Stockpiling Strategies! Organizing your stockpile

I wasn’t letting the weekend go by without bringing you some more resources on stockpiling.

We started this feature last week with this post and I recommend checking it out if you haven’t already. We learned about the what, why, and how of stockpiling. This week we’re going to focus on the WHERE…the organizing and storing of your stockpile.

This is another post from Stockpiling Moms’ wonderful site and it’s called Organizing your Stockpile. Be sure to read it to help you get starting on stocking your stockpile.

Now, here’s my progress. First, I would like to introduce you to the world’s smallest pantry:

Yes, that is my kitchen pantry. There are no more shelves above or below what you see. That is it. I have to stand sideways to get in and reach something in the back. When I was pregnant, I couldn’t reach things in the back because I couldn’t fit through the doorway sideways. No lie…it’s that small.

But I worked on it this week. I straightened the shelves and organized things. Everything has a place now.

Here’s my overflow into the hall closet (which isn’t very big either). I have one shelf in there for extra food items and one shelf for cleaning supplies.
Because I have such limited space, I have stuff stacked in front of stuff. For example, there is cereal behind those boxes of Hamburger Helper.
To help me know what I have, I tacked a list inside this pantry with everything that’s on the back of the shelf listed so I won’t forget what’s back there. And as I use it I can mark it off.

Here’s the area I need to work on in the basement:

The bottom shelf has all my stockpiled water. The next shelf up could probably be cleaned off and put somewhere else. The next shelf is laundry and more cleaning supplies. The top shelf needs work. I’m going to move canned goods to that shelf and move some of the other stuff to one of my upstairs areas.

Here’s my bathroom pantry. Small items, medicines and such on the top shelf. That empty middle shelf is because I have a laundry basket full of towels that need to be folded and put away. :) Shampoo, body wash, toothpaste and toilet paper on the bottom shelf.

And here’s one of my under sink cabinents. Those little 3 drawer organizers are fantastic!! I have my husbands razors and shaving stuff in one drawer. Cold medicine in another. And one’s still empty until I decide what I want to put in it. Still lots of room in this cabinet to work with. Yay! I love space! :)

How’s your stockpile going?