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05/29/2020 · 15 Comments

The Best Baking Storage Containers – Pantry Update

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We’ve been cooking and baking more often while we’ve been staying at home, and that has meant reevaluating some of our dry goods pantry storage. I’ve found myself with more supplies than containers and set out to find the best way to store flour.

Because I infrequently used white and wheat flour before, I kept them in the freezer so they’d stay fresh and bug-free. But waiting for them to warm up before the already long process of making bread wasn’t ideal. Plus I needed the freezer space!

We’ll also been experimenting with making our own tortillas along with lots of homemade bread, so I needed somewhere safe to keep bread flour and tortilla flour.

Since I planned on keeping the flour in the pantry, I wanted to make sure I found really airtight storage containers to make sure we avoided getting any flour bugs or weevils. Because, yuck!

After searching through Walmart, Target, The Container Store, and Amazon reviews. I think I found the BEST flour container. I liked it so much I bought a variety pack of the brand’s other containers to replace other baking ingredients like brown sugar, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar.

Organized Pantry Shelf with Baking Supply Containers & Snacks

And PS, to clarify, this is NOT a sponsored post. I’m just obsessed with these and wanted to share them! I do get a commission if you purchase, but I bought everything shown.

The lids of the containers have a stronger airtight seal than any other brands I’ve tried. That alone would be awesome, but each style of container was designed to have added function.

The flour keeper has a removable ledge that lets you level the top of your cup without any additional items. I used to use the backside of a knife, and somehow the extra flour would never land back in the container.

The container holds five pounds of flour, but if you dump the entire bag in, the only downside is that leveling ledge won’t be fully functional until you’ve used a bit.

Pantry Container for Flour with Measuring Cup

No one needs an extra mess, so I’m in awe that no one had though of this simple solution earlier!

The brown sugar container has a built-in “brown sugar bear” right inside the lid to keep your sugar soft.

Clear brown sugar pantry container with insert to keep it soft

The powdered sugar container includes a little spoon/device to help you sprinkle the sugar evenly, along with a flat bar to level your measurements when needed.

Best Powdered Sugar Container

The regular sugar containers have a flap in the top to help you pour sugar as needed. The full top also opens for scooping and refilling.

Clear container full of granulated sugar

The smallest size holds a box of baking soda or can of baking powder. Both are so much easier to use rather than squeezing measuring spoons into the original packaging. They have a sliding inner lid so you can either sprinkle or scoop.

Baking Soda Container (Clear rectangle)

Who knew a person could get so excited about finding the best airtight containers? I just love brands that innovate and come up with functional improvements to everyday items. The stackable design also helps maximize storage space, which is especially important if you have limited kitchen cabinet or pantry storage.

I tweaked a few other things in the pantry as well and now it’s working even better than ever.

I moved the can organizers up a shelf so that the other pantry items could move down a shelf where I can see them more easily. Since the cans roll forward, there’s no problem seeing or reaching any of them.

Pantry organization - racks for cans and clear bins for pantry staples

For the pantry items that were moved down to the bottom shelf, I switched to 7 clear rectangle containers instead of the 4 baskets everything was piled in before. Being able to sub-divide the shelf into smaller categories has been a great way to keep things more organized!

I repurposed the 4 baskets previously on the upper shelf to hold larger packaged items, like crackers, which provides easy acess because I can pull the whole basket forward like a drawer to access the items in the back.

Pantry Shelves with Baskets for Rice, Crackers, Pasta, Etc

I also combined all the baking supplies to one shelf. Before the large containers (sugars, etc) were on one shelf, while the smaller items like baking soda were way up on a shelf I needed the step-ladder to access.

The snacks were also moved over a shelf, which let the noodles and rice take the old snack spot closer to the other dinner-related items.

In addition to making things easier while meal planning and cooking, these changes have also made coming home from the grocery store easy. Everything has a place!

I’m so glad the search for the flour container led to these other helpful pantry tweaks. If you haven’t seen what the pantry looked like before these changes or want links to the other storage items, you can see more pantry organization here.

PS: It seems like everyone has been reorganizing their pantry like we have, so the containers have been in and out of stock on Amazon. They’re also available here and here. It did take me several weeks to get the ones I ordered from Container Store, so be patient or do curbside pickup if you have a local store if you go that route!

Flour and Baking Soda being  scooped from clear containers

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In 2013, Melissa founded Polished Habitat to share her passion for intersecting style and function to make everyday life more beautiful and less stressful. She does this by sharing easy home organization tips, home decor tutorials, and creative ideas to help readers think outside the box, no matter their budget. Her work has been featured in print in Better Homes & Gardens and Room to Create Magazine, and online by HGTV, House Beautiful, Buzzfeed, & more. In 2018 & 2019, Melissa was named as a Style Maker by Better Homes & Gardens. In 2019, Polished Habitat was shortlisted for the Amara Blog Awards Best Interior Styling Blog - International. Read more...

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  1. Chris says

    05/29/2020 at 10:23 am

    I have a cricut that I just don’t seem to be able to figure out…followed all sorts of you tube instructions … all I want to do is make labels like yours on the containers and also print little sayings instead of using the message boards. Can you help??

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    • Melissa George says

      05/29/2020 at 1:39 pm

      Hi Chris, Have you seen this video already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rzee2j2kA0 ? It’s a great step by step throughout the whole process of making a label. It might be worth watching as you make a label, pausing the video to do exactly the steps she does with your own label step-by-step. That video isn’t mine, but I watched to make sure it was good. I do have a photo/written tutorial in this post: https://www.polishedhabitat.com/cricut-joy/. I show the Joy in that post, but everything is the same for the Explore Air 2 or Maker other than needing to put your vinyl on a mat before you load it.

      Check those out and let me know where you are getting stuck and I’m happy to help!

      Reply
  2. Jayne says

    05/29/2020 at 10:26 am

    I love these containers too. I use the tiny ones for seasonings I would use at the table, such as garlic, cajun seasoning and lemon pepper.

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  3. Kristine Schuman says

    05/29/2020 at 10:57 am

    I love reading your hints. Makes me want to get busier and accomplish them. lol BUT other duties call me first.

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    • Melissa George says

      05/29/2020 at 1:27 pm

      Ha – I understand that! I had to pause writing the kitchen chapter of my book one day to update the organization in my own kitchen!

      Reply
  4. Suzanne says

    05/29/2020 at 12:32 pm

    I also have these containers and just love the convenience they afford me. My brown sugar says soft and easy to use. I don’t get the mess any more with dry ingredients. Sorry I didn’t know about these years ago.

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    • Melissa George says

      05/29/2020 at 1:25 pm

      I’m so glad you already have and love them! It’s amazing what a difference they make.

      Reply
  5. Nickesha says

    05/29/2020 at 1:01 pm

    Great find! The designs really are well-thought out for uses around the kitchen. They look pretty sturdy as well.

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    • Melissa George says

      05/29/2020 at 1:25 pm

      They really are!

      Reply
  6. Sarah Vogel says

    06/03/2020 at 4:01 pm

    These are brilliant! Thank so much for telling us about them. Cannot wait to read your book! What a way to enter your 40’s…”Published Author”! ?

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    • Melissa George says

      06/03/2020 at 4:06 pm

      Thank you, friend! I hope you try them and love them as much as we do!

      Reply
  7. Licia says

    06/19/2020 at 11:58 am

    I adore this post, I am making a list and plan on buying lots of great things this weekend! I’ll send a pic when I get everything. Thank you so much for sharing, I cannot believe I have never seen these.

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    • Melissa George says

      06/19/2020 at 1:11 pm

      That’s how I felt when I saw them too! I hope you love them as much as we do!

      Reply
  8. Cathy Morris says

    07/09/2020 at 7:35 am

    I am just reading your hints for the first time! I love the containers! Where exactly can I buy them? Cathy

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    • Melissa George says

      07/09/2020 at 7:22 pm

      Hi Cathy, The containers are available on Amazon, Target, & Container Store. There are clickable links within the post that should take you right to them. Thanks!

      Reply

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In 2013, Melissa started Polished Habitat to share her skill of mixing decor & organization to add style & function to everyday life at home.

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