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Simple ways to store and organise your kitchen essentials

How best to store and keep track of all those food items that don’t go in the fridge or freezer? Perhaps you have a separate pantry – or simply need to make the most of your kitchen shelf, drawer and cabinet space. Either way, here are a few ideas to better organise those groceries that you only use up gradually, rather than straight away.

Transparent containers with grains and beans on the lower shelf of a KUNGSFORS suspension rail with shelf/wall grid.
Transparent containers with grains and beans on the lower shelf of a KUNGSFORS suspension rail with shelf/wall grid.

See-through food containers hold no surprises

If you transfer your pantry items from their packaging into transparent food containers, you can more easily keep track of what you have. You can always label them if you need to. Instead of a mishmash of packets, boxes and bags, you’ll have your food staples stored neatly and efficiently.

IKEA 365+ food containers in an open drawer, the contents include red lentils and dried mushrooms.
In a white-tiled kitchen, glass jars with dried pasta and other foods are on the shelves of a black RÅSKOG trolley.

Pantry regulars that are always in reach

When the most-used items are always within easy reach, you can remove some of the strain from your kitchen routines. For example, a breakfast trolley that you can simply wheel into position or a wall grid with herbs, spices and preserves. The key is to think about creating an effortless flow around mealtimes.

On a white RÅSKOG trolley are clear-glass VARDAGEN jars with cereal, grey GLADELIG bowls and other breakfast items.
Containers, hooks, net bags and a tablet stand, with fresh and preserved food, hang on a stainless steel KUNGSFORS wall grid.
In a high cabinet with pull-out larder, KORKEN jars with lids and other food storage containers hold a variety of foodstuffs.
Pine KNAGGLIG boxes and KORKEN jars with lids on wall shelves and on a black/oak VADHOLMA kitchen island, in a pantry recess.
Fruits and vegetables in bowls on a grey worktop and hanging in net bags and from hooks on a stainless steel KUNGSFORS rail.

Clever products to create more pantry space

Shelf inserts and clip-on baskets can come in very handy whenever the full height of a pantry shelf is going unused. They’re inexpensive and easy to add or remove as your needs change. So that you can quickly add extra storage capacity, with no need for drilling or major renovation.

Two VARIERA shelf inserts and four PÅLYCKE clip-on baskets in a white kitchen wall cabinet with storage boxes and serveware.
Two packets of coffee in a PÅLYCKE clip-on basket that hangs from a shelf on which stand glass storage jars of dried pasta.
A pantry wall has a black BROR work bench and a black BROR shelving unit that are holding pine KNAGGLIG boxes and produce.

A pantry, just not in the kitchen

With little more than a simple yet sturdy shelving unit, you can turn an unused spot in the hallway, garage or even the living room into a practical pantry. Worth remembering if your kitchen is on the small side.

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