Organize that Fridge: Part 2

Well here's the moment we've all been waiting for...the grand finale of my fridge organization!  I have showed you the BEFORE, the organizational SUPPLIES I purchased for our fridge, and now time to let you see how it all came together!  I am pretty happy with how it all turned out.

The before...it's not so pretty...

The first thing I did was to empty everything out onto the counters to start with a fresh slate.

Yes, that is a cup of coffee in the middle...it was a job that needed it :)

Once I had everything out of the fridge, I got out that cleaner that I've mentioned HERE and HERE and some paper towels to wipe down all of the shelves including the door shelves.

From there, I started planning how I wanted everything to go back in.  I started planning our "zones" for the inside of the fridge. I broke ours down like this:

• Bread on the small top shelf
• Dairy on one shelf, includes 21 ct egg carton and one of the large OGGI containers to hold dairy in containers (sour cream, half/half, greek yogurt, cottage cheese)
• Next shelf down is the other large OGGI container for left overs and the medium OGGI container for dips
• Big shelf for milk (we were out in this picture), juice containers, and pre-filled water bottles for on-the-go and mornings
• Empty shelf the picture below is where I keep pre-prepped stuff for meals and uncooked meat that I sit on a plate to contain any leaks
• Long skinny OGGI container holds pickled items in jars minus olives
• Block/shredded/sliced cheese, lunch meat, hot dogs, sausage go in one side of the drawer
• Yogurt cups and string cheese in the cheap office drawer organizers from Wal-Mart
• Go-Gurts in the Linus drawer organizer
• Produce Drawer 1: pre-cut, ready to eat veggies
• Produce Drawer 2: salad mixes (lettuce, spinach)

Once I had everything loaded back inside the fridge, I started loading everything back into the door shelves.  I grouped ours into:

• One side:
• Specialty mustards (small containers for top shelf by the ice maker)
• Dessert toppings (another small shelf by the ice maker)
• Breakfast stuff (coffee creamer, maple syrup, and nut butters, although those aren't really breakfast stuff)

• Other side:
• Butter, freeze dried herbs, and grated ginger in the covered shelf
• Sauces and olives (with the ones we use the most in front)
• Everyday sauces (mustard, ketchup, honey mustard) and salad dressing/bacon bits

Having a plan for this part was so important.  If you notice in the before picture, those shelves were packed.  I didn't remove anything but the aloe vera jars which went to the outdoor fridge.

I am still not in love with the set up of the vegetable drawers and actually just ordered a lettuce keeper from Zulilly.com that I've had my eye on at Bed, Bath and Beyond.  I'm excited to get it in because my Meme has one and loves it!  Click on the picture below to check it out!

I also want to get one more juice jar since the weather is warming up and we like to keep passion tea lemonade made at all times...ps that's a sneak peak for this week's Foodie Friday post!

Then comes the other half of this beautiful machine...the freezer!  I don't even know where to begin yet...

Well, I hope you enjoyed this organizational adventure and as always, thanks for stopping by!

~Ashley Berry