Pantry Questions

[cllgefrk13]

Off my kitchen there is a huge pantry/closet. When I moved in, the lady I bought the house from left me all her cleaning supplies. There is a ton of stuff in there. Because of that, I've never stored food in there.

Now I'm starting to accumulate more food and I don't have enough room in the kitchen cabinets. Would it be safe to store foods in the pantry area with the cleaning supplies or would that be unsafe?

Here is a picture:

[bb1982]

um, yes. Get rid of all that weird crap she left and store your food there.

[cllgefrk13]

Originally Posted by bb1982 um, yes. Get rid of all that weird crap she left and store your food there.

That's kind of what I was thinking. There is a ton of cleaning stuff, most of which I'll never use.

Where is the best place to store stuff like that? In the garage? Under the sink?

[bb1982]

Originally Posted by cllgefrk13 That's kind of what I was thinking. There is a ton of cleaning stuff, most of which I'll never use. Where is the best place to store stuff like that? In the garage? Under the sink?

I always keep my cleaning supplies under the sink. Go through the stuff and figure out what you will actually use and what you won't. That's a lot of extra space you could be using that looks like it's being wasted now!

[Amberlyn]

My everyday cleaning stuff goes under the sink.. the stuff I rarely use (liquid plummer, CRL, ... ) goes in the garage..

[cllgefrk13]

Sounds like I need some shelves in the garage. My garage is the most boring garage ever. DH hasn't actually "lived" here yes, so there is very minimal things in our garage.

[Amberlyn]

I just use those plastic shelves you can get at Walmart.. I had one in the garage for "my things", and then I used one in the hot tub room, for the chemicals... They are SOOO handy, and you can take them apart.. so you can have 4 shelves, or 2.. they work good in the laundry too.. too keep that stuff on!

[bb1982]

Originally Posted by Amberlyn I just use those plastic shelves you can get at Walmart.. I had one in the garage for "my things", and then I used one in the hot tub room, for the chemicals... They are SOOO handy, and you can take them apart.. so you can have 4 shelves, or 2.. they work good in the laundry too.. too keep that stuff on!

wait lady- you have a hot tub? I'm so running to your house now!

[cllgefrk13]

So I guess the heat or cold wouldn't harm these products?

[BlueBird]

We keep all our cleaning stuff in the laundry room. I'm paranoid and wouldn't store them with food.

Most of them will say on the label with the heat/cold would affect them though.