During the Holidays I spend a lot of time in my kitchen baking Holiday treats for my family and friends. I love baking and trying new recipes. With the holidays fast approaching it was time for me to organize my baking and pantry cabinets. From the outside looking in my kitchen appears to be organized until you open certain cabinet doors! Having no pantry in my small kitchen has been a struggle, my kitchen cabinets would quickly get cluttered making it hard to find my baking staples.

I’m so excited to share how I was finally able to get my baking & pantry cabinets organized along with my new favorite baking tools with the help of my friends at The Home Depot. I found everything I needed to get my kitchen organized at homedepot.com/decor

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My baking and pantry cabinets before, always felt cramped and it was always hard to find the spices, baking ingredients and everyday essentials. My baking cabinet was messy and overflowing and my pantry cabinet had no organization and items were just crammed inside. My pantry cabinet is an L-Shape cabinet and it's always been hard to figure out how to get everything placed and organized inside.

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I tackled one cabinet at a time and took everything out, and gave the interior of my kitchen cabinets a good cleaning. I was shocked by how many duplicate items were hiding in my kitchen cabinets. When you can’t see what you have you end up buying more of what you don’t really need. To get my cabinets organized, I used the OXO Food Storage POP Containers, this set is great to kick off pantry and cabinet storage. These have been game changers! I love that they are clear, stack, and are air-tight and make storing everyday essentials easy.

Sources // OXO Food Storage POP Containers, OXO Food Storage POP Containers 3 Piece Set, OXO Bakeware Set

I moved all the dry goods in my pantry cabinet to the OXO Food Storage Containers based on size. My no pantry kitchen instantly became organized. I love being able to open my cabinet door and being able to see everything neatly organized. I placed baking mixes and items we don’t use that often on the upper shelves.

I used the same process to tackle my baking cabinets starting with the spices, first I added an Expanding 3 Tier Spice Rack that fits perfectly inside my cabinet and elevated the look and organization of my spices. For my larger baking dry goods, baking powder, baking soda, chocolate chips etc. I used small OXO POP Storage Containers. It's so nice having them small stackable containers vs boxes. I also added two clear lazy susans in my cabinet to make accessing my other baking items easy, trust me lazy susans are a must!

Using Clear Command Hooks, I was able to hang my Measuring Spoons and Measuring Cups inside my cabinet so now they have a permanent home. Before adding the hooks to my cabinet all my measuring spoons and cups seemed to go missing!

Sources// Expandable Spice Rack, Clear Lazy Susan, Measuring Spoons, Measuring Cups, OXO POP Storage Containers, Clear Command Hooks

I love all the smart storage solutions I added to my kitchen! I can’t get over how everything is organized and has its place. Now when I open my cabinet doors, I smile. It's the best feeling knowing where everything is, no more buying duplicates!

With my baking cabinet and pantry finally organized, I’m so excited to get baking for the Holidays! My new OXO Bakeware set is amazing and a huge upgrade from my old warped bakeware. In addition, I also added some new pretty mixing bowls.

Sources // OXO Bakeware Set, Cream Mixing Bowl Set, Mason Cash Batter Bowl, and Measuring Cups set

For me Holiday baking just got fun again! Thank you so much, The Home Depot, for partnering with me and helping me get my baking and pantry cabinet organized! I’m so excited to make some yummy Holiday treats for my family and friends to enjoy.

It feels incredible having an organized backing cabinet. Below are links to all the sources shared in my post for your convenience.
Sources // OXO Food Storage POP Containers,OXO Food Storage POP Containers 3 Piece Set, OXO Bakeware Set Expandable Spice Rack, Clear Lazy Susan, Measuring Spoons, Measuring Cups, Clear Command Hooks, Cream Mixing Bowl Set, Mason Cash Batter Bowl and Measuring Cups set

As a small home dweller, I’ve been on a mission this year to really improve the functionality and overall storage in our home. There are a few areas in my home both design-wise and storage that were seriously lacking and basically big eyesores. I’m excited to share, I partnered with The Home Depot using their Home Organization Services to improve three areas in my home, with the goal to add storage, bring in style and functionality. The Home Organization Installation offers custom storage solutions for areas in your home including closets, linen cabinets, laundry rooms offices, and more.

Our home was built in the 1950s and even with our home rebuild seven years ago, we still have storage and space constraints. I’m so excited to share the projects with you, the before and after have been a huge game-changer in my home!

Full Disclosure, my in-home consultation with Home Organization Services kicked off before Covid-19 and The Home Depot has now implemented safety precautions before entering your home, including wearing safety masks, using hand sanitizer, and wipe down surfaces, and more. In addition, they now offer Virtual Consultations! Read more about the safety precautions The Home Depot is taking here homedepot.com/hscovidsafety

HOME ORGANIZATION SERVICES: CONSULTATION

The first step in the process is scheduling your free design consultation, the Design Consultant came to my home and I showed her the three areas in my home that needed some serious help. The three areas in my home that I wanted to tackle for this project were my son's small reach-in closet, our hallway linen cabinet, and adding a built-in banquette to our small eat-in kitchen.

My local Sacramento Design Consultant, Carole visited my home to measure each area and then we sat down and walked through design options for the closet, linen cabinet and seating. During the meeting I was able to look at cabinet finishes, drawer front styles, hardware and interior closet musts. It was so much fun to share my vision for each space and watch the Design Consultant help bring my ideas to life and share all her expertise. I’m breaking down each project individually, to easily share the before, during and amazing after.

LINEN CABINET // BEFORE, PROCESS, AND AFTER

I really love my spaces to work hard for me while looking good, our small linen closet is one of those areas in our home that’s been a constant eyesore and never really worked. When I say my linen closet is small, I’m not exaggerating; it's roughly 18 inches wide and 26 inches deep. Back in January, we demoed our linen cabinet, taking out the ill-fitting shelves, here’s the terrible before, so awful right!

After talking through my ideas with the Project Specialist, I knew lower drawers would be a must along with an upper glass door. Carole had the great idea to use the full width and depth of the space, to fully utilize the small space. Here’s how my linen cabinet space looked when the measurements were taken and how space started shaping up.

The building process went really smooth, with the Installation Team custom building my linen cabinet in place and building the drawers on-site.

My small linen cabinet has been truly transformed! While I love white cabinets, I wanted to bring color into my hallway and landed on grey cabinets with a shaker style cabinet with brushed nickel hardware. I just can’t get over how amazing it turned out and all the NEW storage has felt incredible!

The glass door on my linen cabinet it's so beautiful. I'm a firm believer if you can see it, it stays organized! I have so much upper deep storage for blankets, throws, towels and more. It’s exciting to put away towels! Before our linen storage was like one big pit where everything just landed.

The bottom of the linen cabinet has five drawers and they fully open, have a soft-close and are dovetailed. The drawers are deep enough to hold blankets, sheets and miscellaneous bathroom overflow items including: toilet paper, cotton balls, q-tips and more. I’m honestly still getting used to having so much storage!

AVERY’S SMALL REACH-IN CLOSET // BEFORE & AFTER

Avery’s closet before was a tiny hot-mess, jam-packed full of stuff and more stuff. After talking with Carole and discussing the needs of my son’s closet, we quickly decided his closet made the most sense as a grow-with-him closet. It was fun to see the closet design come to life with 3-D Renderings she showed me during our consultation. The plan was to add drawers, two sections of rods for hanging clothes, and shelves to hold clothes, toys, games, and books. Avery’s closet is very narrow reach-with a single door making it tricky to design. Before Avery’s closet makeover, we did a huge purge of clothes, toys, and more that were too small and no longer being played with.

I love how good his closet turned out! His little closet now has so much storage! I never dreamed a closet this small could have so much storage! Basically there’s storage for all the scenarios: hanging storage, drawers, lots of shelves, and place for shoes! The storage was pushed to the max! Now when you open the closet door, there’s a bank of lower drawers and upper open shelves. So many drawers, so much storage opportunities!

On the left of the drawers, there’s shoe storage. I’m so happy there’s a designated spot for his shoes! Instead of leaving them around the house, he now has a spot to keep his shoes. I can’t tell you enough how happy this makes me! We also added a valet rod to his storage to hold his backpack and umbrella. As he gets older, I can picture Avery using the valet rod to hold his outfits for the next day. In addition his closet now has an upper and lower section of hanging clothes. There’s even a spot to hold his small suitcase which is awesome.

As you can see his closet isn’t full and I’m so happy about that! There’s plenty of room for him to grow into his closet! I love that there’s so many cubbies to hold games, toys, blankets and so much more.

DINING ROOM BEFORE AND AFTER BUILT-IN BANQUETTE

I’m so excited to share my dining room! We have a small eat-in-kitchen, that's roughly nine feet wide. In our space having banquette seating makes the most sense, allowing us to seat more people around the table. In our dining room, I had a free-standing bench that comfortably sat 2-3 people and fit well in my space. It’s always been a dream of mine to have a built-in banquette that went from wall-to-wall with pull-out drawers. Working with Carole on this design was so much fun, we worked through the design style, including the depth of the seating for the bench and style of the drawers and height. Here’s how my space looked room looking before with the freestanding banquette.

My dining room was completely cleaned out for the installation day. We moved our dining room table and chairs into our garage.

It felt so strange seeing my dining room empty, but I couldn’t wait for installation day! After finalizing the measurements, Carole determined four large drawers would fit best in the space. I went with white shaker style drawer fronts to match my existing kitchen cabinets and selected brushed nickel for the hardware. It was so exciting watching this project come to life.

I love how beautiful the banquette seating turned out! It’s amazing how much larger, open and brighter my small dining room is now! The drawers are amazing and provide so much storage, they’re dove-tailed doors with a soft-close.

When I walk into my dining room, I’m amazed by how it looks! It’s exactly what I wanted!

Whew, that was a long blog post! I hope you enjoyed seeing how all the projects turned out, it's amazing! I love that all those spaces in my home that used lack storage, style and purpose have been fully transformed, thanks to the help of The Home Depot Home Organization Services. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on how the projects turned out!

Wasn’t my linen cabinet a hot mess, with zero storage and now I have so much storage! Avery’s small reach-in closet is now fully maximized and a great closet he can grow into. I’m so in love with how my banquette seating turned out in my eat-in-kitchen, its incredible and complements my home and style perfectly!