After pulling out six different bottles of spices trying to look for the one I wanted, I realized it was time to get a better system in place. While everything was neatly rowed up or laying flat in the spice drawer organizer, it just wasn’t working.
A few problems with the existing layout:
- The tops of the spice jars weren’t labeled
- The bottles were of various sizes, shapes, and colors
- There was no more space for new spices
The solution was to order glass spice jars. I ordered two sets of these spice jars that came with printed labels.
Prior to decanting, I took inventory of what I had, tossing spices that had expired, and purchased some new ones that were running low or that I wanted to add to my inventory.
In order to avoid using spices past their prime, I wrote the expiration dates of each spice on the bottom of the glass jars in permanent marker (I’m confident a trusty Magic Eraser will take it off when the time comes).
I removed the spice drawer organizer as it was taking up too much valuable space. Instead, I decided to row everything up so that the labeled lids would be clearly visible.
