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How to Organize Spices in a Drawer

Since moving into our house a year ago I have rearranged the kitchen 3, maybe even more, times. This isn’t a normal thing for me, I promise, but when we moved in there was an extra wall with cabinets, that we ended up knocking down, and then we took down a large wall cabinet, and the changes just keep coming. Through all of these changes my spices have been moved a few times but I’ve always wanted to have a spice drawer, right next to the stovetop, so that’s where they ended up. It’s a long, narrow drawer but it’s a spice drawer and I’m excited about it! Today I’m going to show you how I organized my spices in my little drawer.

Here’s how I had them in there before. They were organized but not pretty and organized, which is always my goal. 🙂

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

When I was at IKEA a couple weeks ago I picked up these glass spice jars to make my spice drawer a little prettier.

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

Next I pulled out each of the spice containers and emptied them into the new glass containers.

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

Then I labeled each of the jars with my label maker. I don’t use my label maker that often but when I do I am so thankful for it! It makes projects like these so easy!

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

Once all the spices had been transferred and labeled, I put them back in the drawer, in alphabetical order (of course!) from bottom to top.

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

I love that I can see all the spices now, I think spices are so colorful and pretty! If you didn’t want to have them leaning up like this you could also shift them to look like this.

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

The labels are still easy to see and the spices are still pretty. I’m curious, do you have a spice cabinet or a spice drawer? I don’t know why but it always intrigues me to see how people organize the spices in their kitchens (yes, I know I’m super weird). 🙂

How to organize a spice drawer - Ask Anna

 

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Comments

  1. Sabrina says

    October 17, 2014 at 6:13 am

    Great post! I love the look too. I have a big selection of spices and herbs. I placed on the counter the frequently used spices/herbs. I use a test tube style and I placed the label on them as well. It really helps keeping them labeled. Then, I stored the larger containers in the pantry. To keep track of what I had in both of these places, I created a inventory spices / herbs checklist I shared on my blog.

  2. Renee says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:40 am

    Great post and I love those spice jars! I got sick of the counter spice rack that I got for my wedding a few years ago and through out the base but kept the pretty glass jars. I put them into a large pull out container and put them in a cupboard by the stove. That worked well. When I moved into our new place recently, there was this cool cupboard that I had never seen before that stores spices next to the stove in an outer section of the cupboard. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/89509111320225576/

    • Anna says

      October 19, 2014 at 12:18 pm

      That’s awesome, how handy! I love it when builders add little touches like that. 🙂

  3. sue epstein says

    October 20, 2014 at 9:06 am

    I have too many spices to fit into a drawer – about two cabinets worth! I have several large rectangular plastic tubs labeled “A – G”, “H-L”, etc. and keep my spices in their appropriately labeled containers. I also have a large container for all of my baking extracts. It’s not the prettiest but it works very well if you have more spices than will fit into a drawer or two. I can take down the container, remove the spices I need and return them to the cabinet.

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