Food organisation

I have been wondering whether to put this on my blog or not, as it's not really relevant to the whole theme I have going on here, but I have been going through a massive decluttering spurt.

It started when I was out of the game with my ankle, and I was practically crawling up the walls with frustration. To take my mind off it, I started to go through all of my stuff and weeding out the unnecessary.  It felt really good, and now I feel properly cleansed.

But I am not stopping there. Last weekend I decided to give my kitchen a revamp and re-organise my food cupboards. Given that this blog is about food (well, sometimes), I thought I should crete a post to boast about my efforts.

There was one corner that used to really annoy me. It was wasted space, frankly, and a dumping ground for all the food that I couldn't fit in my cupboards:

ICK.

There was two issues with this arrangement: firstly, it looked like a total guddle, and secondly, the water from the nearly sink sometimes seeped over onto the work surface, making my teabags all soggy. :(

I realised that there was also a lot of wall space there that I wasn't using, so I came up with a plan to start storing up, rather than out. I invested in a cheap £10 Billy Bookcase from Ikea, and voila! Instant organisation!

YAY

It looks so much better now!

I was even able to bring out some of my pretty jars of rice, pasta and pulses, and put them on display. I don't know why, but there is something so nice about having all of my wholesome ingredients on show.

So yeah, that was my weekend.

Do you have any kitchen organisation tips? Please tell me about them in the comments! Now that I've got the ball rolling, I get a total kick out of this stuff. Seriously.