I suggest cute black out curtains on the window and then daylight type bulbs in the fixture. That way it’s bright and pretty when you’re in there and when you’re not, your food is protected! 💚it’s a lovely pantry
Great job! I have a suggestion for how to keep the upstairs pantry stocked. If you mount a small notepad and pen (hang with string from a wire shelf?), then when you use up an item you can add it to the list. Then once a week or so you can tear off the page to take to the basement for restocking. 😊
Or a container to put the lids in from the stuff that was used, so they become the shopping list - no writing required and the lids need to go somewhere anyways. And given that they have writing on them why not make use of it :D
A list means your family members can also write down and or help getting the goods back upstairs ;) when it’s all in 1 person’s head, it’s impossible for others to help
Good morning kiddo. I have been enjoying watching your videos since the very beginning and as a retired chef that has managed kitchens throughout a very busy career, I would love to share something with you that was passed down to me. Please keep in mind that this is coming from a place of caring, not criticism; I had this sign put up in all of my kitchens and it read “slow down, you’ll go faster”. I find that if you just take that extra moment to slow down you are less likely to spill the flour or drop the …….all of these small moments save many minutes in cleanup. ❤😉 Much love! X❤X
I do not know if anyone has commented this already but I will offer this just in case .... onions off gas ethylene and ethylene will hasten the ripening of potatoes. So it is best if you store them separately to retard growth and sprouting of your potatoes. Also consider keeping your potatoes in the dark of a paper or linen bag.
I like seeing that you are a normal person who has messes too. Sometimes we feel bad about our messes when others stuff is all pretty. I have half the room and twice the stuff so I'm always a mess! We have been in our house 33 years. You can imagine what I NEED to do! Slowly but surely getting there. Been out playing the dirt so I'm a happy camper. I haven't bought flats of flowers for the house in years. So I went crazy this year! Front is almost done. Need to prune hydrangeas then it is done! Go me, thanks gf!
Becky, please know that all of us feel just like you do. Our house is never organized at once. We all just do the best we can at that moment. You're in a new season of your life, with that new baby. You'll have time later for housework. Just enjoy that sweet thing now. Pretty soon, he'll be digging up your plants! LOL! Love from SC!
What a great organization job! One cautionary tale: about 5 years ago half my pantry literally fell off the wall due to the weight of my home canned foods. It was devistating to lose things I had worked so hard to make. When you were putting things on the top wire type rack in your pantry, I was thinking that might not be strong enough for what you have up there. Obviously it’s hard to tell from a video how strong that is, but I just wanted to throw it out there for you to ponder.
I'm sure she washes them in her dishwasher before she uses them anyways. She mentioned she does that for her canning stuff so I assume she does it with the glasses as well.
The rims of the goblets are not designed to be stored this way. It can cause breakage. I think the reason people store glassware this way is because that’s the way it was stored before pesticides were invented and upside down keeps the bugs out.
I was just going to suggest the same thing, place them upside down, especially for sturdiness of the stemmed glasses when opening and closing the pull out shelf.
That’s part of having a wee one Becky 🥰. My children have grown and my pantry stays pretty organized now- I always am able to put things back where they go after I’m done with baking or meal prep. My niece is here today and watching this she said Auntie, she must watch Three rivers homestead cause she’s starting to sound just like her … I was like ?? Two totally different lifestyles but she said she never misses three rivers homestead - and loves how Jessica always says on this day instead of today tomorrow or yesterday- she’s was allowed to subscribe to 3- it’s that, Roots and Refuge and you - she’s 12 and every one she chose was for gardening and cooking. She actually got her own little patch to plant in my back garden … I think that’s awesome for a 12 year old ♥️🥰 and I enjoy her company so much. She prefers the farm lifestyle but she said you explain things so clearly it’s easy to follow ♥️♥️
I used to clean houses, the first week of every month was set up to deep clean one area of the house. If you want the pantry/closets every 6 months set a notification (June/December) electronic reminders takes a lot of the pressure off.
Don't worry about having some areas that are messy in your house. You are doing great! Honestly, I still have a room full of boxes from moving in here about 4 years ago (we are still fixing up our house). Every time I go in there, things fall over or get disorganized. I also have a bunch of stuff in the living room waiting to go up to the attic. My kitchen needs organizing too. I found that I can only focus on one project at a time because looking at the whole picture is too frustrating and then nothing gets done.
Yes Ma'am I'm with you , my legs aren't 🚫 as strong so I can't carry n go down n up as I want to get thingsput away😮❗... Oh man this part of life isn't forgiving for me n I do what I can n do garden as I can but alot is being left behind for the growing 🚫 planting season thus far 😅❤❗
Nobody lives in a "Magazine shoot ready" house....ever, even the people that do have magazines come and take pictures of their house--they get cleaning crews and staging crews to set it up. So don't worry about that stuff, your house is immaculate! Sometimes when a project has been on our minds because it is very important it takes a mental toll that we weren't expecting. That's normal ya know? Don't sweat it. It's done now and you love it (which is all that matters). Black out drapes is a great suggestion to keep the sun off the jars you so carefully invested so much time in preserving. As for feeding baby acre the food you eat--the child is going to eat what you eat no matter what in the end and you make some dang good food! If anything he's going to be spoiled by all the deliciousness--not a bad thing. Ignore the haters in the comments, you do what you want, he's your son.
@@williamsfamily3939 yeah and switch the light on and off when you enter. This has been on my mind since Becky put them there. I have way too much time on my hands 😂
I went to dollar tree and bought several measuring cup sets and just keep them in my bulk goods buckets. I was forever making a mess with transferring it to smaller jars.
Hey Becky, the dollar store has storage scoops (unfortunately plastic) but they work GREAT to put into each of your 5 gallon buckets. I use mine for rice, popcorn, flour, grains etc. There is one scoop in each bucket so I never need to worry about messes or pouring.
I bought a crate of cups from 2nd store - all once-offs and odds. Not my choice for using fof drinks but work very good in my storage bins and containers as 'scoops'.
There’s NO doubt about it, you got the perfect house for you, Josh, and Baby! ! You have space for all your canned foods in your basement, plus your grains! Then you have that lovely huge food closet space for keeping lots of your canned things that you plan on putting into meals coming up very soon! That’s great! I loved seeing you rearrange, reset, and now you are ready for your next meal!
Pro-tip: keep the rusty canning rings and use them in the garden if/when you direct sow seeds. Place the ring over the seed. It helps with spacing and you can tell where you planted, when you water you can then directly water the seeds and conserve water. I don’t remember who I learned this from but it was on social media.
Hey!! Take a bungee cord and string it across from one wire wall rack to the other wire wall rack and string your canning rings through the bungee cord. I have one for wides and ones for regular. Just keep it tight when you pull rings off for use.
Before she moved, that's the way Becky kept her rings. I don't remember if it was a bungee cord or a rope with an S hook on it, but she kept them strung across one of the chrome shelves in her food room. Now, those chrome shelves are in the basement. I remember this because I got the idea from Becky. I store canning rings that way, and also rolls of tape.
Having babies also puts alot on the backburner. The more babies i had, the less i stayed organized. Always having to do this. Handling 1 room at a time, and being ok that i will never have a perfectly organized home until they are all grown.❤
Great job! Hey Becky, I think you might have to adjust your audio. The voiceover is WAY louder than the rest of the vlog. I have to keep turning the volume up and down, not sure if anyone else is having the same problem. x
I totally understand when you say it would be nice to have to whole house cleaned and organized at the same time. I think it is impossible because we are busy moms. One suggestion would be to store your clean canning jars upside down, I find it keeps them much cleaner
As a member of the OCD tribe, I learned after having children that this dream is impossible. I tackle the most visible area one day, living room - kitchen - door entry. The following day is laundry and master. And the last, the other rooms. It does not overwhelm me anymore cause I know it has a date and time for rejuvenation. Life is not perfect - I learned to accept organized chaos
My Goodness Becky, You sold a home, bought a beautiful home, did a lot of renovation, had a baby, difficult delivery. Kept cooking, set up a garden, cooked for your family and kept up with a you tube channel. You are too hard on yourself. You are one amazing women! You have a lifetime to get everything organized.
I'm behind on videos but commenting anyway. Getting your house set up is a long term project. Even after 25 yrs I still rearrange because life changes. Doing great job
I would love to have your upstairs pantry and it looks great! Perhaps you should keep a small clip board with a pen/pencil attached to it, so that as you use the items out of your "upstairs" pantry, you can write them on the clip board, and then when you have say six or more items that need to be replaced, either you or Josh can run the stairs to grab them from the basement. Love watching your videos, you do an awesome job, Becky! :)
Just a caution storing dry goods (wheat, corn, beans, rice, etc.) in Gamma Seal buckets in your basement...I live in W. Washington as well and found that some of my long-term storage items had BUGS!!! (very very small and hard to see). I now put all my goods in ziplocs first, THEN in my buckets and I've had no more problems.
Something my mom always told me: when youre finished with a project, put everything back in its place right away. It may take a few extra seconds, but it will save you several minutes later on. It takes a different mindset to do this. You have to tell yourself to just put it away where it goes, not just on the cabinet, etc. But it works! I stay much more organized doing this! Great job on the clean-up!
Hi Becky - if you are labeling the tops of your mason jars, you could collect the mason jar lids as a reminder to replenish your working pantry with those jars that have been used...Maybe toss the used lids when you open a jar into your "down stairs grocery shopping" basket for future re-stocking.
It feels so good to get organized. I struggle with health problems so I’ve been very overwhelmed. I finally decided to tackle one drawer or one cupboard or one project every other day. (I have dialysis three days a week and don’t have energy on those days). I love watching your channel and it motivates me to at least do what I can. One day I made your dutch oven bread and it was so yummy and I felt so accomplished. Thank you, Becky!
I pray the Lord grants you strength and inspiration to complete the things you want to accomplish. May He touch you with His heading light. Many blessings🙏❤️
I’m looking for inspiration. I have THE BIGGEST project to conquer and oh boy I’m overwhelmed. Thank you Becky for all the positive and encouraging messages and videos. I’m trying to gear up…
Kinda seems like the comments are complainy today. I love the pantry videos and I dont see anything wrong with the lighting. Becky you are so inspiring. Thank you for all you do!
Hi Becky! It seems like there is bigger discrepancy between the audio of your clips and the audio of your voice overs. I wondered if that was just something you hadn't noticed. You come across quite a bit louder in the voice over.
The thing about this space Becky is it will only be as good as you are about keep up after it. It takes you sitting down and committing to putting stuff away no matter how tired you are, or how late it is, or how many other things are on your plate, it is a pain in the butt however as soon as you let off it will go right back to this. Ask me how I know… 😂 I am 46 and I may have some experience in the sluffing off and re dedication to it. 😊 just remember you can do anything that you want to do and in twenty years will your son care that the pantry was clean or that every summer when he was little you taught him how to garden? Priorities!
21:53 When I need jars, or larger pans or metal/glass mixing bowls to dry more quickly and completely I find sticking them in the oven on warm to be very helpful.
You are unbelievably organized, particularly when one thinks about everything that has gone on for you since you got the house. It takes time to settle into a new space and to find how best to organize/use it. You mentioned doing things that are top priority first. You're right. The top priority for you has been your child, and that is as it should be. You are juggling so much! All the things that need to be done will get done. If it takes a little longer to get to big projects like this, and that's okay. I don't think you'll ever say, "I wish I had spent more time on cleaning and organizing instead of with my family." You are getting it right, so give yourself some grace and be proud of the things you accomplish! All those other things will be there whenever you get to them, and that is okay. Second, as you talked about what you need in your upstairs pantry vs. downstairs pantry, I had a thought. I haven't seen it in the comments, but if someone already suggested it, I am sorry. I just wonder about keeping a list next to each of your food storage areas. It can be done multiple ways depending upon your preferences. You could keep a running inventory, or you could write down the items as they are used and need to be replenished, and maybe a separate list for shopping days. I keep a running shopping list on my phone, and it really is helpful. When my mom had little kids, she was given a food grinder. It was 2 pieces with a hand crank, the perfect size for feeding a baby, and it ground up everything, even meats of any kind. I just wonder if that might work for you? It is pretty small, and very easy to clean. Makes it possible to give him more choices and you wouldn't need a food processor. I haven't seen one in a long time, but it might be something to look into if you think you might use it. I need to start my spring cleaning next week, and watching you tackle everything you did on this day is very motivating. I've been overwhelmed at the thought of it but now it is starting to feel doable, and for that I thank you! This is a great video!
OHHHHH You shared a bit about your baby son, made me smile even more! You are so amazing Becky! Happy Weekend All! Happy 1st Father's Day to Josh and to all dads!
Becky, I am in the process of moving for my 57th time since I married way back in 1967. I love watching you go through moving and organizing because moving day (for me) is fun and exciting. And, of course, I have faced all the issues you face. I've also done four moves between the USA and Europe.
Nor in west Texas, I’m looking at the potatoes we harvested a couple of weeks ago in my living room floor drying out and thinking I need to save up for a storm/root cellar!
Girl... the only people who's houses are completely clean all at the same time are those with full time housekeepers! NO ONE'S **NO ONE'S** house is ever completely clean at the same time because we LIVE in them! Especially homes with children... give yourself some grace, Becky, and try to remember ALL the amazing things/projects you DO get done on the regular and THOSE great things are part of why the house gets disorganized in the first place. Sign of an exciting, productive & interesting life!! If the house was totally clean all the time, that means a pretty boring life OR like I said before, a paid, full time housekeeper and I don't think very many of us can related to THAT. 😉
You could add some functional shutters to the pantry window. Either inside or outside to block the light and keep it cooler. Wood is a poor conductor of heat. It will keep it cooler & darker for the canned goods and you can still open them to see outside etc when you want to. You could even make them like sliding farmhouse type doors but window sized.
Becky it amazes me ,you dig in the garden ,paint doors and floors clean and cook and any number of things yet your nails always look like you just went to the salon. Results
I like the way you organized everything! Anything that will help make less running from place to place! That’s my opinion! You are definitely doing a wonderful job!!
I started watching this while making dinner on our TV so now finishing this after dinner on my laptop. Your example of staying so busy of getting things done is helping this old lady getting things done. This morning finished brioche bread, after your dinner rolls tomorrow another standard loaf of bread along with canning-pickling some of our yellow jalopena's. The seeds were supposed to be green chilli jalopenas' but they are growing as yellow jalopenas which have a nice heat to them. I have so many tomatoes coming and praying the heat does not get to them since here in Tx we are having a 2nd week in the 100's degree and over 100 heat index. I love your basement pantry from your preservation. Can't wait to see this years preservation.
I am glad I am not the only one doing that. I did the same with my storage pantry yesterday. It allows me to see what I have and what I want to can this year. It is good for your mental health to get things organized. It helps with grocery store shopping as well. Now that it is organized, I can know what I need to buy and what I need to can for this season. I am there with you!
I'd really suggest borrowing Flylady's Zone idea for high traffic rooms. Set a timer for between 5-15 mins and go in there daily when it's Zone is on the calendar. It''s a lifesaver for my decision paralysis and bad habit of taking on giant projects that exhaust me while everything is out. I know it's not the same content but it'd be less work.
Idea -put a dry erase board in your upper pantry to write anything you are low or out of in upper pantry or freezer. Before going to downstairs pantry, take pic with your phone so you can get all you need in one trip. We have large storage area and main pantry so this has saved us many trips!
Becky, when you run out of storage in a space, turn everything backwards or upside down. As you use it, put it back correctly. After a month or three, move the stuff that is backward/flipped to longer-term storage. I routinely do this with clothes, spices, and anything else that seems to multiply on its own. :)
That’s such a great idea, I’m going to start doing this with my closet. We’re getting ready to clean out our pantry to get rid of expired stuff. I need to figure out a better system for our canned items. Our pantry is small.
@@debmpd I did the same thing with canned goods one time. Cleaned out expired. Donated stuff we won't really eat. Cleaned the pantry shelves. And then all the cans and boxes went back in upside down. :)
One more suggestion.... Switch your coat hooks with your mop n broom hooks. You may need to buy new sticky hooks, but i think worth it for space saving. One wall is flat with the door, while the ither has a small enough indent to comfortably house your bulky winter jackets. Which will give you a less cluttered feeling when you open that door.
Becky, Everyone has at least one junk drawer or closet. We have been in our home 7 years and our closets were over flowing. My daughter has been a tremendous help and each time she visits we work on one closet. I only have to linen closet left to clean. It feels wonderful. You are doing fantastic. Keeping a list when you use something up will make it easier when it comes time to restock your pantry. Many Blessings!!
I like to see how many jars I have before canning so that I'm ready for it. Last year we only had 1 peach on the tree an now we have tons this year so I'm thinking of canning stuff this year an sharing fruit with my parents an friends.
Pam here…when we had a large attached garage, I put a coat and shoe rack, bench, rack for hanging coats by the back door, which helped me from tracking in the shoes and nonsense all through the house. I kept outdoor garden shoes by the other exit.
Love your pantry. I wish I had a large one. My issues are small appliances that I use a lot. But not place to store. My stand mixer stays on the counter like yours. Mostly due to the weight. And my air fryer is on a shelf in my tiny pantry. Instant pot is in a cupboard. I wish they were all in one place. Great job organizing Becky. Life happens. Young family to care for. I remember when. ❤
8:25 If it were me, (and it's not so what you decide) I wouldn't keep any mason jars upstairs. Your over the oven cupboard doesn't have room for a cannerful of each size, ie. 7 wide qts, 7 reg. qts. 16 reg pints etc., you will have to retrieve jars from the basement anyway, so why not have them all in one place? Or, maybe just fill that cupboard with the size you use most often. 12:30 you might be able to get all the red wine glasses in one cupboard if you alternate right side up/upside down. It looks to me like they would nestle together better that way. 17:04 If you compost the purple potatoes, you will end up w/ purple potatoes growing anywhere you use the compost. If your chickens won't eat them, throw them in the garbage, or maybe "cook" them before putting them in the compost. 23:30 Do you have a Buy-Nothing Group in your area. I love mine. I don't need to accumulate the things I intend to donate, and I feel warm and fuzzy knowing I've helped out one of my neighbors.
It's a little late for the idea now, but if you have lots of things that need to go downstairs in the future, could you load them in the side-by-side and (carefully) drive them around the back of the house to the door to the basement? Or did the backyard get blocked off by the new retaining wall?
Aren't there outlets in the pantry so you could just use some of the appliances, like the electric pressure canner or the instapot, right in the pantry instead of lugging them out to the kitchen each time? Just a thought.
That is what we did with our kids when we moved them to solids. Nice part is you aren't making different items and you know what you are feeding them. I was able to introduce my kids so much more with better flavor. Baby food in stores WA never appealing to me and ugh the smell. I just could not do it
LOVE THE RESULTS OF YOUR ORGANIZING EFFORTS! Some of my favorite videos are organizing ones, and hearing different people's thought patterns to doing what works for them. Becky, I try to never miss a single post of yours! Love your channel & look forward to every season with your newest garden & homestead! Thank you for being you!
Oh my! I can so relate! It can get overwhelming and drive me nuts. In addition to cooking, food preservation, and intense gardening, I also have a quilt studio. My studio is in the space most people would use as a living room. Overflow for all these activities seems to gravitate to the dining room. It feels so good to have things organized. But life is messy. We need to acknowledge that and give ourselves grace. I love your results.
Yeah! Looks nice. I enjoy organizing, since it is only my husband and I; the pantry does not get messy. Something about organization that gives me peace 'everything has a place'. I guess I am Type A haha. Thanks Becky.
Use your food saver to reseal chip bags. Just stop the vaccum before crushing chips. I have done this for years. Never have stale chips again. Love your videos. So glad i found you.
Wow. You did an excellent job 🤗.. I’m exhausted after watching this 😳, but totally inspired. You work so hard and it really shows… it’s taken us 12 weeks just to clear a small area of land for our caravan to pitch, clean and organise it. Yes I have health issues but it’s frustrating the time it takes me to do things. I love watching your channel in my dreams this is my homestead as well 🤣. Give yourself a little grace as well, you are an awesome wife , amazing Mom, and one of the most inspirational women I watch. Take care sending blessings x
I did more of a baby led weaning approach with my 2 youngest babies and I loved it. I make overnight oats from pureed pumpkin, pears, peaches, or apples and make different over night oats and the toddler and myself eat it for breakfast.
Just a suggestion, maybe find a cute notepad that you can put in your upstairs pantry and when you take the last of something, discover you'd like to put something else in here, etc .. write it on the notepad so that next time you need to "shop" downstairs, you grab that stuff as well .. saves you from trying to remember everything (one that you can hang right beside your shelves)
You have great organization skills. I bet the baby's face was so cute when he tasted that apple sauce. Not critical but a suggestion you organize great you should just allow your self time and effort to practice putting things back where they belong .👍🏽
Becky, I really like watching your videos. It is so encouraging to you move forward with all the obstacles you may have come up in life. I have made some changes in my routine on my home as a single older women. I am so happy for coming across your video when I did. Have a sunshine of a day..love and respect friend.
Just watched this show, and heard the comments on so much going at one time. I raised 4 children, had a garden, was able to keep up with laundry, and canning, cooking, and all the normal, but I carried a small timer in my pocket so I could keep up with things like when it was time to move a load into dryer, and start another in the wash. I also kept my list of chores for the day in my same pocket so I could remember which chore the timer was for..! Hope that helps some. Love your show.
I suggest cute black out curtains on the window and then daylight type bulbs in the fixture. That way it’s bright and pretty when you’re in there and when you’re not, your food is protected! 💚it’s a lovely pantry
Uv filters on the windows do a lot to protect food and any sensitive furniture, but lets more than enough light in
@@TheEmbrioYESSSSSS I would hate to cover the windows with heavy curtains but windows cling film is awesome!
I was going to suggest the same thing. Having too much light in there will not be good for your food.
I was thinking the same thing.
Smart
Organizing and decluttering always has the “domino” effect.
Thats the truth!
This is the best analogy! LOL
It's like a High lol
Great job! I have a suggestion for how to keep the upstairs pantry stocked. If you mount a small notepad and pen (hang with string from a wire shelf?), then when you use up an item you can add it to the list. Then once a week or so you can tear off the page to take to the basement for restocking. 😊
Or a whiteboard !
@@laurenelizabeth124 snap a picture on your phone to u're as list
Or a container to put the lids in from the stuff that was used, so they become the shopping list - no writing required and the lids need to go somewhere anyways. And given that they have writing on them why not make use of it :D
A list means your family members can also write down and or help getting the goods back upstairs ;) when it’s all in 1 person’s head, it’s impossible for others to help
Keep a basket at the top of the stairs!
Good morning kiddo. I have been enjoying watching your videos since the very beginning and as a retired chef that has managed kitchens throughout a very busy career, I would love to share something with you that was passed down to me. Please keep in mind that this is coming from a place of caring, not criticism; I had this sign put up in all of my kitchens and it read “slow down, you’ll go faster”. I find that if you just take that extra moment to slow down you are less likely to spill the flour or drop the …….all of these small moments save many minutes in cleanup. ❤😉 Much love! X❤X
I do not know if anyone has commented this already but I will offer this just in case .... onions off gas ethylene and ethylene will hasten the ripening of potatoes. So it is best if you store them separately to retard growth and sprouting of your potatoes. Also consider keeping your potatoes in the dark of a paper or linen bag.
Onions make apples go bad too
She said she knew that wasn't ideal storage. She does it differently in her main food storage in the basement
I like seeing that you are a normal person who has messes too. Sometimes we feel bad about our messes when others stuff is all pretty. I have half the room and twice the stuff so I'm always a mess! We have been in our house 33 years. You can imagine what I NEED to do! Slowly but surely getting there. Been out playing the dirt so I'm a happy camper. I haven't bought flats of flowers for the house in years. So I went crazy this year! Front is almost done. Need to prune hydrangeas then it is done! Go me, thanks gf!
Paper towel holders make great holders for canning rings😊
Love that, thank you
Becky, please know that all of us feel just like you do. Our house is never organized at once. We all just do the best we can at that moment. You're in a new season of your life, with that new baby. You'll have time later for housework. Just enjoy that sweet thing now. Pretty soon, he'll be digging up your plants! LOL! Love from SC!
What a great organization job! One cautionary tale: about 5 years ago half my pantry literally fell off the wall due to the weight of my home canned foods. It was devistating to lose things I had worked so hard to make. When you were putting things on the top wire type rack in your pantry, I was thinking that might not be strong enough for what you have up there. Obviously it’s hard to tell from a video how strong that is, but I just wanted to throw it out there for you to ponder.
I was always taught to store my glassware, especially wine glasses upside down. It also keeps dust and such out of the portion you drink out of
Yes, do true
I learned to opposite in france, don’t want to chip where your lips go, and don’t want them dirty from touching a dirty shelf.
I'm sure she washes them in her dishwasher before she uses them anyways. She mentioned she does that for her canning stuff so I assume she does it with the glasses as well.
The rims of the goblets are not designed to be stored this way. It can cause breakage. I think the reason people store glassware this way is because that’s the way it was stored before pesticides were invented and upside down keeps the bugs out.
I was just going to suggest the same thing, place them upside down, especially for sturdiness of the stemmed glasses when opening and closing the pull out shelf.
That’s part of having a wee one Becky 🥰. My children have grown and my pantry stays pretty organized now- I always am able to put things back where they go after I’m done with baking or meal prep. My niece is here today and watching this she said Auntie, she must watch Three rivers homestead cause she’s starting to sound just like her … I was like ?? Two totally different lifestyles but she said she never misses three rivers homestead - and loves how Jessica always says on this day instead of today tomorrow or yesterday- she’s was allowed to subscribe to 3- it’s that, Roots and Refuge and you - she’s 12 and every one she chose was for gardening and cooking. She actually got her own little patch to plant in my back garden … I think that’s awesome for a 12 year old ♥️🥰 and I enjoy her company so much. She prefers the farm lifestyle but she said you explain things so clearly it’s easy to follow ♥️♥️
I used to clean houses, the first week of every month was set up to deep clean one area of the house. If you want the pantry/closets every 6 months set a notification (June/December) electronic reminders takes a lot of the pressure off.
Don't worry about having some areas that are messy in your house. You are doing great! Honestly, I still have a room full of boxes from moving in here about 4 years ago (we are still fixing up our house). Every time I go in there, things fall over or get disorganized. I also have a bunch of stuff in the living room waiting to go up to the attic. My kitchen needs organizing too. I found that I can only focus on one project at a time because looking at the whole picture is too frustrating and then nothing gets done.
Yes Ma'am I'm with you , my legs aren't 🚫 as strong so I can't carry n go down n up as I want to get thingsput away😮❗... Oh man this part of life isn't forgiving for me n I do what I can n do garden as I can but alot is being left behind for the growing 🚫 planting season thus far 😅❤❗
Nobody lives in a "Magazine shoot ready" house....ever, even the people that do have magazines come and take pictures of their house--they get cleaning crews and staging crews to set it up. So don't worry about that stuff, your house is immaculate! Sometimes when a project has been on our minds because it is very important it takes a mental toll that we weren't expecting. That's normal ya know? Don't sweat it. It's done now and you love it (which is all that matters). Black out drapes is a great suggestion to keep the sun off the jars you so carefully invested so much time in preserving. As for feeding baby acre the food you eat--the child is going to eat what you eat no matter what in the end and you make some dang good food! If anything he's going to be spoiled by all the deliciousness--not a bad thing. Ignore the haters in the comments, you do what you want, he's your son.
Be careful of storing canned goods next to the sunny window for more than a week as sun deteriorates flavor and color very quickly.
Cool and dark.
Maybe a blackout roller blind for the window?
@@williamsfamily3939 yeah and switch the light on and off when you enter. This has been on my mind since Becky put them there. I have way too much time on my hands 😂
What great storage you have!!
I went to dollar tree and bought several measuring cup sets and just keep them in my bulk goods buckets. I was forever making a mess with transferring it to smaller jars.
Hey Becky, the dollar store has storage scoops (unfortunately plastic) but they work GREAT to put into each of your 5 gallon buckets. I use mine for rice, popcorn, flour, grains etc. There is one scoop in each bucket so I never need to worry about messes or pouring.
I bought a crate of cups from 2nd store - all once-offs and odds. Not my choice for using fof drinks but work very good in my storage bins and containers as 'scoops'.
There’s NO doubt about it, you got the perfect house for you, Josh, and Baby! ! You have space for all your canned foods in your basement, plus your grains! Then you have that lovely huge food closet space for keeping lots of your canned things that you plan on putting into meals coming up very soon! That’s great! I loved seeing you rearrange, reset, and now you are ready for your next meal!
Pro-tip: keep the rusty canning rings and use them in the garden if/when you direct sow seeds. Place the ring over the seed. It helps with spacing and you can tell where you planted, when you water you can then directly water the seeds and conserve water.
I don’t remember who I learned this from but it was on social media.
Great idea
Hey!! Take a bungee cord and string it across from one wire wall rack to the other wire wall rack and string your canning rings through the bungee cord. I have one for wides and ones for regular. Just keep it tight when you pull rings off for use.
Before she moved, that's the way Becky kept her rings. I don't remember if it was a bungee cord or a rope with an S hook on it, but she kept them strung across one of the chrome shelves in her food room. Now, those chrome shelves are in the basement. I remember this because I got the idea from Becky. I store canning rings that way, and also rolls of tape.
Having babies also puts alot on the backburner. The more babies i had, the less i stayed organized. Always having to do this. Handling 1 room at a time, and being ok that i will never have a perfectly organized home until they are all grown.❤
Great job! Hey Becky, I think you might have to adjust your audio. The voiceover is WAY louder than the rest of the vlog. I have to keep turning the volume up and down, not sure if anyone else is having the same problem. x
Did not notice any difference in volume.
A suggestion: I bought large plastic measuring cups at dollar tree for use in my five gallon buckets. I keep one in each bucket
I was concerned about using a glass jar to scoop rice. One nick and you should discard the contents of the 5 gallon bucket. Frustrating
The cups I get are plastic because I had the same concern
I totally understand when you say it would be nice to have to whole house cleaned and organized at the same time. I think it is impossible because we are busy moms. One suggestion would be to store your clean canning jars upside down, I find it keeps them much cleaner
As a member of the OCD tribe, I learned after having children that this dream is impossible. I tackle the most visible area one day, living room - kitchen - door entry. The following day is laundry and master. And the last, the other rooms. It does not overwhelm me anymore cause I know it has a date and time for rejuvenation. Life is not perfect - I learned to accept organized chaos
My Goodness Becky, You sold a home, bought a beautiful home, did a lot of renovation, had a baby, difficult delivery. Kept cooking, set up a garden, cooked for your family and kept up with a you tube channel. You are too hard on yourself. You are one amazing women! You have a lifetime to get everything organized.
I'm behind on videos but commenting anyway. Getting your house set up is a long term project. Even after 25 yrs I still rearrange because life changes. Doing great job
I would love to have your upstairs pantry and it looks great! Perhaps you should keep a small clip board with a pen/pencil attached to it, so that as you use the items out of your "upstairs" pantry, you can write them on the clip board, and then when you have say six or more items that need to be replaced, either you or Josh can run the stairs to grab them from the basement. Love watching your videos, you do an awesome job, Becky! :)
Becky, you are one lucky girl having that pantry beside your lovely kitchen. I can only dream!
Just a caution storing dry goods (wheat, corn, beans, rice, etc.) in Gamma Seal buckets in your basement...I live in W. Washington as well and found that some of my long-term storage items had BUGS!!! (very very small and hard to see). I now put all my goods in ziplocs first, THEN in my buckets and I've had no more problems.
Something my mom always told me: when youre finished with a project, put everything back in its place right away. It may take a few extra seconds, but it will save you several minutes later on. It takes a different mindset to do this. You have to tell yourself to just put it away where it goes, not just on the cabinet, etc. But it works! I stay much more organized doing this! Great job on the clean-up!
Yes! My husband is forever forgetting where he puts things and I respond with “a place for everything and everything in its place”.
We do the exact same thing. When laundry is done, put it away. Why would you want to put away 6 loads at once...
Your videos inspire me to get off my butt and finish the projects they need to be done!!! Thanks
Hi Becky - if you are labeling the tops of your mason jars, you could collect the mason jar lids as a reminder to replenish your working pantry with those jars that have been used...Maybe toss the used lids when you open a jar into your "down stairs grocery shopping" basket for future re-stocking.
It feels so good to get organized. I struggle with health problems so I’ve been very overwhelmed. I finally decided to tackle one drawer or one cupboard or one project every other day. (I have dialysis three days a week and don’t have energy on those days). I love watching your channel and it motivates me to at least do what I can. One day I made your dutch oven bread and it was so yummy and I felt so accomplished. Thank you, Becky!
I pray the Lord grants you strength and inspiration to complete the things you want to accomplish. May He touch you with His heading light. Many blessings🙏❤️
My prayers for strength and healing. Do what you can do.
I’m looking for inspiration. I have THE BIGGEST project to conquer and oh boy I’m overwhelmed. Thank you Becky for all the positive and encouraging messages and videos. I’m trying to gear up…
Kinda seems like the comments are complainy today. I love the pantry videos and I dont see anything wrong with the lighting. Becky you are so inspiring. Thank you for all you do!
Hi Becky! It seems like there is bigger discrepancy between the audio of your clips and the audio of your voice overs. I wondered if that was just something you hadn't noticed. You come across quite a bit louder in the voice over.
The thing about this space Becky is it will only be as good as you are about keep up after it. It takes you sitting down and committing to putting stuff away no matter how tired you are, or how late it is, or how many other things are on your plate, it is a pain in the butt however as soon as you let off it will go right back to this. Ask me how I know… 😂 I am 46 and I may have some experience in the sluffing off and re dedication to it. 😊 just remember you can do anything that you want to do and in twenty years will your son care that the pantry was clean or that every summer when he was little you taught him how to garden? Priorities!
I bought big scoops from the restaurant supply store for my buckets. Great for rice flour, sugar and salt. Oh and cornmeal!
21:53 When I need jars, or larger pans or metal/glass mixing bowls to dry more quickly and completely I find sticking them in the oven on warm to be very helpful.
You are unbelievably organized, particularly when one thinks about everything that has gone on for you since you got the house. It takes time to settle into a new space and to find how best to organize/use it. You mentioned doing things that are top priority first. You're right. The top priority for you has been your child, and that is as it should be. You are juggling so much! All the things that need to be done will get done. If it takes a little longer to get to big projects like this, and that's okay. I don't think you'll ever say, "I wish I had spent more time on cleaning and organizing instead of with my family." You are getting it right, so give yourself some grace and be proud of the things you accomplish! All those other things will be there whenever you get to them, and that is okay.
Second, as you talked about what you need in your upstairs pantry vs. downstairs pantry, I had a thought. I haven't seen it in the comments, but if someone already suggested it, I am sorry. I just wonder about keeping a list next to each of your food storage areas. It can be done multiple ways depending upon your preferences. You could keep a running inventory, or you could write down the items as they are used and need to be replenished, and maybe a separate list for shopping days. I keep a running shopping list on my phone, and it really is helpful.
When my mom had little kids, she was given a food grinder. It was 2 pieces with a hand crank, the perfect size for feeding a baby, and it ground up everything, even meats of any kind. I just wonder if that might work for you? It is pretty small, and very easy to clean. Makes it possible to give him more choices and you wouldn't need a food processor. I haven't seen one in a long time, but it might be something to look into if you think you might use it.
I need to start my spring cleaning next week, and watching you tackle everything you did on this day is very motivating. I've been overwhelmed at the thought of it but now it is starting to feel doable, and for that I thank you! This is a great video!
OHHHHH You shared a bit about your baby son, made me smile even more! You are so amazing Becky! Happy Weekend All! Happy 1st Father's Day to Josh and to all dads!
Becky, I am in the process of moving for my 57th time since I married way back in 1967. I love watching you go through moving and organizing because moving day (for me) is fun and exciting. And, of course, I have faced all the issues you face. I've also done four moves between the USA and Europe.
Everything organized it’s just a thing everyone ( almost everyone) gets a problem with. 💕
Wish I had a space like that. We don't have a basement here in South Texas. Love this video.
Nor in west Texas, I’m looking at the potatoes we harvested a couple of weeks ago in my living room floor drying out and thinking I need to save up for a storm/root cellar!
Your videos always inspire me to go and tackle my big projects at home.
Girl... the only people who's houses are completely clean all at the same time are those with full time housekeepers! NO ONE'S **NO ONE'S** house is ever completely clean at the same time because we LIVE in them! Especially homes with children... give yourself some grace, Becky, and try to remember ALL the amazing things/projects you DO get done on the regular and THOSE great things are part of why the house gets disorganized in the first place. Sign of an exciting, productive & interesting life!! If the house was totally clean all the time, that means a pretty boring life OR like I said before, a paid, full time housekeeper and I don't think very many of us can related to THAT. 😉
You could add some functional shutters to the pantry window. Either inside or outside to block the light and keep it cooler. Wood is a poor conductor of heat. It will keep it cooler & darker for the canned goods and you can still open them to see outside etc when you want to. You could even make them like sliding farmhouse type doors but window sized.
Americans need to learn (again) about functionning shutters. They are great !
@@TheEmbrio Lol, yes. We uneducated Americans.
Since those drawers are in your pantry - get a label maker and mark what is on each space - it helps to remember where things are
Can't believe I watched you organize when I should have started on my own! 😊 great therapy, thanks!
Lol thats called avoidance with benefits!!😊
Becky it amazes me ,you dig in the garden ,paint doors and floors clean and cook and any number of things yet your nails always look like you just went to the salon. Results
I like the way you organized everything! Anything that will help make less running from place to place! That’s my opinion! You are definitely doing a wonderful job!!
I love the way you verbalize your thought process when you organize! It helps guide me through my thought process! Thank you
I started watching this while making dinner on our TV so now finishing this after dinner on my laptop. Your example of staying so busy of getting things done is helping this old lady getting things done. This morning finished brioche bread, after your dinner rolls tomorrow another standard loaf of bread along with canning-pickling some of our yellow jalopena's. The seeds were supposed to be green chilli jalopenas' but they are growing as yellow jalopenas which have a nice heat to them. I have so many tomatoes coming and praying the heat does not get to them since here in Tx we are having a 2nd week in the 100's degree and over 100 heat index. I love your basement pantry from your preservation. Can't wait to see this years preservation.
I am glad I am not the only one doing that. I did the same with my storage pantry yesterday. It allows me to see what I have and what I want to can this year. It is good for your mental health to get things organized. It helps with grocery store shopping as well. Now that it is organized, I can know what I need to buy and what I need to can for this season. I am there with you!
I'd really suggest borrowing Flylady's Zone idea for high traffic rooms. Set a timer for between 5-15 mins and go in there daily when it's Zone is on the calendar. It''s a lifesaver for my decision paralysis and bad habit of taking on giant projects that exhaust me while everything is out.
I know it's not the same content but it'd be less work.
I love when you organize this room! I so wish I had one to mess up! Maybe one day 💚💚💚
The results were amazing. How wonderful it must be to have so many pantries and so much room to organize!
Great job!
Idea -put a dry erase board in your upper pantry to write anything you are low or out of in upper pantry or freezer. Before going to downstairs pantry, take pic with your phone so you can get all you need in one trip. We have large storage area and main pantry so this has saved us many trips!
This is what I hope to do this Sunday. Get everything ready for harvest season.
Great Job Becky! You did Awesome! Thank you for taking me along! Have a Blessed Day and Night..
Becky, when you run out of storage in a space, turn everything backwards or upside down. As you use it, put it back correctly. After a month or three, move the stuff that is backward/flipped to longer-term storage. I routinely do this with clothes, spices, and anything else that seems to multiply on its own. :)
That’s such a great idea, I’m going to start doing this with my closet. We’re getting ready to clean out our pantry to get rid of expired stuff. I need to figure out a better system for our canned items. Our pantry is small.
@@debmpd I did the same thing with canned goods one time. Cleaned out expired. Donated stuff we won't really eat. Cleaned the pantry shelves. And then all the cans and boxes went back in upside down. :)
Here I thought I was doing good when I organized my spices haha
So proud of you Becky!! Onwards to 500k too woot woot!
One more suggestion.... Switch your coat hooks with your mop n broom hooks. You may need to buy new sticky hooks, but i think worth it for space saving.
One wall is flat with the door, while the ither has a small enough indent to comfortably house your bulky winter jackets. Which will give you a less cluttered feeling when you open that door.
If you store your glasses upside down it cuts down on the possibility of dust getting in and should stop them falling over - love your videos xxx
Becky, Everyone has at least one junk drawer or closet. We have been in our home 7 years and our closets were over flowing. My daughter has been a tremendous help and each time she visits we work on one closet. I only have to linen closet left to clean. It feels wonderful. You are doing fantastic. Keeping a list when you use something up will make it easier when it comes time to restock your pantry. Many Blessings!!
I like to see how many jars I have before canning so that I'm ready for it. Last year we only had 1 peach on the tree an now we have tons this year so I'm thinking of canning stuff this year an sharing fruit with my parents an friends.
Pam here…when we had a large attached garage, I put a coat and shoe rack, bench, rack for hanging coats by the back door, which helped me from tracking in the shoes and nonsense all through the house. I kept outdoor garden shoes by the other exit.
Great job, Becky! I know it feels so good to have your pantry organized.
Love your pantry. I wish I had a large one. My issues are small appliances that I use a lot. But not place to store. My stand mixer stays on the counter like yours. Mostly due to the weight. And my air fryer is on a shelf in my tiny pantry. Instant pot is in a cupboard. I wish they were all in one place. Great job organizing Becky. Life happens. Young family to care for. I remember when. ❤
8:25 If it were me, (and it's not so what you decide) I wouldn't keep any mason jars upstairs. Your over the oven cupboard doesn't have room for a cannerful of each size, ie. 7 wide qts, 7 reg. qts. 16 reg pints etc., you will have to retrieve jars from the basement anyway, so why not have them all in one place? Or, maybe just fill that cupboard with the size you use most often.
12:30 you might be able to get all the red wine glasses in one cupboard if you alternate right side up/upside down. It looks to me like they would nestle together better that way.
17:04 If you compost the purple potatoes, you will end up w/ purple potatoes growing anywhere you use the compost. If your chickens won't eat them, throw them in the garbage, or maybe "cook" them before putting them in the compost.
23:30 Do you have a Buy-Nothing Group in your area. I love mine. I don't need to accumulate the things I intend to donate, and I feel warm and fuzzy knowing I've helped out one of my neighbors.
It's a little late for the idea now, but if you have lots of things that need to go downstairs in the future, could you load them in the side-by-side and (carefully) drive them around the back of the house to the door to the basement? Or did the backyard get blocked off by the new retaining wall?
Well done my friend! I just cleaned out my 3 freezers, and I had kept putting that off too. Felt good to get that done!
Ugh I need to do that too!
Aren't there outlets in the pantry so you could just use some of the appliances, like the electric pressure canner or the instapot, right in the pantry instead of lugging them out to the kitchen each time? Just a thought.
Satisfying to watch… happy for you that you got it organized
That is what we did with our kids when we moved them to solids. Nice part is you aren't making different items and you know what you are feeding them. I was able to introduce my kids so much more with better flavor. Baby food in stores WA never appealing to me and ugh the smell. I just could not do it
Those pullout draws are awesome! I love them! Chickens will eat those potatoes. You inspire me to get stuff done!
My chickens won't eat raw potatoes... Idk why
No potatoes for chickens. Skin is bad bad bad for them.
LOVE THE RESULTS OF YOUR ORGANIZING EFFORTS! Some of my favorite videos are organizing ones, and hearing different people's thought patterns to doing what works for them. Becky, I try to never miss a single post of yours! Love your channel & look forward to every season with your newest garden & homestead! Thank you for being you!
Oh my! I can so relate! It can get overwhelming and drive me nuts. In addition to cooking, food preservation, and intense gardening, I also have a quilt studio. My studio is in the space most people would use as a living room. Overflow for all these activities seems to gravitate to the dining room. It feels so good to have things organized. But life is messy. We need to acknowledge that and give ourselves grace. I love your results.
Fantastic video with tons of motivation to get organization. Take care 🤗
Yeah! Looks nice. I enjoy organizing, since it is only my husband and I; the pantry does not get messy. Something about organization that gives me peace 'everything has a place'. I guess I am Type A haha. Thanks Becky.
Love that you are blessed with so much room/storage, awesome😉
Its such a blessing getting a notification that you posted. And that you post real life. Thanks for being awesome! You are such an inspiration ❤
Use your food saver to reseal chip bags. Just stop the vaccum before crushing chips. I have done this for years. Never have stale chips again. Love your videos. So glad i found you.
Wow. You did an excellent job 🤗.. I’m exhausted after watching this 😳, but totally inspired.
You work so hard and it really shows… it’s taken us 12 weeks just to clear a small area of land for our caravan to pitch, clean and organise it. Yes I have health issues but it’s frustrating the time it takes me to do things.
I love watching your channel in my dreams this is my homestead as well 🤣.
Give yourself a little grace as well, you are an awesome wife , amazing Mom, and one of the most inspirational women I watch.
Take care sending blessings x
I did more of a baby led weaning approach with my 2 youngest babies and I loved it. I make overnight oats from pureed pumpkin, pears, peaches, or apples and make different over night oats and the toddler and myself eat it for breakfast.
Becki, I'm coming over and I'll have you organized in no time. 😎
I know the comments have a a lot of tips and suggestions but just do what you can each day, no pressure.
Just a suggestion, maybe find a cute notepad that you can put in your upstairs pantry and when you take the last of something, discover you'd like to put something else in here, etc .. write it on the notepad so that next time you need to "shop" downstairs, you grab that stuff as well .. saves you from trying to remember everything (one that you can hang right beside your shelves)
I love that pantry and huge kitchen. What a nice area to work in. It makes cooking so much easier.
You are so lucky to have that space. Looks amazing
Becky you have a life as we all do! We all have spots in our homes that need attention.
You could put some large hooks or small pot rack from ceiling to hold empty baskets and make more shelf space
Continue to give yourself grace! Anytime you move, expect things to 'float' around as you use the space. You'll eventually get everything sorted.
I suggest running a candle on the drawers "tracks" as it makes them easier to pull out! 😄
You have great organization skills. I bet the baby's face was so cute when he tasted that apple sauce. Not critical but a suggestion you organize great you should just allow your self time and effort to practice putting things back where they belong .👍🏽
Awesome job on your pantry!! I love it!!
Becky, I really like watching your videos. It is so encouraging to you move forward with all the obstacles you may have come up in life. I have made some changes in my routine on my home as a single older women. I am so happy for coming across your video when I did. Have a sunshine of a day..love and respect friend.
You can slowly turn the bucket to keep the stream small to get into the jars. I love your new home setup!
You did an awesome job organizing! Thanks for sharing 💕 😊👍💕💕💕
Just watched this show, and heard the comments on so much going at one time. I raised 4 children, had a garden, was able to keep up with laundry, and canning, cooking, and all the
normal, but I carried a small timer in my pocket so I could keep up with things like when it was time to move a load into dryer, and start another in the wash. I also kept my
list of chores for the day in my same pocket so I could remember which chore the timer was for..! Hope that helps some. Love your show.