Organization — Spices

A couple of weeks ago I showed you one of my favorite rooms, my kitchen. In that post I also showed you my spice drawer. Here is what it looked like:

I could find everything relatively quickly, and it was sort of alphabetized.

I had to buy some new spices this week, and I also desperately needed to replace some old ones. Using those old Tupperware spice containers worked great while Hubby was in the military and we moved around, because that way the movers would actually take them. But the down side of that was that there was never an expiration date since the bottle got thrown away. I knew they needed to be replaced though, so I did.

In doing so I analyzed my drawer to figure out what would work better. I didn't want the bottles in the drawer without being inside of something, so I had to figure out what would work best. Two of the glass bottles fit nicely in the smaller rectagular basket that you can get 3-for-$1 at Wal-Mart. After a Wal-Mart run, emptying out the old spices, and rearranging the drawer (including alphabetizing), this is what it looked like:

See, alphabetized:

I also keep my paper muffin cups, plastic measuring cups, slicer thingy, toothpicks, etc. in here. Baking/cooking related stuff. I kept the taller plastic basket for some items because it fit the space best and I really needed the higher sides for those things.

So I didn't get the fancy-schmancy spice drawer organizer I thought I might, and I didn't get the one I love that goes up in the cabinet either. But you sure can't beat about $3 in plastic baskets.