Hellobee Boards

I have a couple of these and would love a beautiful pantry of them https://www.containerstore.com/s/oxo-good-grips-pop-rectangle-canisters/d?productId=11010869

I don’t have specific product recommendations but recently read a tip to pick a container size slightly bigger than the product sizes you usually get so you can refill before they’re totally empty. Something I wouldn’t have thought about!

I’ve had Oxo pop-top containers (square and rectangle) for years — some of them are probably close to 15 years old by now — and they work great. The only downside is they’re a little bulky, I’ve seen similar containers that are slimmer and would probably fit my cabinets better but it’s not worth changing them all when they still work fine!

My suggestions would be to measure your space carefully to see which containers would fit best, and to list EVERYTHING you might want to store in them to figure out quantities and sizes. One shelf in my pantry is a graveyard of half-finished ingredients still in their packaging because I don’t have enough canisters or space to put them if I got more.

I love the square glass jars that container store and Target have for flour and sugars. measure like crazy. I think baskets are definitely worth it.

I don’t have a walk in pantry but I do have two banks of “pantry cabinets”. Drawers are pretty darn helpful. The rest of my pantry is cabinet depth shelving and it is pretty annoying to dig through To find stuff at the back. These are “problems” I know, but still. If I were to design a pantry I’d do a mix of drawers and cabs. I do like the oxo pop containers and anything else square or rectangular, but I’d measure out first and go to the container store after.

@JennyPenny: ahhh gotcha. Yeah then that wouldn’t make the most sense unless you did a center column of drawers. I’d still vote to go to the container store; their elfa system is pretty awesome! Just take your measurements and see what they could suggest. They are also really good about designing shelving to fit popular container sizes!

These for corralling. They are perfect. I’m obsessed with them. I don’t have a pantry (dream someday) but I use them in my cabinets and in my medicine/toiletry closet. I have found similar on amazon but I find it much easier to get a bunch that fit and coordinate together well. I’ll add some pics in a minute.

Oh, and I highly recommend getting a brown sugar keeper. It keeps the brown sugar so much softer than any air right container could.

And I also like a powdered sugar keeper like this one. It has a sifter built into the lid so you can sprinkle it on things straight from the container vs using a sifter or a mesh strainer or whatever. I love it.
Prep Solutions by Progressive DKS-300 Powdered Sugar Keeper, 1.4 Quart, 1 Pound Bag Capacity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005M8Y3WQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_v8xWEbV00Q66Y