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I would feel really good about myself if my cupboards always looked like the before picture...

I feel like I remember proper Tupperware being expensive, unless that's something my mom told me so I'd stop leaving her Tupperware stash at school...

This looks great, if I had more than one cupboard (mine's about the size of the one pictured), I'd definitely follow suit. My shelves don't move, either. Boooo!

my mom uses those same containers in her pantry :)

oh my goodness, that's like my life's goal right there.

I know I've got to get over this, but the bend in the second shelf really bothers me. A small wooden brace would prop it up nicely and not take up too much room.

wow looks good, i would be happy for my cabinets to regularly look like the before picture tho. Also looks like they removed somethings...

just a space saving idea for the spices: the depth of the bottom shelf could be used better by putting risers for the spices, some kind of [ shaped riser (rotated 90 degrees) on the very bottom so the taller spices could be laid down inside/under it and labeled on the lids, then 2 tiers above that for the smaller ones (setback from each other so they aren't stacked). Could easily condense it down to 1/2 of the shelf that way.

The before picture looked pretty organized to me!

Matilda! Now that's the only thing I see! Eek!

Guess I'll check the Flickr pix to see where the wet ingredients ran off to...

That looks amazing! I have done this with half of my cupboard, but somehow it doesn't all seem to fit as well as this does! Impressive!

Holy cow moly. That's impressive - except I bet it cost a small fortune in Tupperware.

Yeah, I was thinking I'd be lucky if my pantry looked like the "before" shot also! I covet a nicely organized pantry like the "after", though. *coveting*

I'm wondering where those jars of tomato sauce and cans of vegetables ran off to.

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This looks great, but where did the spaghetti go? Or the canned goods and sauce?

My other question is this - we have a similar system in half of our pantry, but the big flaw is when you buy a new package of something - inevitably, you have some left over that won't fit in your container, and now you are storing two versions of the same item (one in your container, and the leftover in the original packaging). I guess what I mean is that this is a good idea, but beware, there are little pitfalls, too.

Imagine if you wanted something from the short container on the top shelf - it has three other containers stacked on it! Most of the things in the "before" shot are actually more accessible, AND there's a lot more food in that shot, as well. This looks pretty, but would drive me *nuts*.

Looks fantastic but the before picture looked pretty organized to me too.

It looks nice at first, but I don't think it would stay that way for long...at least not for me. And what about when you get something new, and then don't have a container or space to put it?

Nooo! I'm going to a Tupperware party on Tuesday night. I don't need to see this temptation! ;-)

I have the same Tupperware and my shelves look v. similar. Tupperware is expensive but it's 2 big advantages over others 1. with only 4 footprints, you can stack a big container on top of a shorter one, 2. lifetime guarantee. What is important is that you select sizes that hold the entire contents of usual size goods you buy ie 2kg flour. Tupperware consultants have a chart that helps out with this. Also, I don't refill the container until the existing contents have all been used, first in, first out, otherwise you end up with stale goods at the bottom which is a health/quality risk.

Hey, where did the jars of tomato sauce go?

The Tupperware website often has buy-one-get-one-free deals on entire sets of these Modular Mates.

Also check out eBay for brand new items......dealers often list these at a discount.

Where do you put the new big bags of flour until you use up the last 1/2 cup in the big container?

Gorgeous but I'm just not a fan of plastic for food storage. Am I the only one? I use glass containers and the smaller ones stack nicely but others are decorative, like the large Anchor brand jars, they're lined up on a shelf holding flours, sugars, cookie cutters, rices, cocoas, pastas.

Looks nice and neat, but that would really trigger my barely controlled perfectionism, and then anything that messed up the scheme would ruin my day.

Anyway, who wants to put all their spices into boring uniform containers. They're easier to find if you keep them in their original, distinctive jar, and sometimes the original jars and labels are attractive or interesting to look at, especially if they're imported. Even pasta or grains, I'd rather leave them in the original container which is occasionally attractive and usually includes cooking instructions, useful recipes, or other information about the product. There are only a few basic staples, like flour, sugar, and brown sugar, that I transfer to storage containers.

I guess if you buy a lot of supplies in bulk, something like this would work well.

I would love my cabinets to look just like that all over. Its a goal of mine.

I'd rather buy more steak and salmon instead of Tupperware.