I have been watching videos on this very thing and I am sold on baskets to corral like items together to make it easier to access what is needed, otherwise it gets lost in the back never to be seen until its past the expiration. Labels help too. I am currently in a camper but moving very soon into 2 br house think small. I want to maximize my space for food storage. I also use glass mason jars already and that helps alot to be able to see what is in the container.

Oh my, that is tiny.

One suggestion, before you buy anything, is to take everything out and
discard the empties, outdated and trash. Sort food by type and see what you have. If you have multiple opened containers, put them in a bin labeled USE THESE FIRST. Always take from the one with the least in it to get rid of the package or jars the fastest.

How far to the right do the shelves go? A turntable tucked in there would make access easier. I place things on a turntable with labels facing out, tall things in the middle.

You have room for a half-depth shelf above the cereal containers for lightweight things you don't need often.

You have room for shallow shelves at the rear between the existing shelves for shorter stuff. A 1x4 installed with 6 inches of clear space above it can hold almost any canned goods.

A pull-out bin with dividers in the bottom would make access easier. Perhaps a rolling toy box?

Thats a great idea rolling toybox!

Are the shelves fixed or can they be moved? I have a pantry that is repurposed from a built in stove cabinet. Only two of the shelves are fixed and I added adjustable strips on either side so I could move the shelves to the depths I needed.

I also put a pull out shelf on the very bottom, because I was not going to get on my hands and knees to get to the back of that cabinet!

I put a piece of pegboard on the inside of the door and affixed two little baskets, one holds spice and seasoning packets, the other is where I keep the manual can opener, cat food can lids, and a dry erase marker. I put a small dry erase board inside the door also, so I could keep track of what i need to replace or buy.

Definitely get some bins to hold things. I also have these shelf lifters, I have no idea what they're called-they're expandable mini-shelves, so I can stack cans above and below them. Small bins also are great for corralling bottles-syrup, salad dressing, etc.

Dry goods are put in plastic containers, similar to those you have already. I used my label maker to mark what is in them, so I don't mix up flour with pancake mix.

The back of the door is a great place to also pin up sandwich bag boxes or something to hold plastic bags. My kitchen is tiny and has no storage so I have to use the backs of doors for many things.

Also, I organized my shelves by type of products in them. One shelf is for anything related to baking. One for cereal, snacks and boxed items. Cans on another, bottles and jars and containers that hold rice, beans, pasta, etc. Makes it a lot easier to find what I need when I'm making a specific thing. Baking cookies-everything is on that shelf, flour, sugar, oil, cooking spray and things like cupcake liners, cake decorating stuff (which is all put into a plastic bin of it's own).

Love the ideas above. How about storage on back of the pantry door, like this:

I love these ideas. For pull outs, do I need a professional to do it or can I but them and DIY? Please note, I am not handy:)

Some areas have companies that specialize in installing these.

There are different ways to install them depends on type of slide. Got to make sure they clear the door frames. Youtube has tutorials, to see if it fits in your comfort zone or hire a handyman.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/kitchen/kitchen-storage/kitchen-storage-cabinet-rollouts/view-all/

One problem with storing things on the door is that the weight of the stuff can pull the door out of alignment.

If you do this, install a caster on the doot to take the weight.

I agree w/ the power of back-of-door storage. Make that the place where you store the stuff you use MOST often. Especially the smaller stuff.

As for the little alcoves on either side of the door: Maybe that's where you line up the paper towels, or other similarly shaped things (cereal boxes?). They're big, and easy to grab, and can be lifted over the other stuff.

If you're not handy, you might need help with your pullouts. Got a handy relative/friend/handyman?

Though...there is a company that makes pullouts you can mount to the shelves (base mount, or bottom mount), if your shelves are fixed and solid. And that's something you could probably do as long as you can run an electric screwdriver, or maybe a basic drill.

You might consider having pullouts only on SOME of the shelves, or maybe on some AREAS of the shelf (and tuck things like paper plates on their edges, or paper towels, or cereal boxes, or tall skinny plastic containers of cereal, into the space between the pullout and the wall.

These are base-mount.
This company has lots of different designs. I'm a fan of full-extension slides, but they're pricey.

https://www.shelvesthatslide.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=AS58EWH&Category_Code=SS

One thing about combining pullouts and back-of-door storage:

The back-of-door baskets will jut out, and they may be in the path of the pullouts. So, something to think about.

Also note that in one of the pictures artistsharonva shared, there are plastic drawers. That's a way to create a pullout of sorts--a drawer.

And of course, bins or baskets or even trays (or roasting pans) can be pulled out, which is a very similar function to a pullout or a drawer.


However, your closet is very DEEP, so you might want something deep enough to let you utilize the depth. Those aren't that easy to find, though/.

If those deep storage containers get too wide, they get wobbly.

How wide is your pantry? I had a small pantry where I put in 8" deep shelves, with a 12" at the bottom, then a wall-mounted wire basket system on one side wall. It was great, nothing disappeared behind other stuff.

But, my pantry now is an inch or two narrower, and I don't think the same thing would work.