Do you have bags of chips just piled on top of one another in your pantry? I did until I figured out how best to organize bags of chips.
I had so many piled up that I was starting to buy more pretzels and tortilla chips when I had half-open bags that I just couldn’t see.
Some of the half empty bags were things my kids loved to eat but I couldn’t even see that we had them when it came time to pack their lunches. I had to come up with a way to get those bags of chips off the pantry shelf and come up with a new way to organize bags of chips.
I had purchased some size medium Command Hooks for organizing my craft closet and had a bunch left over. After looking in my pantry, I knew I needed to do something with the big mess on the top shelf. I couldn’t even see what kind of chips and pretzels we had up there.
If I could hang the bags of chips with a chip clip that would help free up my shelf. My problem was that I usually use clothes pins as chip clips. How was I going to hang the bags of chips? First I was thinking of drilling a hole in the clothes pins and using a string but then I thought…what if there are already chip clips with holes in them? A quick search on Amazon and perfection.
Now I could stick the Command hooks on the side of the closet and use the new clips to just hang them. Easy, peasy.
Here is how I started.
I went as high as I could reach and I may have my husband put one even higher. That way I can get another bag on each side. This would be good for keeping chips that I shouldn’t be snacking on anyways.
And here are all my bags of chips and pretzels now off my shelf.
And that’s the other side. I had way too many half empty bags of tortilla chips. Half of them were stale. Now I can actually find the already opened bags.
Don’t you love projects that just involve sticking things to the wall? That is my type of organization project! 🙂
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this is the most amazing idea ever!!! Definitely pinning for later
This is so smart! I would have NEVER thought of that!! Our bags of chips are just in a box on top of the fridge lol.
We have the same mess with our bags of chips and this is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing :))
Um…this is genius. I have this hot mess of bags too! And I end of forgetting about some that fall to the back and that stinks! This is so easy and helpful!
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Super creative idea. We’re always looking for better storage ideas in our house, especially in the kitchen.
This is BRILLIANT! I don’t have an actual pantry. Just a tiny cupboard, but this could still work on the doors. Great post!
This is such a genius idea.Which I still had my food pantry for this.http://sheismelrose.net/
I’m liking that idea! We already use that space for small containers, like spices. I’ll have to see if I can incorporate it somewhere else.
Totally a great idea for organizing bags! I wish I had a bigger pantry, but I have no wall space. BUT, I am totally stealing the idea of how you are stacking your boxes!!
What a creative idea. Totally going to try this, would’ve never tried this. There are so many other things that can hook on there.
Really cute idea to keep your pantry organized! Thanks for sharing.
What a great way to clean up your pantry! I just cleaned up my pantry and I love how it turned out!
I have seen a few ideas similar to this on Pinterest and have been wanting to reorganize my pantry. I really need to, this looks like the best option for us when it comes to bags too.
That is a really great idea! We don’t buy much chips in our house however but if we did we would totally do this. I wonder what else I can use this for. I’m going to have to experiment.
What a clever idea! I love organizing hacks like this, so simple but I never seem to think of them myself! Thank you!!!
Omg how genius is this?!?! I’m so doing this! Weekend project:)
Well that is a genius idea! We don’t have a real pantry, but I have an armoire that I use for food – and this would work really great in it!
We don’t eat chips a lot in our house but I am sending this over to my mom now! She is a chip hoarder lol! Thanks for sharing!
I seldom eat chips, but my family loves them! They’ll love this nifty concept. Thanks for sharing!
And this is the reason I love bloggers. There is always something new to see. I have added it to my wish list in amazon
Thanks! Yes, I love reading blogs too. We all help each other with new tips.
This looks like when the cupboard door is shut it would break up the chips.
They are hanging on the side walls so the door doesn’t even come close. In my pantry there is about a foot of space between the door and the shelves so plenty of room but maybe some other pantry doors may be too close? I even have our garbage can in between the shelves and door too.
Brilliant! Love it!
Absolutely Brilliant!!!! I happened to have a couple hooks on hand and am getting more. So excited about this.
Great idea… ordering my clips now…thx
I’m not that much of a internet reader to be honest but your blog is really nice, keep it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back in the future. Many thanks
Those clips look really cool. I’ll use these and keep my pantry looking sharp.
I love this idea and it works great EXCEPT for the extra large bags of chips I usually buy from Costco. They are too heavy for the clips! Any ideas? I’ve tried a couple different kinds of clips, I found that the ones that held the best are the binder clips from the office supply store. But the big bags are just too heavy even for those.