Tour De Pantry

I got quite of few comments the other day asking about my pantry. (view post) So I thought I'd give ya'll a tour of my pantry/laundry room/storage area/shoe pile/utility closet. My house was built along time ago.. I'd venture to say that it is 80 years old. My great-grandpa built it. The back of the house, which pretty much consists of the master bedroom and this pantry were added in the 70's (I think). My wise Grandma Faye had this large pantry made with these weird shelves. Shelves that were slanted down... who in the heck wants to use slanted shelves????

Thankfully my grandma was a smarter woman than me. The rolling shelves allow for easier food rotation!! There is a stopper on the edge of each shelf so the cans don't roll to the floor. Which is awesome, or it would defeat the whole purpose. :P

On the other side there are regular shelves without the slant, that fit my #10 can perfectly.

Coincidence?

I think not.

Thanks grandma.

The tops shelves allow for easy storage of large items. Like my canning and gardening supplies...

and paper goods and water. These shelves are easily two feet deep. I have a lot of water stored up in the very left hand corner. See the Jaritos bottle? There are like 50 of em back there.

{Hmmm... I think I need to make a TP run soon!}

Beneath the shelving there is floor storage. I don't like to keep lots of stuff on the floor because... its the floor.. it gets dirty! So we have our shoe storage and above that our crafts storage. Next to this I have a bunch of 5 gallon buckets... but I forgot to take a picture.. oops!

Continuing on... we have the washer and dryer. Not so exciting after those rolling shelves, eh? And yes I got those rocks out of Estefan's pockets. Always check pants pockets!

Food storage is soooooooo very important!
At one time or another, nearly every family will face accidents, illness, unemployment, or other emergencies that will require them to depend on the resources they have stored.

You can buy these Shelf Reliance rotating shelves online for an ok deal. They are spendy but they are on sale right now. Also on Shelf Reliance there is a "Thrive Plan." It calculates how much food your family will need to live for a year or more.

But you don't have to spend TONS of money on a fancy food storage room. You can do like my friend Annie did and get a filing cabinet!!

She said, "i can't wait to print out the little labels for the doors. you know one is going to say: OLIVE OIL. and the other CANNED BEANS. doesn't that just scream classy?"

I love it!

The point is to have food storage, somewhere. Whether is be a pantry, a filing cabinet or under the bed!!

Though we never know when we will face a challenge that will require us to depend on the resources we have stored, we know that the Lord has said, “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear” (D&C 38:30).
President Gordon B. Hinckley reminded us in October 2005 general conference of our need to be prepared: “We can so live that we can call upon the Lord for His protection and guidance. This is a first priority. We cannot expect His help if we are unwilling to keep His commandments. … I have faith … that the Lord will bless us, and watch over us, and assist us if we walk in obedience to His light, His gospel, and His commandments.”4
Let us do all in our power to “walk in obedience” and be prepared. (lds.org)

AMEN

ETA: How awesome!! I just received an email from Raegan about food storage and preparedness. Take a look HERE for recipes and ideas!!!