In my past life (as a makeup artist), makeovers made my day. Making someone feel like a million bucks and give them the tools and knowledge to give them a new look, was just a days work for me..and I loved every moment of it!
But now that time has fast forwarded to the present, and my life now needs to focus on this..
and these..
While our other family member is away..(is it December yet?!)
Today was a day of missing Geoff and my job all at once..so to be productive and keep me from being a boohoo pants, I thought..why not find something to makeover? It doesn't always have to involve makeup to be a makeover..
I opted to...
Clean out the fridge and freezer! I didn't take a "before" photo, you can thank me for sparing you from that atrocious sight. Just joking it wasn't that horrible, but I forgot to take one..
But the after photos are making me happy and proud to post!
A good tip is wait to clean out the fridge/freezer until your supplies are needing to be replenished, that way it makes the job a lot easier. Less emptying and refilling and lost counter space.
So much better, now I can see everything!
Okay, the door..I love organizing..so these little "nests" make it easy to categorize all the goodness. Lets start at the top! In the butter holder, I chose to put in containers of cheese. one nest contains burger/hot dog condiments, one nest contains the breakfast condiments (eg. syrup, jam and peanut butter), and the last nest contains salad dressing. The larger shelf holds juice, wine, jars, and sauce bottles, and the bottom one is (cough) ice cream topping sauces.
And for the big box..I actually battled with the top shelf after being scrubbed, to put it back into the original spot, but of course with my luck (and frustration) it wasn't happening. Not such a bad thing I realized once items started migrating back into the fridge. Its now a fraction higher than the original placement and works perfect for fragile items (such as eggs.) The drawer attached to the top shelf keeps blocks of cheese in their own world. Take one step down see to the water filter system and Hannah's fridge snack corner with her juice boxes and yogurt in a tube (she also loves cheese sticks which would be next to the yogurt.)
The bottom shelf has milk, juice, butter and a bowl for defrosting the dogs food. I make weekly batches to freeze of rice and veggies to top their crunchies - it helps make their bags of food last longer. I always stash a few for serving in the fridge. I missed taking photos of the two produce drawers, one is empty and the other one is home to a few beer bottles and soda..
There was nothing major to clean up in term of the fridge, but the shelves were removed and hauled to the bathtub for some scrubbing. I did come across a few casualties in terms of produce though.
Now, bring on the freezer!
This was the biggest project..funny concept since the freezer is smaller than the fridge but in terms of the before and after, it was the biggest transformation. Before it was a major avalanche waiting to happen, and since I am the only one home who can reach freezer height I sensed it needed to be done for my safety.
The door has the responsibility of frozen juice on the top, coffee beans and a loaf of bread (and two hidden kinder surprises) on the bottom. And now for the reveal..kind of wishing for the before picture now, but here we go..
Before, it looked nothing like this..there were no shoe organizers! It was a cheap transformation, and worth the dollar a pop for the "shoe organizers" to help categorize the frozen foods. The breakfast container (although looks empty) does hold english muffins and frozen berries and will eventually hold pancakes/waffles etc. The lunch container holds hot dogs and buns. The dinner container is exploding with home made tomato sauce, lasagna, moussaka and some seafood. The dog container holds Moxie and Daisy's food mixture. The big bag on the side are veggies for the dogs, will be gone soon and leave space for whole casseroles etc. Sadly, this clean out claimed a few more casualties than the fridge - freezer burnt meat (no loss for me being a vegetarian), and endless amounts of half or less than half loaves of bread stuffed to the back. Hopefully when hubby dearest returns, this system can continue. It has already become handy in terms of the future grocery shop..since the dinner container is full and lots of meal are already prepared, lets focus on the lesser full containers..No more wasted food crammed to the back and cleaning is time effecient now! It also, has turned into a saving grace for meal planning with it only being me and a busy two and a half year old.
Lets see how many of you can say you have shoe organizers in your freezer!
