When we recently moved, we were faced with a much smaller kitchen (about half the size of our old kitchen, and about 25% as large as the kitchen we had in Memphis!). We did, however, get a walk-in pantry out of the deal. It required a great deal of thought and organization to figure out how to best store all of our dry goods and our appliances.
My mother-in-law worked VERY hard to put together a pantry system that made sense. One of the things she spent a lot of time working on was spice storage She kept our most-used spices in the kitchen where we could easily access them. The spices that get less frequently used went in the pantry. While she was cleaning and organizing this area, she made some interesting discoveries. Most notable was the fact that I had SIX containers of nutmeg. Yeah, SIX!
We cook a lot in my house, and we like to try different things. So that means that we have A LOT of spices! And since we have a lot of spices, they are tricky to organize. The nutmeg overload is a perfect example of how many times in the last 2 years I have looked for nutmeg, declared that we had none, and bought some more. I know that I did a serious cleaning out of our spices before we left Memphis, so all this nutmeg overage occurred since we moved to Chattanooga.
What a waste of money and of cabinet/pantry space! My mother-in-law did an excellent job of getting the spices more in order, but I have to admit, I have seen our spice section teetering on the edge of disorganization again. It’s just so hard to keep everything looking nice and its hard to easily find everything when you have to layer your spices on a rack, putting some on top of others, and some things behind other things.
But now our pantry has the SpiceStack from YouCopia, and now that I see how great having one is, I want two! I love how easy it is to grab the spice I need. The SpiceStack gives every spice its own specific home, and it comes with labels so that you won’t forget what goes where. You also can just read the labels and not have to open every shelf on the hunt for the spice you need. While this SpiceStack holds 18 different spices (or more if you have those short spice containers and want to double up), it comes with 48 pre-labeled labels and 48 blank labels, so you have many opportunities to switch up the spices you store!
The SpiceStack gives my pantry a more organized look and feel, and I highly recommend it anyone who groans every time they have to hunt through their spices while cooking. It retails for $27.99 and can be found at a variety of online retailers (you can also search for your nearest brick and mortar retailer at this site).
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Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Well, I have a shelf extender and it’s not working. We have too many spices or something, so I need something that makes it easy to reach the important ones.
I have a circle holder that spins.
they are standing on top of my microwave and i can never find what I want. I’m always shuffling them around.
they are currently in a cabinet but they are overflowing and unorganized
My spices arn’t organized. I keep them inthe cupboardwith the ones I use the most up front.
I store some of my spices in a pull-out spice drawer and some in a box in my pantry. I would love to have them all in one place!
I have some in a rack and some on two shelves.
Our spices are currently crammed into the cupboard above the oven and every time we open the doors they come tumbling out!
They’re all just shoved in a cupboard, hard to find some sometimes and I end up buying stuff I already have
I have a small bookshelf/knick-knacks shelf in my kitchen. I use it as a spice rack, works okay but could be better.
There is absolutely NO organization whatsoever!! It is a jumbled mess in the cabinet i keep them in. Everytime you open the door something falls out onto my counter. When i need a specific spice i have to pull ALL of them out till i happen to come across it. This would be GREAT! Thanks for the opportunity.
i keep them in the cabinet above the stove and it’s hard to find the ones i want when i want them
I don’t really organize them – but I should!
our spices take up 3 small cabinet shelves, i have to stand on a chair to reach the top one lol and if the spice i’m looking for isn’t in the front then i always knock down at least a few while getting the one i need
I keep my spices in a shelf above the stove and I have NO organization. I’d love to win this!
I just have all the jars on two shelves in my cupboard next to the stove. Everyone in the family is constantly telling me to get some organization to them. You have to pull all the front ones out to find the ones in the back. This would certainly make getting to ours spices a lot easier. Everyone in my family loves to help cook, and we use spices constantly.
I have mine in my cupboard and it makes it a pain to find what im looking for
They are above my stove.
They are in a cabinet on the shelf it’s fine
Our spices are a mess! Our kitchen is not only tiny, but we don’t have a pantry either. All of our pots, pans, dishes, food, spices, storage, baking etc. all have to fit in the few cabinets we have. We even bought a pantry like cabinet to put in there and we still don’t have enough room.
My spices are in a high cabinet over my oven. It is working horribly!
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Really have no system of organization.. just keep them in a corner of the cabinet..
There are in one of the cabinets.
I have most of my spices set up on a little tri-level shelf in my cabinet. It works to be able to see the little bottles, but most of the bigger ones just end up crammed in there somewhere. Definitely needs more organization.
I have 3 small sprice racks which take care of the most used and two shelves in a cabinet that store the rest! I need some serious organization!
they are on a pull out shelf and some get lost
My “system” is to pile all the spice jars on top of each other and rummage through the shelf till I find what I want!
In the cupboard above the stove jammed into a tupperware container. Yeah, not working out so well.
I have 2 cabinets full and a turning rack. I cook a lot and need to organize them.
Sighs, my spices are not organized
They’re all mess up on the kitchen cabinet!
My spices are mostly in my pantry and they could be better organized!
Actually my spices are not organized at all.. They are all thrown up in the cupboard lol
My spices are pretty well organized, except I’ve got them in two different locations due to space. Sometimes, I forget which group a spice is in. This looks like a great solution.
i actually cleaned our spice shelf off fairly recently, & tried to just consolidate everything into appropriately labeled jars & semi-alphabetize, but we have a few random bulk bags as well so it makes organization hard!! from an outsiders perspective it probably wouldn’t look very organized
Nothing is working for me!!
i have spices everywhere never can find the one i am looking for
My system is i dont have one
My spice cupboard is a MESS. I have tried several ways to organize and just can not find a way that works efficiently.
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in my cupboard
In my cupboard I just have alphatize
I keep them in a cabinet by the stove. There are so many that they are stacked on top of each other and I ALWAYS need the one that is on the bottom at the back. It would be great to have a way to organize them better! Plus now that I sell Wildtree, I have even more!
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I just have a shelf in a cupboard dedicated to spices. It’s stuffed. And it’s so hard to find anything in there. This would really help me save time and space!
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I keep mine in baskets on an open shelf. It works ok, but could be better.
i use a tiered cupcake stand for my spices.
My spices are in the thin cupboard which is by the range. It works ok since on the bottom shelf I use a small lazy susan but the top 2 shelves I can’t reach. When my husband installed the cabinets, he failed to take into consideration that I am not very tall!
Our spices are in the cabinet next to the stove. They all sit on one shelf where you can’t see anything. Our system is not working!!
My spices are just on the shelf and a total mess I could use this
I have a lot of spices, using one whole shelf in my cupboards. Not very organized.
I have some spices in my pantry, some in a rotating rack, and some just piled around and in a small basket. I also have some on the back of my stove. I just have so many I guess that I need something else to help me organize.
I love this rack
I have mine in baby food jars.
I actually already use one of these to organize my spices – but it’s full and doesn’t hold them all so there are still several swimming around on my under-cabinet lazy susan!
i have them on a shelf in a cupboard by the stove
Right now our spices are in one cabinet on two different shelves and the ones we use on a regular basis sit on the counter next to the stove! It doesn’t work at all!!!
So far, no ‘good’ way to organize spices in my kitchen. The cabinets I can reach are too thin or are needed for other things- but this would keep them all in one place and compact!
I store them in a cabinet in the kitchen and sometimes it is hard to find some of the spices.
I throw all my spices into a basket under my cabinets.
I have 2 spice racks and a shelf by the sink. system …hardly. I tried alphabetizing but with different size containers , some bottles , some cans . This wastes precious space.
Right now they are just shoved into a cabinet
I just have them the cabinet, could really use this!
I became Vegan in 2011(I feel better!) and keep trying more recipes and more spices. My cabinet by the stove is too tall for me to reach the top shelf so I currently keep mine in a BIG box on the counter top! Definitely could use a SpiceStack! *LOL*
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My spices are all just in the cupboard. It goes back 5 rows or so. I never can see what is in the back. Sometimes I forget I have most of them. I definitely need to organize them.
haha organize spices… well I have a spinner rack that came with spices. The rest are in a cabinet in the kitchen on 2 shelves.. there aren’t many in there and I kind of chuck them in there and try to get the door closed before it bounces back out. LoL
We just put them in our cupboard.
My spices are just helter skelter in the pantry. I NEED organization!
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i dont really have an organization, except that most frequently used spices are towards the front. our cupboards are deep..
I usually put them in a ziplock baggy and label them , that works for me!
I have one spice rack but it’s overflowing!
They are all over the place in my pantry- my son loves to take them out and play with them so then I never can find them when I need them
some are on the shelf of my cabinets
I also have a cabinet that hangs on the wall just for my spices
thanks
They are in a cupboard on the right of the stove. I would love an organizer because it seems like what I want is always in the back. Sigh! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
I have one of those lazy susan things, but my spice cabinet is a mess still.
My system is in the kitchen cupboard, next to the jello by the gravies. Needless to sa, It doesn’t work.
I just store mine in a cabinet, we also have a shelf that I put the most used ones on. I would like to get more organized though.
They are currently spread out among two different cabinets, and it is such a mess! I usually have the ones up front that I use the most often, but I would probably experiment more if I could actually see them all! I used to have a spice rack on the side of my kitchen island, but once I had my 2 kids, they would get into it! An organizer would be awesome!
We have them on a kind of stair system in a cabinet and I usually knock them all over every time I reach for one. It’s a hot mess.
Mine are not really organized
they are on the shelf in one of the cabinets).. I could certainly use this!
cupboard near the stove
I use the Lennox Spice Holders inherited from my Mother-in-law.
I have no system except utter chaos. I need help
Organize, me? No. We are currently in the process of remodeling our kitchen. We are to the point where it is done except for the cabinets. I have one cabinet counter top section that we saved from the old ones, but beyond that they were pretty much unusable. So right now I have my spices in plastic shoe boxes that are stored on a bookshelf in my upstairs bedroom. The few that I do use often are stored downstairs on a bookshelf.
My cabinets are also mess. This would help organize it and save my head from falling containers!
We buy spices in bulk, so we end up with packet upon packet of them that we try to store in plastic bins in the pantry, but it get overwhelming.
I don’t really organize I just have a special cabinent that is for spices only. This item would be great!
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I keep my spices in a cupboard near the stove.
They are currently in a drawer.
Thanks for the chance.
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They’re all cluttered in the cabinet!
I have them on a lazy susan on my kitchen counter
Right now they are just on a shelf in the cupboard and are not very organized
currently my husband has them all on top of the stove, which is against the wall… and he just reaches for them when he needs them… but sometimes they fall… and I would love to be more organized since we use lots of spices in Latino cooking lol.
We have them all on one shelf and the more “popular” ones end up in the front. But, I’d love a better system!
They are all over the place!!
I have no organization at all :/ when I need a spice I have to pull everything out of my small cabinet
Mine are in a basket in the cabinet above the stove…it’s definitely not very efficient
I rent my house, and there is a little nook above the stove where spices can be left. But I don’t think it is good for them to be so close to the heat?
My spices currently are not organized and everywhere
Mine are by the stove on a cabinet shelf – no organization.
I have no organization for my spices. They are just throwed in the pantry.
My system is definitely NOT working! I just have everything jammed into a cupboard, so hard to find things!
My spices are all jumbled together in a cupboard next to the stove. I do keep the “sweet” spices separate from the savory ones.
They are just sitting all over the counter! I could use a little organization.
we just moved into a new house, and we only have 1 set of uppers so we are still trying to figure out where spices are going to go.
They are on a turn table in a cabinet
I do have a rack, but I also have lots of extras that are just in a cupboard and hard to sort through when I need them.
They are all in a shared cabinet all unorganized. This would be perfect for me!
they’re in my cupboard and its not working at all
in our kitchen cabinet not organized or anything special
My spices are not organized at all right now. Just stuffed in my pantry.
I am imagining you around the holidays each year spotting a great sale on nutmeg and thinking, “I think I’m out of nutmeg! And that’s a good price, so I’ll get two!” Sounds like something I’d do myself
My spices are in a pull-out, drop down organizer, which is very cool, near my stove. The only complaint I have is that my tall spice bottles don’t fit. I’d like to have an organizer for them, too.
We have them in an organizer to keep them organized which helps.
we have a rack, but it takes up counter space. this would be so much better. hidden but still organized!
i have a big messy rack on the wall. it doesn’t always work the greatest
My spice cabinet is a disaster. Every time I try to look for what I need, something falls out into the sink. Also I tend to buy spices I already have because they are so unorganized I can’t find them.
I have limited cupboard space and my spices are everywhere.. consequently I buy more because I can’t find what I already have so I have a bunch of doubles.
You don’t want to know, mine our totally unorganized! Some are in the pantry and some are in a kitchen cabinet. A couple that I use the most are sitting on the island.
I have most of my spices in the baking cabinet. I use garlic and onion a lot so they are on a little holder on the counter next to the salt.
I have 2 spice racks. 1 in the cupboard and 1 under the cupboard but it’s still not enough!
i have a spice rack that i custom built. it is at maximum capacity and we could definitely use organized pantry overflow, especially for light-sensitive spices.
every time i get a coupon aI buy new spices. There is no organization
Most of my spices are just loose on a pantry shelf- not very organized.
I have baking spices in one cupboard, cooking spices in another. neither is organized very well.
Right now our spices are just sort of thrown in a cupboard by the oven. Are they organized? Nope. Is our system working? Definitely not. We definitely need a better way to organize them!
I have one of these racks and LOVE it! I need one more to store my spices and it will be all neat and tidy!
Right now my spices are stacked on their sides with what they are written on the lids. Otherwise not really organized.
Well I tried buying the one from the as seen on tv but that is just sitting on my floor. I realized it only hold small spices but I get the bigger spices, so I have them all out of order. When I need to get the ones that are in the back, I have to pull them all out. I also have some that are laying sideways on top of the upright ones. It’s a total mess.
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