3 QUICK WEEKEND ORGANIZATION PROJECTS

Let’s make major progress this weekend. We are going to share our top 3 quick weekend organization projects that are beyond helpful in keeping your life more functional and purposeful for weeks to come. Keeping our life organized is part of the key to making a functional and purposeful home. We’ve shared how to keep your closet organized, our 5 areas to organize for a more functional life and home and 7 ways to declutter and organize you life. 

So let’s get right into it. Here’s our top 3 kitchen organizational projects anyone can accomplish over the weekend!

How to Organize Your Pantry

Love looking at all the pinterest worthy pantries if only we could have Marie Kondo come do our pantry too! But let’s get real here we don’t all have Marie Kondo in our life. What we do have is our skill set in knowing what we use in our pantry on a weekly basis, what we want easily accessible and how we truly use our own space. Below is what we used to organize our pantry and the steps we took to make it functional in just a couple of hours!

What you need:

Bins
Baskets

Directions:

1. Go shelf by shelf removing all items one at a time.
2. Discard any unnecessary or old/expired items.
3. Once the entire pantry is empty wipe down shelves and vacuum.
4. Place baskets/bins on shelves to find the best format for your pantry.
5. Decide how you want to separate items. For example our bottom row is healthy snack options for our kids. Each bin is broken down by bags, boxes, nuts and bars. On the next shelf we have everyday items (can foods for meal prep), fresh produce we leave out (onions, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes) grains and baking all in their own bins.
6. Place items inside baskets/bins!

How to Organize Your Refrigerator

Not going to lie opening a completely organized refrigerator really makes my heart happy. Maybe it’s because I can find all the things I need. Or it’s that fact that it looks so colorful and full of all the things our bodies need to truly function properly. Below you’ll find our simple way to keep your refrigerator organized and clean!

What you need:

Glass containers
Plastic containers
Reusable produce bags 

Directions:

1. Go shelf by shelf removing all items one at a time.
2. Discard any unnecessary or old/expired items.
3. Once the entire pantry is empty, wipe down shelves and clean each shelf and drawer.
4. Prior to filling your refrigerator again decide where your items will be housed based on how frequently you eat them. For us that means eggs, extra produce, cut lemons, berries, sparkling water, kombucha, condiments, grains and kids pre packed lunches all need to find a home within the fridge.
5. I like to have weekly items in plastic or glass containers so they make things more convenient and I actually use them. For example, we drink lemon water daily, I pre cut out weeks worth of lemons to help ensure I have less of an excuse to not use them. I also place veggies that we will pack in lunches in containers that are easy to find making packing lunches that much easier.

How to Organize Under Your Kitchen Sink

For some reason under the kitchen sink can turn into a catch all place where items become ridiculously challenging to find! This is a simple quick fix. 

What you need:

Container for cleaning products

Directions:

1. Empty out the entire space. Just get it a out and move it aside.
2. Wipe down the entire surface and sides…it gets really gross under there, so make sure to do it a couple of times. A magic eraser goes a long way too!
3. If you have a liner or tray, scrub that thing clean in your sink.
4. Go through every item that is under your sink and decide what is necessary for every day use.
5. We recommend purchasing a caddy of some sort to house all of your go-to cleaning products, making it easy to locate in the kitchen and carry with you throughout your home as you clean other spaces. Keep this one close up front for easy access.
6. Begin placing ONLY the essential items back under the sink. Leave yourself some room to maneuver around under there – no need to do all this work just to jam everything back inside.

Loving all the fun you are seeing here. We’ve got more to share with you. We’ve teamed up with some really amazing bloggers to showcase for you ways to make things in your life new again! Make sure to check out all these amazing post too!

Much Love-