“I’m eating, it’s kind of like decluttering.” I love that!!! I love that you make decluttering fun and it doesn’t have to be perfect.

@judymarkel8029

2 жыл бұрын

Me too I laughed out loud

@privateprivate2068

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, so realistic!

I just love that your pantry looks realistic and not necessarily "Pinterest" perfect! It makes it feel much more approachable to me.

@taniayoungson5614

2 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite decluttering day so far in your series. I tidy up my pantry quite often...probably every 2-3 weeks. I'm constantly checking ingredients so I'm using them up. I don't have a Pinterest pantry. But I do use some baskets. My lazy susan is mostly used for my canned food, extra condiments. And my baking ingredients I have in a pull out drawer. That's exactly what I planned to do if I win today's gift card...Groceries from Superstore 🇨🇦 🙂

@SilviaN1

2 жыл бұрын

I agree :-D

"Only one moldy onion. I feel like I won!" That part was my favorite because it sounds so much like me! That and having still-good expired food 😂

“ I’m eating, it’s kind of like decluttering.” 😂 I agree with you that expiration dates on pantry items are guidelines, not absolutes! You were so sweet about the original paper. 💗

@gwenj5419

2 жыл бұрын

Especially with dry goods like popcorn and barley. I think they would pretty much last forever.

@christinestrohmeyer1701

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Its more a "best before" than "deadly/toxic after" date 😉 We do a lot of food sharing /saving and usually have most dairy products entering our house days after they "expired" and you just need to use smell and try a small bit before digging in. Usually even weeks after the sell by date they taste as if bought at the store right now

I love that your pantry looks realistic and not “staged.” Eating when cleaning the pantry = decluttering 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Love the "declutter by snacking". 😄 This is such a simple job and always makes such a big difference. 👏

I love decluttering and organizing my pantry. We like to do a mini pantry/freezer challenge every couple of months, which sometimes works out to spending less than $30 on groceries that week.

@janetlarue1231

2 жыл бұрын

I love this idea!

I loved how you "got rid" of the craisins, that's how I would have done it too! 😂 they are my 'candy' of choice so I'm always in mine. I heeded this decluttering series so much right now, it's a hot mess everywhere in my house right now...🙄

Steph, your approach is so “real” and approachable. You have your priorities, and Pinterest isn’t one of them. No apologies needed. Spend time continuing to enjoy the kids. You always say, “progress, not perfection “! 👏🏻

“Only one moldy onion; I feel like I won something!” 🤣🥰 This made me smile. Love your content and your great sense of humor.

“Only one moldy onion!” made me laugh because just last week I removed an onion from our pantry that was growing greens out of the top that were like 6 inches long 😂

I did my pantry yesterday and I'm always amazed how good it feels when it's done. Hard to get started but great once it's done!!! Only a couple 'just past expiry date' items to use up this week and now I know exactly what I have to cook with. 😁

Yep, eating is definitely a valid decluttering method!😃

You are just what we all need. A normal real person. Thank you for the reminder that we don’t need those beautifully EXPENSIVE organized cupboards. That wouldn’t work for me anyhow. Your way, the realistic way and ideas do!!!

An idea or encouragement for others: don’t be afraid to rearrange where items are. Just because you’ve had the crackers in the same spot for a couple years if you now realize the paper plates are better in that spot… change it up! Whenever I rearrange, yes, even I have to get used to it again but ultimately it works better for the space/arrangement and I’m happier/more organized for it. And I finish by giving my husband a little “tour” of where things are now 😉

Thank you for saying your pantry doesn't have to be Pinterest perfect!! I love your channel because your decluttering and cleaning videos don't involve expensive bins or cleaning equipment. Love that your real!

I'm old enough to remember when food did not have use by dates on them, so I'm with you that the dates are buy by dates. you have such a good common sense.

I appreciate the reminder that it doesn’t have to look pretty, as long as you know where things are.

The good thing about decanting into clear jars or containers is that it saves money. No spoilage because you know what you still have or what is running low. Am always galvanised to do something productive after I have watched you. 💕

I find it’s so much easier for the family to find things in the pantry when I organize and clean it up

I love how relatable you are. Decluttering our pantry spaces does not need to involve purchasing plastic bins 😊

One note I want to share with others is that once you get your pantry in order, meal planning or just figuring it out daily, is a lot easier when things are sorted. My pantry was just chaos and so figuring out each meal was a puzzle. Lol!

Having a bunch of kids in the house means I get a lot of the "declutter by snacking" going on! So enjoying this series! 😊

I got so tickled about you eating some of the stuff you were decluttering! Great idea! And, it is such a blessing to see that your pantry is not Pinterest perfect. Seeing things like that is more of a deterrent than a motivator to me because I know I can never measure up, and it is a futile endeavor. I love seeing someone who is real and who transparently shows what real life looks like. You are such a blessing, Steph!

I’ve labelled my pantry to within an inch of its life, not to make it Pinterest-worthy, but rather to ensure my husband and kids know where to put things back. It means that my pantry rarely gets out of hand, and I just need to focus on wiping down shelves every couple of months (unless there’s a spill, which I deal with immediately).

You are accomplishing so much in your home this month. Thank you for taking us along so that we can make our homes nicer for our families too!

Thank you for your realistic encouragement, not just on only doing what you can handle at the moment, but also that we don’t need to buy or decant or spend extra energy on making things pretty…sometimes being clean and functional is all that is needed! 😃

I love your enthusiasm! It is contagious. I laughed when I heard " only one moldy onion". I can totally relate!

I really like the convenience of those handy cordless mini vacuums, but haven’t been able to justify getting one. My laundry room could quickly become recluttered if I don’t stay on top of what ends up in there. As much as I wish it were different, it is the main entry into our house for us and guests, so it being clean and tidy is the best first impression I’ve found possible. I’m embracing that plugging in my big vacuum and wielding the unwieldy attachments are what works for now. Thank you for another wonderful video!

Thanks for your realistic ‘after’ shots! Finding time to go through the pantry is hard enough without feeling inadequate because mine’s not all in matching containers! (My motto is, if it’s hidden behind closed doors, it doesn’t matter what it looks like.😁

Pull out shelves are so helpful. We turned a space where our old, small refrigerator was into a pantry and installed pull out shelves. They make finding things so much easier.

Our family of 5 only has a tiny pantry available... 2 drawers! I've learned to appreciate it... No stocking of food I don't actually use, which means less food waste, which means more budget for organic and zero waste options. Woohooo! 😄

This comes on a great day, Monday is my meal scheduling day. I always look through the pantry and see what we have a lot of/running low of. I absolutely HATE when my husband leaves 3 crackers in a box and I don't buy more because I see the box! Lol

I am glad I am not the only one who eats while decluttering the pantry.

I'm still working on the fridge.... But then again I'm older and in more pain. Just doing this at my own pace I guess!

@debk5325

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you! Every little bit helps.

@debk5325

2 жыл бұрын

I am a senior too, and also in a lot of pain. I attribute that to all my years of hard work. I am decluttering now and hope to start my real cleaning in May. I habe accumulated so much over the years. Best of luck to you.

@brendadunston9895

2 жыл бұрын

@@debk5325 I attribute it to falling three times in two days. Mostly lack of balance due to ear infections and when I was sick.

@debk5325

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendadunston9895 my goodness. A fall can change a person's life. We must be so careful. You take care of yourself gal. 8 am glad it wasn't worse.

It feels so good when the pantry is all clean and organized. I swear mine jumbles itself all up when we sleep at night. ;)

Done! That feels so much better! My pantry isn’t “Pinterest perfect” either, but like yours it’s functional and I know where things are!

My house was built in the 70s as well. When we remodeled our bathroom, we found some old wallpaper behind a mirror that was definitely 70s era. It was creamed colored with brown images of wheat on it. Lol.

I organized my pantry a year ago & have kept it organized ever since. I started with almost all Dollar Tree containers to organize but 2 weeks ago I upgraded to almost all clear containers so I can see what is in each bin since I am a visual person. I love it! I did look in my pantry & threw out a spice cider mix that my mother gave me that I will never use. Lol

Awesome job with your pantry! A game changer for us was moving house 15 months ago & deciding to put our teas into a drawer after a life-time of having them in a cupboard! It's awesome being able to see the top of each box of tea when we pull out the drawer & guests love choosing a tea from the drawer too! Before we had to pull out boxes to get to what we wanted! We decluttered half of our pantry just a month ago, so I'm excited to tackle the other half tomorrow. Today I actually decluttered/tidied our bathroom vanity cupboard & drawers when we swapped out to new toothbrushes. YAY! Another job done!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨

At last, a realistic pantry. Thankyou for not decanting everything, who has the time or inclination for that ❤️

It’s so nice to see you decluttering and organizing without the bins. It’s nice to do but sometimes we can’t do that with our pantries so it’s just more relatable to see someone clean it out without having everything so Pinterest perfect ♥️♥️♥️

I do the same thing. Put anything that is going to expire in a box and plan meals around those items. But don't you wonder, who leaves the empty packages, or packages with only a couple items in the cupboard. I truly think it maybe teenage leprechaun living in our houses called "Not me."

I am a very organized person with my pantry. All like things together and everything (labels of what it is) facing forward and also older products in front. I love organizing this kind of stuff. Great job.

Thank you, Steph! We too, have the non Pinterest pantry. I put flour and sugar and cocoa powder in some pretty jars and rice, oatmeal and cereal in a few Ikea canisters but that's it. It's all housed in kitchen cabinets and we don't have a large back stock of food either. It works for us and we make do! Whenever I see all of those spices, like more than two dozen of them in jars with labels I always wonder if the people really use all of those varieties. I think it's pretty but it just isn't practical for us! This more minimal cabinet food storage helps me to keep things in order and in check so that we don't have expired food. It's great to have a friend who understands storing food simply and without the overabundance.Go us!!!

I love that you're not obsessing over "expiration dates" on your food. Most things are perfectly fine to eat for months, and most dates just say "best by" anyway. I saw a website awhile ago that explained about the dates...I wish I could give you the website.

I have a system that really helps me avoid food expiring. The expiration dates are nearly impossible to find and/or read on so many items. So I got myself in the habit that as I'm putting away groceries in my cupboards, I find the expiration date and rewrite it with a sharpie at the top of the front label then I place the items in the pantry so that the date can be seen with the soonest date in the front. Easy to see what needs to be used soon when I'm planning my menus.

Ok, being rewarded with snacks as I declutter is the best motivation!

I think what I Love Most about you is you being A Real Person!!!! Thanks for your KZread channel!!

I love that your drawers pull out. I have 2 cupboards, a lazy Susan, and a coal bin that we keep canned goods, dry goods and condiments in.

I don’t have a pantry, but I have a deep cabinet situation. It’s very hard to keep organized, so it’s constantly a work in progress. Although I don’t declutter everyday, I look forward to these videos everyday. Thanks Steph ❤️

I’m so grateful that my hubby organizes our pantry!

Eating while decluttering is like grocery shopping while hungry!

I definitely don’t have Pinterest worthy pantries, but I do decant a lot. I started decanting not for the pretty factor but for practical reasons. My family would constantly leave empty packages in the pantries. Thus, I never knew how much we had of what. This saves frustration on all of us. Lol I’m also a very visual person, so being able to see everything at a glance is very much my thing. Most importantly, we live outside of town surrounded by farm fields and woods, so I need everything in glass or heavy plastic in case mice decide to try to visit or ants try to cohabitate with us. I always say do what works for your personality and lifestyle. Your pantries look great!

I love that you moved into a house that wasn’t freshly remodeled. Thank you for keeping it real!

I would love to have more pantry space. I only have one cabinet for food items. But over all, my kitchen is pretty organized. I began my decluttering journey 1 1/2 years ago and decluttered my kitchen nine times. I love this series! It is so inspiring!

Pantries need a refresh often. It’s amazing what can get “lost” in there!

Nice to see someone satisfied without matching pantry containers! Yours is my kind of pantry.

I’m loving this series. 💁‍♀️ In one of your videos you mentioned doing a large month long house declutter once a year & stopping your zone cleaning for that month. Great suggestion :)

Lol!! Love this challenge!! “I’m eating.. kinda like decluttering “ I love that!!😝❤️

Decluttering my pantry is one of my favorite places to declutter.

I'm happy to see that I'm not the only that stores peanut butter, or any nut butter, upside down. I told my family we were only eating out of the pantry for the month of April. We've failed. It's gonna be a two month project, but at least it'll be easier with a decluttered pantry.

It’s such a gratification when the pantry is in order! My top shelf is the worse, use my stepladder, so now I store platters and such that I don’t use as often!

Spring break. Placed the almost expired Kodiak Cakes box on the island. First kid awake and into the kitchen said, “May we have waffles?” The power of visual suggestion.

I was watching this while tackling my mount fold-more. Definitely going to tidy up the pantry after I get all this laundry put away.

@tammiemonahan9644

2 жыл бұрын

Mount Fold More ... OMG!! I laughed out loud at that. Thank you!

I’m glad your pantry isn’t perfect. It’s a lot more motivational than seeing matching jars because I cannot do that. I have my pantry to do today now.

I see that I'm not the only one who got a kick out of the way you decluttered by eating those last few bites! I've done the same thing. And you're right, it doesn't have to be Pinterest perfect!

Love your videos and how you don’t try to be perfect, just YOU! Your so relatable and ADORABLE 🤗 I watch your channel for motivation & have made HUGE Progress in my condo & my salon for a more functional and organized life so I’m not searching for things all the time! Words cannot express how much you have helped me!

I love what you said about it not being Pinterest worthy. That’s how I feel about my pantry. And generally just all of my house. Off to tackle my food! Hmmm, those bunnies might need decluttering 🤣

Someone I babysat for years ago had a pantry space that is identical. I have some slide out shelves, but they’re low. That pantry is system is super practical. I love it!

Did one of my pantry cupboards…setting up a 3 month food storage so this helped me take inventory 😊

We have a spot in a cabinet where we can see the original wallpaper from the 70s. Nice to look back and imagine how it was when it was first built.

I was feeling down, and found out that i missed this day. You made me smile again, not doing extra’s but i am standing up and do the thing that ‘must’ be done to stay on strack. And what you always say: that is alright

As someone who lives alone, cleaning pantry and needing to eat the food that is just expired/going to expire is so boring. I usually try to at least some of it to someone close to me or to some sort of shelter that can give it forward if it isn't too close the expiration date.

I want to thank you SOOOOO much for making the huge effort in your videos to not refer to us as “guys”. This series is one of your very best and we get a peek at your new home.

I love that your pantry looks real. Decanting would give me anxiety. 😆 one of the best feelings is finishing a box or bag of something and throwing it away.

It always feels good to get the food organized and to get rid of anything expired. 😌

Cleaning the food pantry always takes longer to think about doing than actually doing it. And I agree with you, most pantry items, especially unopened are most often still good beyond the package date. Thanks again for the motivation.

I saw the notification of this video when I woke up this morning and I started cleaning out my pantry before I even started watching. Going to finish it up while watching now. I didn't realize just how much and built up in the back and expired. Starting out fresh and organized now.

What a 🎁. What a blessing to have a pantry! Agree?

This was a quick one for me. I completely empty my pantry and clean it as part of my zone cleaning every month. I meal plan so this might be the only part of my house that looks and feels like I have my life together all the time! 🤣

I am eating... I mean decluttering too. This decluttering challenge is helping me to use everything up before shopping for more. I always check my refrigerator before making the weeks' menu and grocery list... I have neglected to look at the pantry for a while.

We are redoing the kitchen so a real pantry is on the must have list

My pantry!!! This is a never ending challenge!! I probably spend the most time in this area and it never seems to stay organized and tidy. Your pull out shelves are very helpful I would imagine! YES!!! That popcorn is still good and so is that Barley. Time sure flies, you said you had reorganized your pantry 10 months ago… it seems like only yesterday you moved. Thanks for your inspiration to tackle my pantry yet again!!

Thankfully, this is another one I started already. Being away from home hasn't put me too behind in this challenge.

So important to revisit things or they just get forgotten! A good reminder to refresh my pantry 😊

Omg I see those “Pinterest pantries“ and it just paralyzes me. I’d love my pantry to look like that but it’s overwhelming. This video was inspiring and realistic and now I’m motivated to tackle my pantry full of things that no one ever eats because they can’t find them 😂

Everyone of these videos is so inspiring and yet you are so down to earth! I could imagine having coffee and chatting! Thanks so much.

My trick to prevent onions from spoiling is I peel my onions and store them in a paper lined take away box or any other clear box, then I store it on a shelf in the fridge. They stay good for 3 weeks to a month.

Cleaning out the pantry is so satisfying.

We have a closet pantry with wire shelves. One thing I like to do is put lightweight boards over the wire shelves because products slide better over those. I then use my label maker to label the general areas where things go. Helps me to stay organized. Also, I’m glad you don’t have a Pinterest pantry. It doesn’t always seem as practical to have to empty everything into jars and then keep track of exp dates.

We have our tea in a deep drawer. Because I can look from the top I can see all my tea at once and always know what I have. It's a game changer! In our former apartment we had it organized in a cupboard like you did. Because I'm so tiny I couldn't even reach the tea in the back. I highly recommend to put your tea in a drawer, too. :-)

Pantry declutter just in time... no expired stuff but a bunch of "almost time"... so I put that all on the counter and planned the week's meals! TaDa! Thanks so much for this fun game.

By far the biggest over haul of the challenge yet 🤪 but I got through it in one day. Everything is so neat and organised. Plus, it’s great to have a fresh mental inventory of what my pantry holds! Thanks 😊

I love the way you eat your meals through your pantry declutter! I hate when there is a bag with only a couple of tiny items (like craisins????) in it. Like putting the milk back in the fridge 99 percent empty!!! lol! Enjoying your decluttering!

Just finished this last week before Passover. It's nice having a specific date every year where this HAS to get done.

I used to run a supermarket and, believe me, there are things which you can eat WAY after the expiry date. Also, I am an expat and enjoy cooking more exotic things, so when I finally get my hands on malt vinegar (have to go to Gibraltar to buy) or something like pomegranate molasses, I go crazy when my 'cooks the most but more ordinary stuff' retired husband decides to help by chucking things out after the date. 😏

I literally just moved into my new kitchen about a month ago. Everything in pantry was freshly organized etc. As per your challenge, I decided to take a quick pass and found 2 expired items. I also found to bottle of rice vinegar that I combined and tossed 2 other items that I havent used in a LONG time. Great motivation....Thanks again

Great feeling having it all updated!

We aren’t just Decluttering, we are doing “The Big Purge!” It’s Passover, and we are taking a long look at the food and pots we have. Observant Jews have a whole separate set of dishes, pots and pans. We decided we are going to simplify because future Seders will be just the two of us. They always have been, but we kept the other stuff “in case” we have guests. Knowing we won’t have guests means we have to hang on to a lot less!!! Giving tons away. Also, I’ve been eating low carb for several years. The pantry l purge is that we can toss the old matzo meal, potato starch and matzoh cake meal. WooHoo! If you want to support a local place, you can give us a gift card for Trader Joe’s. They are the only place in our area that Carries kosher meat. Or Ventura Kosher market, which is about 20 miles away.