a rotational, ‘first in, first out’ pantry organisation system will prevent this. By ensuring the oldest ingredients are at the front of the shelf, you can minimise food waste and maintain a clear view of your pantry stock at all times.
Leave pantry organisation to the pros
If the thought of organising and cleaning your food cupboards regularly fills you with dread, there’s a solution. Work with our professional house cleaners in Petersfield to make these chores a thing of the past!
Our teams are trained, insured and dedicated to providing excellent customer service. So, if you’re looking for local house cleaning services in and around Petersfield, give our office a call.
Haus Maids’ Petersfield office works with clients in Petersfield, Liphook, Liss, Bordon, Midhurst and all surrounding areas, including Steep Marsh, Oakshott, West Liss, Rake, Langley, Empshott, Greatham, Blackmoor, Whitehill, Oakhanger, Hollywater, Lindford, Headley, Standford, Headley Down, Hearn, Sleaford, Kingsley, Wheatley, Frith End, Coombe, East Meon, Ramsdean, Stroud, Bordean, High Cross, Stoner Hill, Steep, Steep Marsh, Priors Dean, Weston, West Meon, Buriton, Ditcham, Nursted, Hurst, Harting, Dumpford, Trotton, Rogate, Conford, Bramshott, Linch, Milland and Heyshott.
Call the Petersfield team on 01730 605105 to arrange a free, bespoke and no-obligation quote for our specialist cleaning services.