Essential Pantry Items to Keep You Organized and Stress-Free

Outside your refrigerator, your pantry is the go-to stop to get food. However, it quickly loses that title if you have to spend time whether you bought something or where a food item is.

Instead of putting yourself in confusing situations every single time you walk into your food storage area, equip yourself with the right tools so that you have a well-stocked and well-organized pantry all the time.

- Clear Bins
There is no excuse to not have see-through bins in a pantry. Clear bins are self- explanatory: they allow you to see your food items at a glance. Whether its pasta or a pile of pinto beans, storing them in something you can see without opening it will prevent the pantry from becoming the Twilight Zone.

- Lazy Susans
If you still don’t know what a Lazy Susan is, it’s a rotating tray that keeps bottles and their labels facing front at all times. They’re perfect for utilizing the corner spaces of your pantry instead of letting them go to waste. Lazy Susans are a lifesaver for those who own many different kinds of spices.

- Baskets
Baskets group your food and make it easy to identify. In addition, they allow you to move a group of food items at once for easy organization. If you really want to go the distance, label each and every single one of those bad boys.

- Trays
Trays function similarly to baskets, except that they are mostly flat, and you can place groups of related items on top of them for other family members to find exactly what they need. For example, if the man in the house needs a PB&J fix, put the bread, the peanut butter, and jam together on the tray. Making chili for the family? Group the beans, spices, and sauces together for an easy take out.

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Upgrade Time

The upcoming year is looking to bring a slew of fresh looks and ideas into homes everywhere. Consider incorporating one or all of the following storage trends into your next closet makeover.

- 2 Sides
Couples are sharing more than ever now, all the way down to the closet. What is commonly known as the “His and Hers” closet is apparently all the rage these days, with couples looking to create a system that effectively brings together their belongings and distinctly separates them in a nice clean way.

Typically, His and Hers closets feature a combination of two different kinds of finishes: dark colors like espresso for the man and bright vibrant whites with shiny metals for the woman.

- See through
People really want to see their items at a glance without having to open anything, which is why they’re opting for transparent materials such as Lucite and glass to adorn their closet designs.

Since people are investing in a dream closet, they want to make sure that it truly represents them. See-through materials allow clothing to be displayed similar to how products are shown at exhibitions. Not to mention, they make each and every piece of clothing feel like they’re part of a special collection.

- Lighting
Adding to the idea of making a closet look as glamorous as possible, people are slowly adding LED lighting to their closet systems, especially overhead lights above hanging rods. Lights accentuate certain areas of the closet and are a lifesaver when you can’t differentiate between a navy blue cardigan and a black one.

Of course, LED lighting can be a bit on the pricey side, but it is well worth the investment, as it has the power to turn a boring closet into a personal boutique.

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A Pantry Fit for a Chef

Most homeowners today are satisfied with storing their groceries in their existing kitchen cabinets, but food enthusiasts and stay-at-home chefs would benefit from a storage system that is designed specifically for allowing easy access to food items and ingredients, and nothing fits the bill better than a custom kitchen pantry.

A custom walk-in pantry will quickly become the perfect companion for chefs. First off, no amount of kitchen cabinet space can compare to the volume of storage space that a custom kitchen pantry provides, since custom designs have walls that go from floor to ceiling. With the amount of room available, one can store a variety of ingredients, snacks, cooking appliances, and cookbooks, all in one convenient place.

With cabinets, you’re limited to how you can categorize food items, but with an expanded space, it’s easy to separate the spices from the canned foods, because one has more room to organize everything to his or her liking. For example, one can create sections that are divided into different food groups, or even a place for ingredients that are used more often than others. Heck, you can even go as far as organizing everything in either rows or columns.

Most importantly, chefs need a centralized station that consolidates all of their necessities, because cooking demands that food be available on-hand in a convenient, visible, and accessible manner, and custom kitchen pantries provide that. Finally, if you happen to go through a change in cooking style or need to incorporate a whole different set of ingredients in your kitchen, custom pantry designs can be adjusted to match those changes.

By having every tool as well as all food in one easy to access location, cooking can become a much more stress free and fun experience!

Looking for a way to better organize your pantry? Contact A Perfect Closet to speak with one of our custom pantry design specialists.

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Redoing Your Bedroom Closet With A Perfect Closet

Making the decision to redo your bedroom closet is one you should be proud of, as the rewards you reap will last you a lifetime.

You’re essentially given a blank canvas and an easel to create your art of organization. It can definitely feel overwhelming because of all of the possibilities, but a designer collaborates with you every step of the way, so rest assured you’re in good hands.

Even so, there are a few things to think about and prepare before starting the whole process. Remember, you want to make sure that you design the perfect bedroom closet, so being meticulous and on top of things is key!

You might be thinking that a new closet will accommodate all of the items that you already have, and that is absolutely true. However, great organization doesn’t involve clutter and chances are that pieces of clutter exist among your belongings. Clutter can include old accessories and clothes that you simply don’t wear anymore.

Not only do you want a good closet, you also want a closet that will help you be a better-organized person. Consider purging pieces of clothing that you don’t wear or being a Good Samaritan and donating them. After all, you want your closet to look great holding the clothes that you actually wear.

-If you plan to have a hanging rod that displays all of your shirts and blouses, you’re going to want to have that rod installed right in front of the door for easy access, while other less-frequently worn items can go deeper into the room. It really is just standing in front of your bedroom closet and imagining how you’ll use it.

-Are you the type of person who rotates clothes based on seasons? Maybe you’ll want to design a closet system that makes it easy to swap out items. Also, maybe you aren’t exactly the tallest person out there and need shelves that are adjusted to your height.

-Only you know what you need and some careful planning will allow you to create a bedroom closet design that you’ll be proud of.

Contact A Perfect Closet to speak with one of our custom closet design specialists.

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Investing in a Custom Closet

Investing in a custom closet is like purchasing a fine piece of furniture; no matter where you go in life, you want to take it with you because it’s an investment for life. This is especially the case when you work with a professional closet company that has a long established history of delivering finely crafted products. And, custom closet organizers can grow and change as your life grows and changes.

For example, if you first purchase your custom closet as a single person, the closet will be all about you and is designed according to your organizational needs to fit all your clothing. You chose the look and style of closest along with accessories like a slat wall for purses, a velvet-lined jewelry drawer or adjustable shoe shelves for your boot collection. Then, when you enter into conscious coupling, not only do you have to make emotional space for a partner, but you have to make physical space for your partner’s things, too.

You now may need to share your custom closet system and transform a long-hanging unit to a double hanging unit to make more space. Or perhaps those boot shelves need to be converted to regular shoe shelves by moving the shelves a few inches down. Or you may need to add a belt rack or another laundry basket and that jewelry drawer may be converted to store ties or watches. This is all very easily accomplished with custom-built closet systems because they’re specifically designed to accommodate your needs.

The next phase of your life may involve becoming a homebuyer and moving to a house where there is now a walk-in closet to accommodate a couple’s things. You can move your closet organizer into this space or install it in another room, so that you and your partner can design a new custom closet incorporating both of your design ideas and storage needs. Turn single life closet into a spare room or into a baby’s closet. Clothes rods can be rearranged to accommodate smaller baby clothing and cubbies can replace shelves to organize a child’s things. Keep in mind, as the baby grows, the closet can once again be rearranged to accommodate the child’s growing needs.

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