A couponing friend of mine told me that the difference between a hoard and a stockpile/food storage is dust. 😁 If your cans & boxes are covered in dust, you have a hoard because you’re not rotating the food and using it. The only exception is if you have long term food storage (stuff that lasts for 10+ years). If your food storage is a working/rotating deal, you’re good. 👍🏼
Jenifer Rogers Long term food storage items are usually sealed in #10 cans. Thrivelife.com is a company that specializes in this, but there are a lot of other companies that have similar items. Augason Farms and Mountain House are 2 that come to mind.👍🏼
My husband surprised me with a deep freezer in the garage! I absolutely LOVE it! I don't think you stock pile too much, especially since you do live in one of those bitter cold and snowy states. It's smart to be prepared.
Love this. And even as the kids get older and move, they will come in and “shop” your stock piles. There isn’t a whole lot of potential for waste, more so if you watch the expiration dates and donate close to time and/or can and dehydrate any fresh or frozen items. Everyone complains about the woman who carries the huge purse until they need something out of it! Kudos on the preparedness.
Lol. When I moved out over a decade ago my mom bought me a lot of groceries and home items like broom, cleaning supplies, garbage can... well stocked kitchen was the best gift she could have given me since she bought me things I never would have never guessed at 22 I needed, like a colander or a potato peeler.
I am well prepared and well stocked but always hav3 been it’s not because of Covid. I have two 700L Chest Freezers, nicknamed the coffins, plus the freezer section below my fridge. My pantry is full and one side, five shelves, in my linen closet. I do use and rotate all the time plus I’m quite often the supermarket for my grown kids and wouldn’t have things any other way.mi bake bread, kids tell me when their coming over and I bake bread for them too, I have large storage air tight bins with bread flour, rice, sugar, rolled oats and milk,powder in. It works for us and we never have waste and I’m constantly buy vacuum sealer rolls for my FoodSaver.
We have a deep freeze and a decent sized pantry. I bought a plastic rack from home depot when I was pregnant with my first child and stocked it with baby food and other essentials. It's now holding crayons, kitchen appliances, etc. You have really inspired and helped me shop and cook smarter.2 weeks ago, I bought freezer friendly Tupperware and started making double and triple batches of stuff. Making lunch size portions for me and my girls to freeze. They are on fall break this week, which I didn't think about.. but it's a total blessing. We will have yummy and quick lunch options available.
It's just my husband and I. The kids are grown. I've helped our kids with food rather than giving them money during tough times. Now, I'm so happy I had extra since the stay home. Yes. Grocery shopping to top up. Grateful for like minded people.
Im nosey but I can't help myself.This lady is amazing,we have a stockpile enough for up to three months.Family of 11, monthly grocery budget is$300.Amazing you are!
I have seen emaculate pantry tours. You and I both know that after many YTers make theor pantry videos the pantry doesn't stay perfect! Lol Thanks for sharing. I like your videos because you are not fake. That is awesome how much beef you have!
It took me 15 years to train my husband about food storage. He's finally gotten on board now that we gave friends who raise beef and lamb and goat and that hunt.
Found you last night I’ve watched so much in that time. I’m from Glasgow and love to see how other people get thru their day. I love to cook and feed everyone. I’m mum to 3 adults and nana to 7 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. X
Love this. We downsized recently and moved to a warmer climate, which has been great in many ways, but we lost soooo much storage in the process. We used to have a pantry very similar to yours. I didn't realize how much I relied on my oversized garage, large pantry, and basement. Lots of nice weather and neighborhood amenities, but no basements in Florida. Now we have our extra food shoved into bags in my bedroom closet because our pantry is literally only about 15 inches wide, haha.
Think Butler's Pantry for organization. All appliances together from top to bottom not across a shelf. Do the same for Canning supplies. Then visit the grocery's baking isle great layout design. Visiting the places you acquire your supplies always helps me get the clear picture for my pantry laid out. Good Luck!!!
I am often sick, and are getting a new hip in less then 5 weeks, so I have been nesting like for a baby, but with food, toiletries and so on for the long winter months with a new hip. I do not have a storage room, so I use what ever place I can do. I am in the hospital now, and had to had an extra visit to me regular GP since he knows my lungs the best and even with pneumonia I grab some good deals one tea at the store before going back to the hospital and yes the tea will be with me until I am going home next week and the real “nesting” for the winter starts, so thank you for sharing! Love from Johanne, Norway
I'm into Scientific Processes and Organization, can be boiled down to Henry Ford's Method of Assembly Line. 1) I would put all your small appliances in the upstairs pantry closet with the light weighted least used on the top shelf. Bring them all upstairs to the kitchen work area. No one want to be running up and down for making an occasional bowl of Ice Cream. 2) Put heavy small appliances on the floor with the least used to the corner on the right. No use opening both doors each time you go into the closet pantry. Keep the most used on the left near the mop/broom. 3) I had my electrician put a wall plug about 4 1/2 feet off the floor then put one of those long narrow Mail basket with key hooks above the plugs for a Charging Station near the backdoor in the kitchen. Plug the phones in and drop them in the basket. Ends the eyes glued to the phones in the house. 4) I hate dangling cords, so picked up Velco Cord ties from the Office Supply store to keep the cords coiled up and neat. 5) Office Supply stores are a wealth of canvas totes, filing containers & boxes, etc. for storing loose items like drink mixes, gravy/sauces, small snack and bars, etc. 6) Put the Tupperware to use before you have bugs getting into your "stuff". You can order Diatomaceous Earth online. Just sprinkle a small amount in the bottom of clear plastic tubs or sealable pails/buckets to store boxed goods in with herb packets to discourage bugs & oxygen desiccant packs for long term storage. 7) I keep reusable shopping bags on a hook in my basement pantry for shopping trip. Makes it easier to do a weekend's worth on menus in one trip. Saving me time, steps and energy for family and myself. To maximize the space, T shelves out from the wall into the room two deep between each current shelf. You could increase your shelf space easily to 15-16 of the silver heavy duty shelves. The lightweight shelf could be moved away from the furnace and used strictly for paper goods. You're doing great with the oldest first out system and having good shelves. Told you I was obsessive of wasted space, steps and. energy, it's all Henry Ford's fault. Lol
I would kill for that pantry! Mine isn’t even a fourth the size of yours. I am currently binge watching as many of your episodes as I can find. So hooked on these!! They’re fun and informative, I love your style and your family (especially the youngest boy who likes to photobomb and is so adorable) and they help to keep my mind off what is currently going on in our world. Thanks for making these videos and keep up the great work!!
Got a freestanding pantry next to fridge. With bxs of cereal,crackers, cookies on that cabinet & fridge. Got couple of shelves of nonperishables in the laundry closet. Got the yard sale chest freezer. Hoarders unite! We will never have empty cupboards! And the toilet paper (2 family size. 30 roll pkg) on top of a shelving unit in my master bath. For a2 person household. And 4 cats--2 BIG ngs for them, 5 BIG bgs for the feral cat colony. (18 months to get all those beggars fixed. Saved by Grace [charity that helps fixes cats]).
Its not too much ifou are using and eating the items. My ultimate goal is to have a 3 to 6 month working pantry and 1 year long term storge. I had back problems and surgery several years ago and our pantry reduced the costs and stress during that hard time.. Not to be judgey, just sharing my exlerience, I find when I mix different types of things on the shelves it makes it look cluttery and out of control, I think if you would organize like things together it wouldnt feel too much, this tip helped my pantry to work better and be much easier to see what we had and what was needed. You are doing great for your family thanks for sharing
New to your channel. Not sure if you have mentioned this in another video... I highly recommend putting an alarm on your 8 year old chest freezer. That way, when it does breakdown you don't lose all of that valuable meet. Can you can pick up an alarm for extremely cheap on Amazon. Love your youtube channel!
You could still turn that room into an office or bedroom. You’d just have to get creative with a portable partition wall or curtain or something. And one tip.... you might consider storing your fresh Milled flour in the freezer to reduce mineral oxidation, etc. or grind it more frequently. Love your channel!!
i used to love coming home from school in the fall. my mother would make concord grape jelly and can tomato juice. nothing better...she would make chili from the tomato jiuce...yum!!
It is myself & 19yr old daughter whom is only here for a couple meals a week' I shop "only" for what I need, no stockpiles at all !!! Shopping every 2 weeks. For families of 5 or more I can understand why stocked on basics but anymore than that/ or excessive I dont understand, dont see the savings except when you get it totally free- each to what works for you.😉🇨🇦
Please consider putting your milled wheat flour in the freezer. The oils start going rancid in about 72 hours. I was a Bosch and Nutramill distributor for many years! So glad you make your familie fresh baked bread!!!!
Nope it’s not too much. We just moved to my husbands Grandparents farm house. It has a big pantry room. A smaller pantry, and a cellar. We are planning on having a full working pantry that can last us up to a year at any given time. Plus store some longer term foods that can last for years. We raise all of our own meat. Plus a decent sized garden that we can our own produce from.
I love seeing other people’s pantries! I use the dead space that is over the stairs to the basement as my pantry, my husband put shelves and a light that automatically goes on when I open the door. It’s got weird angles but works well. It’s not in the kitchen but close. I also have our old fridge and a chest freezer plus more shelves for storage in our unfinished basement. My biggest problem is mice, yes we have a cat, sealed the foundation and set up traps everywhere 🐭😻😩. To be frugal, I shop once a month but I also keep my eye open to grocery loss leader sales and stock up when able. It’s just my husband and I, but we’re cutting back on eating out and I have our kids and their families over so I cook quite a bit and enjoy it.
I am so envious of all your storage! We dont have a lot of pantry space so we can only have what we can fit in a double cupboard, a small fridge and a tiny freezer but it can be a hassle constantly having to stock up on frozen and non-perishable items on a monthly or weekly basis.
Ugh. My utility room is like this too! Not exactly the same problem - my HVAC and water heater are on the same side of the room, but the way they did the pipes, electrical, and sump pump means the room can’t be finished. I wouldn’t care except that’s where our washer/dryer are and I hate doing laundry in the dungeon. We live in a townhouse so space is so precious that it makes me mad they couldn’t have designed it better!
beatriz aceiton me either - just sniffing it will tell you if it's bad:). Last year I got 12 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats from my local Freecycle group because it was slightly expired. It was delicious:). I do write the dates on my the side of my stockpile cereal and try to eat the oldest first.
watch put for foods that have gone rancid. Not good for your body. Today I cooked some rolled oats and put some organic coconut cream in & some grass-fed butter and crushed fresh blueberries in it only to find out that it smelled rancid after it was cooked. I should've smelled it before. Garbage now. 😥 Most shelf foods are good years later. The rolled oats were from a Whole foods bulk bin in a big Ball glass jar with no date🤦🏻♀️
I’m trying not to stockpile anything these days, just using up what we have and replacing only as necessary. Also trying to stay out of the warehouse stores and buy reasonable quantities. It’s just my husband and I now and my hoarding habits from having all the kids and their friends in the house all the time have caused me to feel anxious when the shelves aren’t overflowing, but I’m getting better.
I mainly stock pile in the winter because we live 20 minutes from town in the middle of nowhere. I think it is fantastic to have a stock pile. love these videos
If you were going to finish the basement you could move either the water heaters or the furnace to the other side. My brother-in-law moved his furnace himself because it was right in the middle of the room (talk about dumb placement), and he's not a tradesman or anything. The hard part would probably be moving the drain. I agree it should have been planned that way in the first place, but I think most people have a lot more junk that they need a big storage room for! I'm guessing you store holiday decorations elsewhere...
Hi 👋 used to stock pile and coupon . But it got so that I had bought more then I could use up in a good amount of time . So I now shop by the week . So mush easer for me to keep track of . And I save more money for my family I feel . But your stock pile looks just fine . If it works for you then please go with it . It just wasn’t my thing . But I still use my coupons . They really do help . And I now have a smaller stock pile I can better handle . And food doesn’t go to waste for us . Nice meeting you good site you have . Take care , Sharon , ps it’s my moms site mine is down . ☺️👍👌
I have a pantry that is the size of a regular small closet. Originally it had the wire shelves in it and the plastic clips broke. My husband put in wood shelves and made them deeper so they hold more food. Still not able to get my whole stockpile in there. I store my grain buckets under the pool table. I am putting a large pantry at the top of my desire list when we buy another homestead to move to in a few years.
Bet your enjoying g your new fridge . We have 3 freezers , we are a hunting family and I am from a farming family . Our old chest freezer was from my first husbands mom n dad and we passed it on , it’s still running and they bought it in the 1970’s . I bought stand up freezer that it NOT frost free as if storing meat your freezer needs to be one you defrost as frost free will dedicate your meat ect .
Me too. One side of my pantry is Things: mixers, fryers, blenders, etc. No food on those shelves. The other, larger side is food. No things. Well, mostly anyway. LOL
Having food storage is so important to me. I have two very large freezers that are full! We raise our own beef and pork so that helps. I also have a large storage area where I stock up on so many things. My husband gets overtime in the summer and so I take advantage of the extra money and stock up. Once the OT is done my grocery budget is reduced a lot. It's so comforting to know that in an emergency my family is not going to go hungry.
I love how stocked up you are! I love to have things on hand and not have to run to the store for each little thing. How is Hailey doing? Is her schedule still as crazy or is it a bit better now? Congrats on the new subscribers!
I keep coming back to watch your videos more than any other channel because you keep it real. Love your storage areas. We don’t have a basement here in TX so our hot water heater is in the garage. My pantry is teeny tiny so I don’t stockpile too much.
Nice. I love to stock up and have things on hand. A storage room is very important. Yes I do have a one, and it helps a lot with grocery bills when we really need to stick to our budget. Thanks for sharing. ❤🙏
I just scored my own Amana freezer to go with the Amana fridge I already had (which, long story short, we ended up getting free)! We paid $50 for our freezer and it's smaller than yours, but it's just my husband and I so I'm still thrilled! 😊
WOW thats alot of stuff.Maybe if you organised it like items together,for example all appliances on one shelf,all pasta together etc.That way it would look and function better.Also you would see at a glance what you need to buy for certain recipes.Just a thought,I am a bit OCD when it comes to organisation.We only have a small 2 door pantry,and it really holds very little.Consequently we use a spare wardrobe in the guest bedroom for overflow grocerys and soda and toilet paper.
Christine I love your videos. It has helped me during quarantine to feel like I am connected to people because I can visit you and your wonderful family. I love your frugal meal ideas and challenges. You have inspired me to create meals from my stocked big pantry like yours and my two freezers and a chest freezer. This video as inspired me to organize more efficiently. Thank you for sharing. Regards Paula
I enjoy these kind of videos where you can see storage. There are lots of creative ideas in them. I also think most homes have a strange room that you just look at it and say "whaaaaaaat." It makes no sense. The wasted space. Lol. 🤣😂
I stockpile in my pantry and the garage I have the same shelves like you from Costco a whole long wall full of them. It’s wonderful that you have all that food I’m the same way we also have a big stand up freezer in our garage that I got 10 years ago from my friend for $100 it’s full.
At certain times of the year I would stock up for about a year. Fall was pasta, sauce and canned veggies. Late fall/winter baking goods. Spring eggs & dairy. I kept a price book of the 3 local grocery store costs and would make notes on rock bottom prices. One year all the pasta (except lasagna) was free. There was a blinkie machine that gave out coupons that made the pasta free at food lion. We ate around sales. I had recipes covering most possibilities. Egg at .65-.75 a dozen meant quiche, egg based casseroles, upside down breakfast. Kellogg’s had a promotion that paid me to buy Raisin Bran cereal. The food bank got over hundred boxes, lol. Since it can be tedious I turned it into a game, a competition, me against the store. And eventually me outdoing my best.
Mary Lober , my apologies, an upside down breakfast just means breakfast food for dinner. So, scrambled eggs, bacon and toast for dinner as an example. Or pancakes/syrup, eggs or eggs with potatoes/onions from the oven, quiche. Meats are optional if you haven’t got them at a rock bottom price.
I do have some stupid layout stuff in my house. My kitchen floorspace is huge, but it's not designed efficiently so we basically have a whole lot of floor, no counter space, and very little cupboard space. The pantry is in the basement under the stairs, which is a good use of the space under the stairs but kind of silly considering the size of the kitchen. Our laundry room is also huge and connected to one large den/living room when the space could have easily been a small laundry room, den, and a bedroom if it weren't such a weird layout.
You could make better use of the mechanical room by putting more shelving back to back so you can store more preps. All you need is enough room to walk between the shelving; it looks like you could probably get at least another 6+ units in there. Also, you might want to get some drywall up on that ceiling AND put your dry goods into plastic bins, to protect your food from insects and rodents. All commercial food has insect eggs and they will hatch at some point and start eating the food they are in; they can decimate a bag of rice or wheat pretty fast. I recommend you dry can or vacuum seal your rice, beans, pasta, cereals, cookies, protein bars, etc. in glass mason jars. I haven't seen your videos before so please forgive my comments if you are fairly new to prepping...but you really don't have enough food there to sustain your family in a SHTF scenario (other than meat, but if the grid goes down, you won't have that very long). You want to have enough for everyone for at least 1-2 years; more if possible...and lots of water as well.
You may want to start canning some of the beef so that it does not get freezer burn. I just canned some of my beef in pints and they came out so yummy, though I did pre-season with onion flakes, bouillon, garlic and ginger.
We stockpile all the time. Love saving money on everyday items. We recently just did a huge overhaul of our stockpile storage area and looking for new ways to reorganize. Great video! New subscriber here!
Enjoyed the video. We have a stall in the barn that used to be the tack room where I stockpile food, home canned stuff, etc. I also have a shelf that has wheels in one of the spare bedrooms along with the closet that I store those things I use more often, appliances etc. I need to organize all of it though. I have a hard time finding things and end up going to store to get what I think I am missing and then find it later when looking for something else, ugh!
I had a small apartment. With a.small everything So in 1 corner I keep all my food. In beens. But.sorry,, i love your pantry. I only watch Pantry makeovers. Have a blessed day.
We used to stockpile, but now that we're in an apartment there's just no room for it. I do my best, but once you get to two weeks of groceries there's almost no space left (and only 1 freezer is super limiting). On badly designed spaces, when I was a teenager we moved into a house that had a hallway that split in a Y shape. This meant we had a linen closet that was triangular and half of the double vanity in the bathroom was unusable because the wall cut at an angle in front of it.
I wish I had such a big pantry and so much storage space! My mom is a genius at saving money and storing stuff just like you... but I moved away recently and I have to limit myself to my kitchen cabinets and a 27 gallon freezer for long term storing. :(
I don't have space. My house is tiny, I mean that doesn't stop me though! 😆 I have a small shelf under the kitchen table that I use for additional storage.
Our house came with a linen closet and no pantry. So the linen closet in the hallway became a pantry and I put 2 sets of shelves in a spare bedroom for “stock”
I am just watching this video now. I guess it nearly empty after all :) May be you can show it again , kind of "during coronavirus " . By the way if you keep all appliance on one side or on one shelf it will look better. Or you can give them to someone who will use them everyday :) Small similar products can be kept in box . And it same boxes it will look more organised . For baking in one place , ....
I do the same. If it's a extreme deal I dont worry how much I get. I try to keep aware of dates and send things to the food pantry as needed. I think I've had at least 200 boxes of cereal at one point. Excessive? Gotta live my life with 12 daycare children at times.
My pantry is similar to yours I have a family of four and I shot the sales and I restock the pantry and use what I have. I only do grocery shopping once every 2 to 3 weeks. it used to be two weeks on clockwork but lately I've been trying to push it an extra week just to use up some stuff that we have
YES! There's more than one dumb thing here (mostly all in the DIY basement the people made and then sat the house on top of it!), but one that drives me crazy is that they built the small food storage room around the huge chest freezer, and the door is narrow like a closet doorway. So if/when the chest freezer dies, too bad - it will be stuck in that room forever because it's too wide to get out of the doorway! 🤣
My 1st time watching you. I dont think you are crazy at all. I like to can/ freeze when i have the time. One thing I noticed was your vanilla!! So easy to make!! Cost some money to make. Vanilla beans are expensive now but so worth it and not all the junk in it. Just 2 ingredients vanilla beans and vodka. I bought my beans from Amazon they were Madagascar beans. And buy cheap vodka, it has to be 80 proof. You have canning jars fill them with the beans then fill with vodka. Let it sit for atleast 3 months, longer if you can. Shake once a week! It never expires and taste great and you know what is in it. If you have a brown jar or bottle use that and keep it in a dark place. Thats it enjoy!!
I absolutely love your pantry and stock pike room. I have a pantry room, but the layout is horrible. My other stuff lives in multiple different areas of the house. Always love watching your videos. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
That's a good idea haveing ur phones charge in there cuz. Think of this. Some one comes in break in kids home alone or u. An scared. Run to pantry close door call cops hide out. They not going to look in there if they didnt see u go in there put a lock on the door knob. Like a safe room til help comes
Hi l am a newbie and I have just watched you organise your pantry because you said that a subscriber told you how to do it. I must say that I love the way the organised one looks. Since you did ask for suggestions in the future video about places to organise l would say that the OCD me is wondering why you have boxes of clothes everywhere? How do you know where to find what you need in a hurry? I wou suggest arranging stuff on the shelves according to type, like shelf one and two food and within that all the same type of food together like you did with your cereal. Like grains, cans, pasta, etc. Shelf 3,would be appliances and camping stuff , and other technology and technical stuff and finally shelf 4 clothes and gifts and bedding. BTW l love your chanel
You should try to organize things into section and take the clothes and put them all together in one spot. I don’t know how you keep tract of what is where?
I am loving the homemade jams you brought me! The peach pit one is my fav tho. Also yes we have a huge bedroom down stairs that I wish they had cut in half and done another full bathroom! So much space downstairs and i have 1 dinky bathroom....and I have all my food/stockpiles spread out in 4/5 different areas because my pantry is a joke.
Very nice we don't have the room to stock pile like that 762 sq foot house but I do have a small built in pantry in my basement which is stocked to the gill with "canned goods" and I keep going lol! I do have a large shelf of commercially canned foods in a different area of my basement. Cereal we aren't big on have a few boxes but.. here is important one I store all my cereals and grains in glass jars due to the occassional mouse that gets in the house we even had a raccoon get in a broken window pane in the basement.. thank goodness I found the little guy right away before he did any damage. We won't go in to how we got him out but he was not harmed just scared and ran back out the window he came in.. that window has since been replaced with a glass block window. Love seeing your storage areas I too have a lot of kitchen toys and way too many clothes which we are purging now as we change seasons. Anna In Ohio.
I recently “discovered” your channel. I love seeing what other people do to buy, organize, cook, etc. I don’t think you buy or have too much. A busy life requires that you make the most of the time you have. Cutting down on going to the grocery store not only saves time, but money. I’m just wondering why you don’t keep all like items together? I even alphabetize things so that I know exactly where something is in my pantries. My herbs & spices are alphabetical. I hate having to waste time looking for something & by keeping it alphabetical, I know right where to look.
I should do a video tour of my pantry and storageI'm currently taking our front closet and putting shelves in it to bring up most of my food storage upstairs instead of in the basement and then using the shelves in the basement for storage of things.
I wish i had room to stock some. We just moved in July & this new house has no storage. Theres a few cupboards which we keep dishes in but there isnt a pantry. We bought a buffet to house food in and i have 1 cupboard for food. We stopped keeping a ton of cangoods for this reason and have just been buying what we need for the upcoming week. I like it but I hate it lol
I dont stock pile at all , only my son & I My neighbor stock piles a ton !! But she never remembers to switch the older food forward & LOTS goes to garbage
We have a nice sized pantry but not big enough for a stockpile. We do have a garage with a fridge and freezer but they dont have a ton of room left. But that being said, I could make dinners out of what we have and not have to spend much during the week, except that my husband and toddler drink at least a gallon each of milk per week, sometimes more 🙈
Love the video. I guessed about 50 boxes of cereal. :) I have a storage room which is a spare bedroom I use for my stockpile room. We have 3 freezers, so we could go about 4 or 5 months with shopping, except for milk, eggs, butter few fresh items. Even stocked on toilet paper and paper towels that will last a few months too. Laundry detergent and dish soap and dryer sheets we could go for months too. Shampoos and soaps and things like that too. I use to be big into couponing, so I stocked up before my husband and I retired, that way we have plenty as we have a fixed income now. :) Thanks so much for sharing.
Amana... We got a washer&dryer pair of that brand in 2000. The dryer died 5years ago, and the washing machine just stopped working right last year 19yEARS!!! Amana must last a while. Lol
This is absolutely normal to me. I’m a stockpiler, gardener, and a canner, too! It’s come in handy, and downright necessary on multiple occasions. I’m thankful to have a good sized utility/laundry/pantry room in the basement. I just wish the ductwork didn’t brush my head all the time. I’m only 5’4”!!! Stupid old houses 🙄
Love your stockpile!! I'm a stockpiler too...My kitchen is small with not much cabinet space, I have a BIG pantry in my basement kinda like yours. I could probably go 4 weeks without going to grocery lol.....
I wish I had that much storage. I have no pantry, just one shelf unit in the cupboard under the stairs, everything else is in my kitchen cupboards. Kitchen . I have nowhere to store electrical stuff like food mixers etc
A couponing friend of mine told me that the difference between a hoard and a stockpile/food storage is dust. 😁 If your cans & boxes are covered in dust, you have a hoard because you’re not rotating the food and using it. The only exception is if you have long term food storage (stuff that lasts for 10+ years). If your food storage is a working/rotating deal, you’re good. 👍🏼
How do you get food products to last 10+ years?
Jenifer Rogers Long term food storage items are usually sealed in #10 cans. Thrivelife.com is a company that specializes in this, but there are a lot of other companies that have similar items. Augason Farms and Mountain House are 2 that come to mind.👍🏼
@@jenr8049 Dry canning can save your beans and dry goods for long periods of time.
I like that!
My husband surprised me with a deep freezer in the garage! I absolutely LOVE it! I don't think you stock pile too much, especially since you do live in one of those bitter cold and snowy states. It's smart to be prepared.
I believe everyone should have a well stocked pantry.
Love this. And even as the kids get older and move, they will come in and “shop” your stock piles. There isn’t a whole lot of potential for waste, more so if you watch the expiration dates and donate close to time and/or can and dehydrate any fresh or frozen items. Everyone complains about the woman who carries the huge purse until they need something out of it! Kudos on the preparedness.
Lol. When I moved out over a decade ago my mom bought me a lot of groceries and home items like broom, cleaning supplies, garbage can... well stocked kitchen was the best gift she could have given me since she bought me things I never would have never guessed at 22 I needed, like a colander or a potato peeler.
I am well prepared and well stocked but always hav3 been it’s not because of Covid. I have two 700L Chest Freezers, nicknamed the coffins, plus the freezer section below my fridge. My pantry is full and one side, five shelves, in my linen closet. I do use and rotate all the time plus I’m quite often the supermarket for my grown kids and wouldn’t have things any other way.mi bake bread, kids tell me when their coming over and I bake bread for them too, I have large storage air tight bins with bread flour, rice, sugar, rolled oats and milk,powder in. It works for us and we never have waste and I’m constantly buy vacuum sealer rolls for my FoodSaver.
"We are a judge free zone on this channel" 😂😂😂😂Love it.
We have a deep freeze and a decent sized pantry. I bought a plastic rack from home depot when I was pregnant with my first child and stocked it with baby food and other essentials. It's now holding crayons, kitchen appliances, etc. You have really inspired and helped me shop and cook smarter.2 weeks ago, I bought freezer friendly Tupperware and started making double and triple batches of stuff. Making lunch size portions for me and my girls to freeze. They are on fall break this week, which I didn't think about.. but it's a total blessing. We will have yummy and quick lunch options available.
Its not hoarding, traditionally families had way more food put away in their pantries, just had less appliances.
It's just my husband and I. The kids are grown. I've helped our kids with food rather than giving them money during tough times.
Now, I'm so happy I had extra since the stay home. Yes. Grocery shopping to top up. Grateful for like minded people.
My husband built us a huge pantry and we definitely stockpile !!! We are a family of 10 so shopping sales is a great way to save
Im nosey but I can't help myself.This lady is amazing,we have a stockpile enough for up to three months.Family of 11, monthly grocery budget is$300.Amazing you are!
I have seen emaculate pantry tours. You and I both know that after many YTers make theor pantry videos the pantry doesn't stay perfect! Lol Thanks for sharing. I like your videos because you are not fake. That is awesome how much beef you have!
I think it is so smart to stockpile. It completely helps with staying on budget. Love the video!
It took me 15 years to train my husband about food storage. He's finally gotten on board now that we gave friends who raise beef and lamb and goat and that hunt.
Found you last night I’ve watched so much in that time. I’m from Glasgow and love to see how other people get thru their day. I love to cook and feed everyone. I’m mum to 3 adults and nana to 7 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. X
Love this. We downsized recently and moved to a warmer climate, which has been great in many ways, but we lost soooo much storage in the process. We used to have a pantry very similar to yours. I didn't realize how much I relied on my oversized garage, large pantry, and basement. Lots of nice weather and neighborhood amenities, but no basements in Florida. Now we have our extra food shoved into bags in my bedroom closet because our pantry is literally only about 15 inches wide, haha.
Stephanie Giese no basements in Oklahoma either unless you want a musty smelling house. I’m from Kansas so girl I feel your pain!!!
Think Butler's Pantry for organization. All appliances together from top to bottom not across a shelf. Do the same for Canning supplies. Then visit the grocery's baking isle great layout design. Visiting the places you acquire your supplies always helps me get the clear picture for my pantry laid out. Good Luck!!!
I envy everyone who have a pantry. I don't have the space for it. Loved this video. Thank you!
I am often sick, and are getting a new hip in less then 5 weeks, so I have been nesting like for a baby, but with food, toiletries and so on for the long winter months with a new hip. I do not have a storage room, so I use what ever place I can do. I am in the hospital now, and had to had an extra visit to me regular GP since he knows my lungs the best and even with pneumonia I grab some good deals one tea at the store before going back to the hospital and yes the tea will be with me until I am going home next week and the real “nesting” for the winter starts, so thank you for sharing! Love from Johanne, Norway
Good luck on the surgery!
I'm into Scientific Processes and Organization, can be boiled down to Henry Ford's Method of Assembly Line.
1) I would put all your small appliances in the upstairs pantry closet with the light weighted least used on the top shelf. Bring them all upstairs to the kitchen work area. No one want to be running up and down for making an occasional bowl of Ice Cream.
2) Put heavy small appliances on the floor with the least used to the corner on the right. No use opening both doors each time you go into the closet pantry. Keep the most used on the left near the mop/broom.
3) I had my electrician put a wall plug about 4 1/2 feet off the floor then put one of those long narrow Mail basket with key hooks above the plugs for a Charging Station near the backdoor in the kitchen. Plug the phones in and drop them in the basket. Ends the eyes glued to the phones in the house.
4) I hate dangling cords, so picked up Velco Cord ties from the Office Supply store to keep the cords coiled up and neat.
5) Office Supply stores are a wealth of canvas totes, filing containers & boxes, etc. for storing loose items like drink mixes, gravy/sauces, small snack and bars, etc.
6) Put the Tupperware to use before you have bugs getting into your "stuff".
You can order Diatomaceous Earth online. Just sprinkle a small amount in the bottom of clear plastic tubs or sealable pails/buckets to store boxed goods in with herb packets to discourage bugs & oxygen desiccant packs for long term storage.
7) I keep reusable shopping bags on a hook in my basement pantry for shopping trip. Makes it easier to do a weekend's worth on menus in one trip. Saving me time, steps and energy for family and myself.
To maximize the space, T shelves out from the wall into the room two deep between each current shelf. You could increase your shelf space easily to 15-16 of the silver heavy duty shelves.
The lightweight shelf could be moved away from the furnace and used strictly for paper goods.
You're doing great with the oldest first out system and having good shelves.
Told you I was obsessive of wasted space, steps and. energy, it's all Henry Ford's fault. Lol
Susan Schneider-Baker this is an AMAZING list! Thanks for the time you put into this.
I love these kinds of videos. I don't know why. Maybe I'm just nosey. ❤
You and me both!
Jessy Boo I'm nosey...she's amazing.
Haha me too!
Yep! I am nosy too😄
Right... I’m like...open the door, open the door...lol
I would kill for that pantry! Mine isn’t even a fourth the size of yours. I am currently binge watching as many of your episodes as I can find. So hooked on these!! They’re fun and informative, I love your style and your family (especially the youngest boy who likes to photobomb and is so adorable) and they help to keep my mind off what is currently going on in our world. Thanks for making these videos and keep up the great work!!
I use my forth bedroom closet for a pantry. When I shop , I look for deals . I mainly shop for milk, bread and orange juice every week.
Got a freestanding pantry next to fridge. With bxs of cereal,crackers, cookies on that cabinet & fridge. Got couple of shelves of nonperishables in the laundry closet. Got the yard sale chest freezer.
Hoarders unite! We will never have empty cupboards!
And the toilet paper (2 family size. 30 roll pkg) on top of a shelving unit in my master bath. For a2 person household. And 4 cats--2 BIG ngs for them, 5 BIG bgs for the feral cat colony. (18 months to get all those beggars fixed. Saved by Grace [charity that helps fixes cats]).
Its not too much ifou are using and eating the items. My ultimate goal is to have a 3 to 6 month working pantry and 1 year long term storge. I had back problems and surgery several years ago and our pantry reduced the costs and stress during that hard time.. Not to be judgey, just sharing my exlerience, I find when I mix different types of things on the shelves it makes it look cluttery and out of control, I think if you would organize like things together it wouldnt feel too much, this tip helped my pantry to work better and be much easier to see what we had and what was needed. You are doing great for your family thanks for sharing
New to your channel. Not sure if you have mentioned this in another video... I highly recommend putting an alarm on your 8 year old chest freezer. That way, when it does breakdown you don't lose all of that valuable meet. Can you can pick up an alarm for extremely cheap on Amazon. Love your youtube channel!
You could still turn that room into an office or bedroom. You’d just have to get creative with a portable partition wall or curtain or something. And one tip.... you might consider storing your fresh Milled flour in the freezer to reduce mineral oxidation, etc. or grind it more frequently. Love your channel!!
I think this is amazing! Good for you for being smart about food storage! I turned a spare room into my pantry room.
i used to love coming home from school in the fall. my mother would make concord grape jelly and can tomato juice. nothing better...she would make chili from the tomato jiuce...yum!!
I haven't seen a wheat grinder since I was a kid in Utah. Thanks for the memories!
It is myself & 19yr old daughter whom is only here for a couple meals a week' I shop "only" for what I need, no stockpiles at all !!! Shopping every 2 weeks. For families of 5 or more I can understand why stocked on basics but anymore than that/ or excessive I dont understand, dont see the savings except when you get it totally free- each to what works for you.😉🇨🇦
Please consider putting your milled wheat flour in the freezer. The oils start going rancid in about 72 hours. I was a Bosch and Nutramill distributor for many years! So glad you make your familie fresh baked bread!!!!
Nope it’s not too much. We just moved to my husbands Grandparents farm house. It has a big pantry room. A smaller pantry, and a cellar. We are planning on having a full working pantry that can last us up to a year at any given time. Plus store some longer term foods that can last for years. We raise all of our own meat. Plus a decent sized garden that we can our own produce from.
hello is it me youre looking for - honestly we are farmers and it’s just a way of life for us.
I love seeing other people’s pantries! I use the dead space that is over the stairs to the basement as my pantry, my husband put shelves and a light that automatically goes on when I open the door. It’s got weird angles but works well. It’s not in the kitchen but close. I also have our old fridge and a chest freezer plus more shelves for storage in our unfinished basement. My biggest problem is mice, yes we have a cat, sealed the foundation and set up traps everywhere 🐭😻😩. To be frugal, I shop once a month but I also keep my eye open to grocery loss leader sales and stock up when able. It’s just my husband and I, but we’re cutting back on eating out and I have our kids and their families over so I cook quite a bit and enjoy it.
I am so envious of all your storage! We dont have a lot of pantry space so we can only have what we can fit in a double cupboard, a small fridge and a tiny freezer but it can be a hassle constantly having to stock up on frozen and non-perishable items on a monthly or weekly basis.
Ugh. My utility room is like this too! Not exactly the same problem - my HVAC and water heater are on the same side of the room, but the way they did the pipes, electrical, and sump pump means the room can’t be finished. I wouldn’t care except that’s where our washer/dryer are and I hate doing laundry in the dungeon. We live in a townhouse so space is so precious that it makes me mad they couldn’t have designed it better!
One day I ate a cereal dated 2017 on 2019, and I'm perfectly fine. I just don't pay attention to the date.❤🇨🇦❤
beatriz aceiton me either - just sniffing it will tell you if it's bad:). Last year I got 12 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats from my local Freecycle group because it was slightly expired. It was delicious:). I do write the dates on my the side of my stockpile cereal and try to eat the oldest first.
watch put for foods that have gone rancid. Not good for your body. Today I cooked some rolled oats and put some organic coconut cream in & some grass-fed butter and crushed fresh blueberries in it only to find out that it smelled rancid after it was cooked. I should've smelled it before. Garbage now. 😥 Most shelf foods are good years later. The rolled oats were from a Whole foods bulk bin in a big Ball glass jar with no date🤦🏻♀️
Some stuff you can eat even after the used by date, they're just not as good as before.
I’m trying not to stockpile anything these days, just using up what we have and replacing only as necessary. Also trying to stay out of the warehouse stores and buy reasonable quantities. It’s just my husband and I now and my hoarding habits from having all the kids and their friends in the house all the time have caused me to feel anxious when the shelves aren’t overflowing, but I’m getting better.
I mainly stock pile in the winter because we live 20 minutes from town in the middle of nowhere. I think it is fantastic to have a stock pile. love these videos
If you were going to finish the basement you could move either the water heaters or the furnace to the other side. My brother-in-law moved his furnace himself because it was right in the middle of the room (talk about dumb placement), and he's not a tradesman or anything. The hard part would probably be moving the drain. I agree it should have been planned that way in the first place, but I think most people have a lot more junk that they need a big storage room for! I'm guessing you store holiday decorations elsewhere...
Hi 👋 used to stock pile and coupon . But it got so that I had bought more then I could use up in a good amount of time . So I now shop by the week . So mush easer for me to keep track of . And I save more money for my family I feel . But your stock pile looks just fine . If it works for you then please go with it . It just wasn’t my thing . But I still use my coupons . They really do help . And I now have a smaller stock pile I can better handle . And food doesn’t go to waste for us . Nice meeting you good site you have . Take care , Sharon , ps it’s my moms site mine is down . ☺️👍👌
I have a pantry that is the size of a regular small closet. Originally it had the wire shelves in it and the plastic clips broke. My husband put in wood shelves and made them deeper so they hold more food. Still not able to get my whole stockpile in there. I store my grain buckets under the pool table. I am putting a large pantry at the top of my desire list when we buy another homestead to move to in a few years.
Bet your enjoying g your new fridge . We have 3 freezers , we are a hunting family and I am from a farming family .
Our old chest freezer was from my first husbands mom n dad and we passed it on , it’s still running and they bought it in the 1970’s . I bought stand up freezer that it NOT frost free as if storing meat your freezer needs to be one you defrost as frost free will dedicate your meat ect .
The OCD part of me wants to put all of your small appliances on 1 shelf. No judging, I'm just crazy.
LOL! I want to make it better, but the ones I use all the time are lower and the ones I don't use often are on top. :)
Me too. One side of my pantry is Things: mixers, fryers, blenders, etc. No food on those shelves. The other, larger side is food. No things. Well, mostly anyway. LOL
Hey, who wants to be sane. Embrace it like the rest of us. Sane is boring.
Same
@@twoplustwo07 yeah but sane keeps you out of the hospital.
Having food storage is so important to me. I have two very large freezers that are full! We raise our own beef and pork so that helps. I also have a large storage area where I stock up on so many things. My husband gets overtime in the summer and so I take advantage of the extra money and stock up. Once the OT is done my grocery budget is reduced a lot. It's so comforting to know that in an emergency my family is not going to go hungry.
I love how stocked up you are! I love to have things on hand and not have to run to the store for each little thing. How is Hailey doing? Is her schedule still as crazy or is it a bit better now? Congrats on the new subscribers!
Volleyball ended last week so it's better! We are just finishing up drivers ed now.
You have no idea how excited and happy this video made me
I keep coming back to watch your videos more than any other channel because you keep it real. Love your storage areas. We don’t have a basement here in TX so our hot water heater is in the garage. My pantry is teeny tiny so I don’t stockpile too much.
Nice. I love to stock up and have things on hand. A storage room is very important. Yes I do have a one, and it helps a lot with grocery bills when we really need to stick to our budget.
Thanks for sharing.
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I just scored my own Amana freezer to go with the Amana fridge I already had (which, long story short, we ended up getting free)! We paid $50 for our freezer and it's smaller than yours, but it's just my husband and I so I'm still thrilled! 😊
WOW thats alot of stuff.Maybe if you organised it like items together,for example all appliances on one shelf,all pasta together etc.That way it would look and function better.Also you would see at a glance what you need to buy for certain recipes.Just a thought,I am a bit OCD when it comes to organisation.We only have a small 2 door pantry,and it really holds very little.Consequently we use a spare wardrobe in the guest bedroom for overflow grocerys and soda and toilet paper.
Christine I love your videos. It has helped me during quarantine to feel like I am connected to people because I can visit you and your wonderful family. I love your frugal meal ideas and challenges. You have inspired me to create meals from my stocked big pantry like yours and my two freezers and a chest freezer. This video as inspired me to organize more efficiently. Thank you for sharing. Regards Paula
I enjoy these kind of videos where you can see storage. There are lots of creative ideas in them.
I also think most homes have a strange room that you just look at it and say "whaaaaaaat." It makes no sense. The wasted space. Lol. 🤣😂
What a great organized homemaker , wife , mother , wise woman🤩🤩
I stockpile in my pantry and the garage I have the same shelves like you from Costco a whole long wall full of them. It’s wonderful that you have all that food I’m the same way we also have a big stand up freezer in our garage that I got 10 years ago from my friend for $100 it’s full.
At certain times of the year I would stock up for about a year. Fall was pasta, sauce and canned veggies. Late fall/winter baking goods. Spring eggs & dairy. I kept a price book of the 3 local grocery store costs and would make notes on rock bottom prices. One year all the pasta (except lasagna) was free. There was a blinkie machine that gave out coupons that made the pasta free at food lion. We ate around sales. I had recipes covering most possibilities. Egg at .65-.75 a dozen meant quiche, egg based casseroles, upside down breakfast. Kellogg’s had a promotion that paid me to buy Raisin Bran cereal. The food bank got over hundred boxes, lol. Since it can be tedious I turned it into a game, a competition, me against the store. And eventually me outdoing my best.
Kenyon Bissett can I google upside down breakfast recipe?
Mary Lober , my apologies, an upside down breakfast just means breakfast food for dinner. So, scrambled eggs, bacon and toast for dinner as an example. Or pancakes/syrup, eggs or eggs with potatoes/onions from the oven, quiche. Meats are optional if you haven’t got them at a rock bottom price.
I do have some stupid layout stuff in my house. My kitchen floorspace is huge, but it's not designed efficiently so we basically have a whole lot of floor, no counter space, and very little cupboard space. The pantry is in the basement under the stairs, which is a good use of the space under the stairs but kind of silly considering the size of the kitchen. Our laundry room is also huge and connected to one large den/living room when the space could have easily been a small laundry room, den, and a bedroom if it weren't such a weird layout.
You could make better use of the mechanical room by putting more shelving back to back so you can store more preps. All you need is enough room to walk between the shelving; it looks like you could probably get at least another 6+ units in there. Also, you might want to get some drywall up on that ceiling AND put your dry goods into plastic bins, to protect your food from insects and rodents. All commercial food has insect eggs and they will hatch at some point and start eating the food they are in; they can decimate a bag of rice or wheat pretty fast. I recommend you dry can or vacuum seal your rice, beans, pasta, cereals, cookies, protein bars, etc. in glass mason jars. I haven't seen your videos before so please forgive my comments if you are fairly new to prepping...but you really don't have enough food there to sustain your family in a SHTF scenario (other than meat, but if the grid goes down, you won't have that very long). You want to have enough for everyone for at least 1-2 years; more if possible...and lots of water as well.
You may want to start canning some of the beef so that it does not get freezer burn. I just canned some of my beef in pints and they came out so yummy, though I did pre-season with onion flakes, bouillon, garlic and ginger.
We stockpile all the time. Love saving money on everyday items. We recently just did a huge overhaul of our stockpile storage area and looking for new ways to reorganize. Great video! New subscriber here!
Enjoyed the video. We have a stall in the barn that used to be the tack room where I stockpile food, home canned stuff, etc. I also have a shelf that has wheels in one of the spare bedrooms along with the closet that I store those things I use more often, appliances etc. I need to organize all of it though. I have a hard time finding things and end up going to store to get what I think I am missing and then find it later when looking for something else, ugh!
I had a small apartment. With a.small everything
So in 1 corner I keep all my food. In beens. But.sorry,, i love your pantry. I only watch
Pantry makeovers. Have a blessed day.
We used to stockpile, but now that we're in an apartment there's just no room for it. I do my best, but once you get to two weeks of groceries there's almost no space left (and only 1 freezer is super limiting).
On badly designed spaces, when I was a teenager we moved into a house that had a hallway that split in a Y shape. This meant we had a linen closet that was triangular and half of the double vanity in the bathroom was unusable because the wall cut at an angle in front of it.
I wish I had such a big pantry and so much storage space! My mom is a genius at saving money and storing stuff just like you... but I moved away recently and I have to limit myself to my kitchen cabinets and a 27 gallon freezer for long term storing. :(
I don't have space. My house is tiny, I mean that doesn't stop me though! 😆 I have a small shelf under the kitchen table that I use for additional storage.
Our house came with a linen closet and no pantry. So the linen closet in the hallway became a pantry and I put 2 sets of shelves in a spare bedroom for “stock”
Thanks for sharing would love to see you canning the jelly thanks again many blessings
I am just watching this video now. I guess it nearly empty after all :) May be you can show it again , kind of "during coronavirus " . By the way if you keep all appliance on one side or on one shelf it will look better. Or you can give them to someone who will use them everyday :) Small similar products can be kept in box . And it same boxes it will look more organised . For baking in one place , ....
Mmmm.....I want re - organize some stuff. As long as you know where everything is and works for you💜
I do the same. If it's a extreme deal I dont worry how much I get. I try to keep aware of dates and send things to the food pantry as needed. I think I've had at least 200 boxes of cereal at one point. Excessive? Gotta live my life with 12 daycare children at times.
My pantry is similar to yours I have a family of four and I shot the sales and I restock the pantry and use what I have. I only do grocery shopping once every 2 to 3 weeks. it used to be two weeks on clockwork but lately I've been trying to push it an extra week just to use up some stuff that we have
I’m sorry for your loss
YES! There's more than one dumb thing here (mostly all in the DIY basement the people made and then sat the house on top of it!), but one that drives me crazy is that they built the small food storage room around the huge chest freezer, and the door is narrow like a closet doorway. So if/when the chest freezer dies, too bad - it will be stuck in that room forever because it's too wide to get out of the doorway! 🤣
My 1st time watching you. I dont think you are crazy at all. I like to can/ freeze when i have the time.
One thing I noticed was your vanilla!! So easy to make!! Cost some money to make. Vanilla beans are expensive now but so worth it and not all the junk in it. Just 2 ingredients vanilla beans and vodka. I bought my beans from Amazon they were Madagascar beans. And buy cheap vodka, it has to be 80 proof. You have canning jars fill them with the beans then fill with vodka. Let it sit for atleast 3 months, longer if you can. Shake once a week! It never expires and taste great and you know what is in it. If you have a brown jar or bottle use that and keep it in a dark place. Thats it enjoy!!
Check out my most recent video, I just made vanilla in the instant pot!
I absolutely love your pantry and stock pike room. I have a pantry room, but the layout is horrible. My other stuff lives in multiple different areas of the house. Always love watching your videos. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
That's a good idea haveing ur phones charge in there cuz. Think of this. Some one comes in break in kids home alone or u. An scared. Run to pantry close door call cops hide out. They not going to look in there if they didnt see u go in there put a lock on the door knob. Like a safe room til help comes
Hi l am a newbie and I have just watched you organise your pantry because you said that a subscriber told you how to do it.
I must say that I love the way the organised one looks.
Since you did ask for suggestions in the future video about places to organise l would say that the OCD me is wondering why you have boxes of clothes everywhere? How do you know where to find what you need in a hurry?
I wou suggest arranging stuff on the shelves according to type, like shelf one and two food and within that all the same type of food together like you did with your cereal. Like grains, cans, pasta, etc.
Shelf 3,would be appliances and camping stuff , and other technology and technical stuff and finally shelf 4 clothes and gifts and bedding.
BTW l love your chanel
My condo has a huge pantry and I’m grateful to have the storage. I just need to organize it. I used to live in places with no pantry.
You should try to organize things into section and take the clothes and put them all together in one spot. I don’t know how you keep tract of what is where?
I am loving the homemade jams you brought me! The peach pit one is my fav tho. Also yes we have a huge bedroom down stairs that I wish they had cut in half and done another full bathroom! So much space downstairs and i have 1 dinky bathroom....and I have all my food/stockpiles spread out in 4/5 different areas because my pantry is a joke.
I love the peach pit one too!
It is always better to be prepared! I have no pantry. We use the spare bedroom
Very nice tour of storage very well done have a great week
Love it . . Yes my kids room could have been bigger bit they put a patio the apartment downstairs the patio is part of the room
Very nice we don't have the room to stock pile like that 762 sq foot house but I do have a small built in pantry in my basement which is stocked to the gill with "canned goods" and I keep going lol! I do have a large shelf of commercially canned foods in a different area of my basement. Cereal we aren't big on have a few boxes but.. here is important one I store all my cereals and grains in glass jars due to the occassional mouse that gets in the house we even had a raccoon get in a broken window pane in the basement.. thank goodness I found the little guy right away before he did any damage. We won't go in to how we got him out but he was not harmed just scared and ran back out the window he came in.. that window has since been replaced with a glass block window. Love seeing your storage areas I too have a lot of kitchen toys and way too many clothes which we are purging now as we change seasons. Anna In Ohio.
I so wished I lived closer.I would so offer to reorganize your spaces and make them flow better.
I love your stockpile.
I would accept that offer in a heartbeat!
I recently “discovered” your channel. I love seeing what other people do to buy, organize, cook, etc. I don’t think you buy or have too much. A busy life requires that you make the most of the time you have. Cutting down on going to the grocery store not only saves time, but money.
I’m just wondering why you don’t keep all like items together? I even alphabetize things so that I know exactly where something is in my pantries. My herbs & spices are alphabetical. I hate having to waste time looking for something & by keeping it alphabetical, I know right where to look.
I should do a video tour of my pantry and storageI'm currently taking our front closet and putting shelves in it to bring up most of my food storage upstairs instead of in the basement and then using the shelves in the basement for storage of things.
THIS IS AMAZING! I'm so glad I found your channel! I love every video I've watched so far!
Oh I would love to come organize your pantry and storage area! Love all your stuff I would just store a little differently.
I wish i had room to stock some. We just moved in July & this new house has no storage. Theres a few cupboards which we keep dishes in but there isnt a pantry. We bought a buffet to house food in and i have 1 cupboard for food. We stopped keeping a ton of cangoods for this reason and have just been buying what we need for the upcoming week. I like it but I hate it lol
I dont stock pile at all , only my son & I
My neighbor stock piles a ton !! But she never remembers to switch the older food forward & LOTS goes to garbage
We have a nice sized pantry but not big enough for a stockpile. We do have a garage with a fridge and freezer but they dont have a ton of room left. But that being said, I could make dinners out of what we have and not have to spend much during the week, except that my husband and toddler drink at least a gallon each of milk per week, sometimes more 🙈
Love the video. I guessed about 50 boxes of cereal. :) I have a storage room which is a spare bedroom I use for my stockpile room. We have 3 freezers, so we could go about 4 or 5 months with shopping, except for milk, eggs, butter few fresh items. Even stocked on toilet paper and paper towels that will last a few months too. Laundry detergent and dish soap and dryer sheets we could go for months too. Shampoos and soaps and things like that too. I use to be big into couponing, so I stocked up before my husband and I retired, that way we have plenty as we have a fixed income now. :) Thanks so much for sharing.
Amana... We got a washer&dryer pair of that brand in 2000. The dryer died 5years ago, and the washing machine just stopped working right last year 19yEARS!!! Amana must last a while. Lol
This is absolutely normal to me. I’m a stockpiler, gardener, and a canner, too! It’s come in handy, and downright necessary on multiple occasions. I’m thankful to have a good sized utility/laundry/pantry room in the basement. I just wish the ductwork didn’t brush my head all the time. I’m only 5’4”!!! Stupid old houses 🙄
Good for you momma. You know exactly where every thing is. Mom sanity is a blessing. Yes. Lol
Love your stockpile!! I'm a stockpiler too...My kitchen is small with not much cabinet space, I have a BIG pantry in my basement kinda like yours. I could probably go 4 weeks without going to grocery lol.....
We are slowly working on our stockpile and trying to get a larger chest freezer as well.
I wish I had that much storage. I have no pantry, just one shelf unit in the cupboard under the stairs, everything else is in my kitchen cupboards. Kitchen . I have nowhere to store electrical stuff like food mixers etc
Nope, no room to stockpile. We live in 1,000 sq ft with 7. Still working on downsizing so we can fit more food. Ha.
No I don’t have room. We are in our 60. In a 2 bedroom 1 bath duplex home. We down sized. And a very small pantry.
I love your cereal and chocolate chip stockpile! Thanks for sharing ♡😀