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Six storage tips for your kitchen pantry

Organise your kitchen pantry with these six storage tips to help you spend, waste and stress less, and enjoy more time around the table.

An open drawer with tins, jars and spices organised with VARIERA dividers.
An open drawer with tins, jars and spices organised with VARIERA dividers.

1. Door storage

Prevent snacks and sauce packets from getting lost by keeping them in sight with hooks and clips. Hang a shopping list on the door to help you stick to your weekly meal plan. You can even write names (or reminders) on the hook labels so that everyone has their own space for snacks.

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The inside of a pantry door with self-adhesive plastic hooks and silver clips used to hang nuts and sauce packets.
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2. Transparent storage

Transparent food containers show exactly how much you have of something, so you can better plan your trip to the supermarket and avoid overspending and wasting food. Try labelling each container and add the best before date, so you know when it's time to refill the product.

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Shelves in a pantry with IKEA 365+ containers with lids storing oats, biscuits, popcorn and cereals.
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3. Simple organisation

Use baskets to keep all your tall bottles, like oils and sauces, together, which will also protect the pantry from any spills. Organise the baskets according to meals, so you don't have to hunt for ingredients, or group foods together for anyone with food allergies.

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White VARIERA plastic boxes containing condiments such as bottles of oils and sauces inside a kitchen pantry.
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4. Everything within easy reach

Use handy steel mesh baskets, so you can easily take out dried goods and put them back. They can also be used for fruit and vegetables that you don't keep in the fridge.

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A hand holding a white RISATORP steel mesh basket with different types of dried goods.
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5. Open the drawer and grab what you need

Set up a pantry drawer to keep all tins, spreads and spices in one place. That way you can easily access what you need without having to pile them up... and them falling over later! By using dividers or drawer accessories, you can keep all your cans all in one place.

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VARIERA dividers used to store jars in a white MAXIMERA drawer with a white UTRUSTA drawer front.
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6. Create more storage space

Add additional shelves to create more space for jars and other items with different heights. You can maximise pantry space by using hanging baskets, so you can store food like tortillas and packets of noodles flat underneath the shelf.

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An additional white coated steel shelf with a metal hanging basket on a pantry shelf for jams, jars and bottles.
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We love it when customers use our products in a creative way. Why don’t you try it too? But do remember that any modifications or changes that you make to IKEA products will prevent them from being resold or used for their original purpose, thus invalidating IKEA product warranties and your right to return them.

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