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Transform and Stylise Your Pantry With These Budget-Friendly Kmart Hacks

We’ve likely all been there before. We go to our pantry and think about how we should keep it better stocked, organised, and overall neater. But sometimes, it’s simply too expensive to do so. But what if I told you that you can actually level up your pantry on a budget?

An Instagram user by the name of ‘Kmart Hack Queen’ has recently shared with her followers a complete makeover of her home pantry on a limited budget through Kmart deals and finds.



The pantry overhaul was showcased by the account’s owner Samantha in an Instagram reel that brought her followers up close to the new and improved pantry.

Samantha’s remodelling began with a simple overhaul to her spice jar rack door which she covered with a layer of dotted adhesive vinyl. This can be purchased for $1.50 per piece (200x45 cm) at Kmart.
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The revamped spice rack. Image Source: Kmarthacksqueen on Instagram

This simple addition to her spice jar rack door completely transformed the look and feel of her pantry for a very small cost. It’s almost as if it were brand new!



Removing out-of-date baking supplies like flour and baking powder from the main cupboard was next on the list for Samantha in her pantry overhaul. She even made sure to purchase brand-new containers for her pantry to make everything match and have a more uniform look.

Samantha specifically went for plastic containers with a great seal and clip lids over the previous glass ones she used that would easily break and shatter when accidentally dropped.

One shelf in Samantha’s pantry was dedicated to different oils and salts that were elegantly arranged on top of a clear storage turntable she purchased from Kmart for $7.50.

Below the oils and salt shelf was a glass cake stand placed neatly in one corner that stored gorgeously made muffins.

Samantha also organised all of her snacks, crackers, and dried food inside easily-accessible roller storage baskets with each having its own respective label. She got these plastic containers for $9 a piece at Kmart.

The roller storage baskets made everything easier to access with their front lids, and as an added bonus, they can also easily be moved around thanks to the built-in wheels!



Below the roller storage baskets, Samantha opted to use larger clear pantry storers for bulkier storage of general goods such as chips, noodles and more snacks. These larger plastic containers cost $12 each.

To add just a little more flair to her pantry containers, Samantha also purchased a white metal bread bin with a wooden lid for $16 that goes well with the new refreshed look of her pantry.

A complete overview of all the items she used on her pantry’s makeover is neatly written on an Instagram post that details the price and retailers she purchased her items from.
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The before and after of her pantry. Image Source: Kmarthacksqueen on Instagram

Samantha’s journey to transform and stylise her pantry on a budget shows that it’s possible to make your home pantry a little bit more beautiful and organised without spending too much. You just have to put in a little effort and creativity to realise the pantry of your dreams! We’re big fans of the less cluttered, more grandkid-friendly result. We definitely think we’d be more inspired in the kitchen if our pantry looked this good!

What do you think, members? Will you give your pantry a revamp or have you always prioritised an organised pantry? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
 
It all looks fine and dandy but where is the tinned stuff - beans, tomatoes, soups, fruit etc? What about the stuff in jars - peanut butter, vegemite, nutella, jams and marmalade?:unsure:
 
I could write a book on the Pantry syndrome but I can't because we are all different. I,ve always had the problem of space, but our caravan was my best pantry when we were away on long service for 3 months.
It was my problem being a Virgo. Everything had to be a mini replica of our home away from home otherwise I'd have been living in a nightmare. I remember asking a couple over for dinner because they wandered over to gain more of the smell from the cooking. One of them called to his sister in another van,"Sis, get a gig @ this lady's kitchen?" I tried to be humble, I truly did but the compliments never stopped.
We moved to another site because we never got 5 minutes to ourselves. When going away for 13 wks you don't need to lower your way of living comfortably. It costs no more. Camping is entirely the opposite but one still has to plan a little. I think all us housewives dream of a walk- in pantry with storage attached for tinned extras, breakfast foods, packets, soft drink, beer/wine etc. We all have dreams. I adored one pantry I saw that I wished I could have @ the time. It was a walk-in. LUCKY I don't entertain jealousy in my make up. I could never have worked as hard as she did to get it though. I so admired her ideas. I never lost any sleep over wishing though. One has to have "space" to warrant what she could do & did. I DO think there ARE some people who want to be like the Jone'ses , spend money like it is going out of style, & in doing so they lose the "time" it takes to love one another so deeply. They look too far forward to the future that for some....is short. Ricci hit the nail on the head with her "Where's the tinned stuff etc." Us girls make do with what we have until such times when....like our viewer did. For her the time was right. .Dreams have a habit of reaching for "Tomorrow Land"..It's sad because we're in TODAY which hasn't had its full 24 hours yet to enjoy.
 
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