I've Run Out of Room in the Pantry! (Expanding the Pantry!)

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  • We actually ran out of space in our pantry! Watch us DOUBLE our storage and find options for storing our empty Mason jars as well!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 161

  • @JKe895
    @JKe895 20 днів тому +30

    My Gran always said to never have empty jars. She filled them with filtered water and placed them aside (until they needed to be used) in case of emergencies.

    • @FebbieG
      @FebbieG 20 днів тому +9

      My mother-in-law always adds jars of water to canner loads that didn't have quite enough.

  • @amy-qq9og
    @amy-qq9og 20 днів тому +23

    Building the shelves to big to fit down the stairs is totally something we would do. Lol😁

  • @pistachio57
    @pistachio57 20 днів тому +17

    Your kids are so blessed to have a life filled with siblings and animals and space to be kids (and great parents!).

  • @sandrabarrand2564
    @sandrabarrand2564 19 днів тому +5

    Josh, you made Carolyn a happy wife!

  • @californiadreamer2580
    @californiadreamer2580 20 днів тому +23

    Love that you show that even experienced homesteaders can have an "oops" now and then❤ The shelves are awesome!😊

  • @ht6684
    @ht6684 20 днів тому +20

    My room (the entire basement) has been filled as well, such a good problem to have.

  • @brendajackson294
    @brendajackson294 20 днів тому +18

    I miss my basement in Missouri so much. Your children are getting so grown up. Lovely to see the family working together.

  • @bethvanaalst2168
    @bethvanaalst2168 20 днів тому +16

    Awesome shelves ❣️ will you be sharing the plans for them?

    • @kchelley
      @kchelley 20 днів тому +7

      I was about to ask the same.

    • @janan3382
      @janan3382 20 днів тому +5

      Yes please!

  • @LoJo99
    @LoJo99 13 днів тому +3

    It’s the little things in life….. those shelves are great…..more storage space….. organizing……love it

  • @VonDubbeld
    @VonDubbeld 20 днів тому +4

    Josh those shelves are both highly functional and very beautiful! Nice work!

  • @alisapence3281
    @alisapence3281 19 днів тому +4

    Your husband did a beautiful job on your shelfs! I am like you; I get excited when I have storage space. Just Beautiful!

  • @dlgrilli
    @dlgrilli 20 днів тому +5

    I'm drooling! I totally get your excitement over you pantry overhaul! I enjoyed seeing your family working together. I told my husband, this is what happens when you have a large family - you don't have to call in favors from friends/family and hope someone will come help.

  • @joycekatende2928
    @joycekatende2928 20 днів тому +7

    Just had to pause the video to say beautiful family

  • @LadysFarm
    @LadysFarm 20 днів тому +9

    That’s a great problem to have ❤❤❤

  • @stephaniejohnson3739
    @stephaniejohnson3739 20 днів тому +7

    That looks amazing!

  • @bobrice2441
    @bobrice2441 20 днів тому +9

    Wonderful addition!! Storage is a constant change with adaptation.

  • @thewitchykitchen
    @thewitchykitchen 18 днів тому +2

    We repurposed half of our den to make room for our food. I still ran out of space, so my 5 gallon buckets went out into the garage, where I also have my long term food storage, freezers and the extra fridge we use for fermented foods.

  • @suzanneeckstein13
    @suzanneeckstein13 20 днів тому +7

    Lol yuppers same problem here so ended up buying More shelving unit's all over the house now

  • @sheliaheverin8822
    @sheliaheverin8822 20 днів тому +6

    They are beautiful. I would have needed a two week break after all that work.

  • @user-cv1ud9sf2j
    @user-cv1ud9sf2j 19 днів тому +2

    I've been in apartments since the divorce in 2017. Just moved into a bigger place with a much bigger kitchen. Didn't realize just how many jars I have until I was unpacking. 😮 I need to start cooking big batches to fill them! Always a great gift.

  • @taraelvira8252
    @taraelvira8252 19 днів тому +2

    Oh, Carolyn! So happy for your new beautiful space! Happy canning!

  • @mountainhomesteadfamily
    @mountainhomesteadfamily 20 днів тому +2

    The new shelves look amazing! I'm happy for you all. You are right about homesteading in a tiny home. It just doesn't work well at all.

  • @ABCDEFGH-kk8ln
    @ABCDEFGH-kk8ln 19 днів тому +2

    God bless the empty jar stacks! I feel ya. Grow on girl!

  • @tinacarr9498
    @tinacarr9498 20 днів тому +5

    Beautiful craftsmanship Josh & kids!! Love it

  • @NicoleHoltActress
    @NicoleHoltActress 20 днів тому +6

    Thats a good problem to have :)

  • @defineddisabledlife3463
    @defineddisabledlife3463 20 днів тому +3

    Why not make a couple of deep sided trays so when your preserving you can move a lot of jars at once either full or empty

  • @zombiemom5088
    @zombiemom5088 19 днів тому +2

    I don’t have a basement … not common where I live … so … once my kids grew and no longer needed/ or wanted a den / playroom I turned it into a pantry 😂🤣😂🤣 but I still have stuff stored everywhere 🤣😂🤣

  • @daniellelamont7961
    @daniellelamont7961 19 днів тому +2

    Your pantry is a dream! So much space, and beautiful shelving.

  • @user-nw5cr1tl6j
    @user-nw5cr1tl6j 20 днів тому +6

    I love your pantry shelves.

  • @MichelleTech
    @MichelleTech 20 днів тому +2

    Nice job Josh & kids, more shelving is always good!

  • @staceywishart9971
    @staceywishart9971 20 днів тому +5

    They look so good! I know that’ll help yall out so much. Good job 👍

  • @rebeccamerry
    @rebeccamerry 19 днів тому +2

    We never have empty jars in storage. Always can water into any empty jars for emergencies! They’re sitting there empty so we might as well put them to work!

  • @Momma_Tomma
    @Momma_Tomma 19 днів тому +2

    You got me at the 2:50 mark. "Tiny houses aren't good for homesteaders who are serious about preseerving food."
    Yet, as a poor family, that's all we can afford, as well as many others. Owning large houses on quite a bit of land simply isn't feasible for some folks.
    There's a 38 acre ranch in a "small town" not far away that is on the market for nearly $1 million. 😳😳.
    Some homes with even just 10 acres are selling for $300,000. No way that financially strapped families can own such expensive properties. We do the best we can, with what we can afford.

    • @jennbasil
      @jennbasil 19 днів тому +1

      Totally agreeing with you about the cost and doing the best we can with what we've got. May I please ask what state you're in? Seems like 10 acres is a million dollars where I am.

    • @Momma_Tomma
      @Momma_Tomma 18 днів тому +2

      @@jennbasil Michigan. In the rural areas, not the cities.

    • @jennbasil
      @jennbasil 18 днів тому +1

      ​@Momma_Tomma thanks for that. Some serious snow y'all get up there!

  • @elsamccowan2122
    @elsamccowan2122 19 днів тому +2

    I love this channel. You are like the Martha Stewart of homesteading.

  • @Justmegd
    @Justmegd 20 днів тому +3

    Momma’s happy. We all know what that means. I’ll check back in nine months. 😂😂😂❤❤❤ 😝🥰😝🥰🥰🥰👶🍼👶
    All kidding aside.. Shelves look great.

  • @lynsmith2698
    @lynsmith2698 19 днів тому +2

    Fantastic video, we are retired and getting ready to move onto 70 acres with a small house however it has a full basement and we are just getting ready to frame in a cold room as I put up also a ton of canning, we have metal and wood heavy duty shelving but the drawback is how wide the shelves are apart, so my hubby welded me freestanding shelves to go between them and it has literally doubled my space as well. I’m Excited to start our new life and have a new food storage cold room. Thanks for the great video on this subject 🌷🇨🇦

  • @catherinewhite2943
    @catherinewhite2943 20 днів тому +4

    Congratulations! Good thing you raised such strong and competent helpers. Although, it's the desire of those helpers for food that set off the need for the new-shelf project.

  • @mlee7037
    @mlee7037 2 дні тому +1

    Love those new shelves! I so need something like that!

  • @beckybrock8525
    @beckybrock8525 13 днів тому +2

    Looks amazing!! ❤❤ Lots of hard work and lots of hard workers!! Great job

  • @dancnluc1
    @dancnluc1 19 днів тому +2

    The extra shelves look awesome.

  • @debrahayes6113
    @debrahayes6113 20 днів тому +2

    Should have made drawers under your stairs. You could have put you empty jars in the drawers to keep them handy.

  • @zandramangrum5483
    @zandramangrum5483 19 днів тому +2

    Great idea for the shelving, I’ve mentioned it to my husband on the shelf sizes…I think he was listening to my hint!

  • @26skogen
    @26skogen 18 днів тому +1

    You are so fortunate to have a basement. I have a standup crawl space that I have turned into a pantry. It’s pretty full and will be full to the brim after this years harvest. I have one more spot where I can build shelves if need be. But I fully get it about storing food in other places.

  • @rickthelian2215
    @rickthelian2215 20 днів тому +2

    Great job everyone 😊

  • @pammaddox4947
    @pammaddox4947 20 днів тому +2

    I'm soo jealous of your shelves. ❤

  • @workinonit9562
    @workinonit9562 19 днів тому +2

    I understand your excitement! Very nice.

  • @cherylgann1993
    @cherylgann1993 19 днів тому +2

    Absolutely beautiful you two!!

  • @cherylpresleigh6403
    @cherylpresleigh6403 20 днів тому +1

    We have been working on creating a ‘walk-in pantry’ in a room off the kitchen. It is getting close to being complete but a much larger project than expected because of needing to move that room to a different area of the house first lol. My kitchen has no pantry in its design so I had been using some shelves in the laundry room, also off the kitchen, but it wasn’t really enough before and not even close to adequate after starting to garden and canning again. The room is not huge but I’m hoping will hold the necessary shelves as well as maybe the dehydrator and freeze dryer along with a couple of freezers. I’m not sure if there will be too much heat produced by the dehydrator and freeze dryer so we will see how that works out.
    Your shelves are beautiful! I think we are inspired and encouraged to keep going when we have efficient and functional spaces. Your video has definitely encouraged me to stay the course and to get the room done. Thank you for sharing.

  • @jennifercockrell3374
    @jennifercockrell3374 20 днів тому +2

    What a beautiful pantry!! I also really enjoyed this style of video.

  • @selfsufficientliving
    @selfsufficientliving 20 днів тому +2

    Beautiful shelving

  • @rachaelwedd1572
    @rachaelwedd1572 20 днів тому +2

    Love those shelves!

  • @shirleyvastine9328
    @shirleyvastine9328 20 днів тому +1

    So nice to have such beautiful shelves as well as all of the storage! Makes it so pleasant going down to your basement.
    How are you blessed enough to not have critters getting into those paper bags on the bottom shelves?

  • @yvonneh.3618
    @yvonneh.3618 20 днів тому +1

    Lol. I thought that was Carolyn sitting there with the baby at first.

  • @junewrogg6137
    @junewrogg6137 20 днів тому +2

    That is AWESOME!!!!

  • @lynnebrown-hardy1566
    @lynnebrown-hardy1566 19 днів тому +2

    Awesome space!

  • @TheFamilyFarmstead
    @TheFamilyFarmstead 20 днів тому +2

    Fantastic!

  • @fatherofchickens7951
    @fatherofchickens7951 20 днів тому +1

    Real treasure!

  • @gailsgardenherbsmore1605
    @gailsgardenherbsmore1605 20 днів тому +2

    Great team work! Love the shelves...hope you left a path for under the stairs. I was thinking of things you could store there, too. 🙂

  • @elvashomestead
    @elvashomestead 10 днів тому +1

    Thank you for this video - I took y’all’s idea of spacing shelves to accommodate each jar size. I am just getting started with homesteading, I had not canned since 1995 but I am loving it again. 😊❤🎉
    Can’t share a picture here

  • @craftsbeautyandlife5163
    @craftsbeautyandlife5163 20 днів тому +2

    I love them.i must say im jealous 😂

  • @shelliecummins5972
    @shelliecummins5972 20 днів тому +1

    ❤❤❤the shelves

  • @richardschafer7858
    @richardschafer7858 20 днів тому +4

    Well done

  • @comenterrimcd2571
    @comenterrimcd2571 20 днів тому +2

    Looks great!

  • @user-dp3ie7eb5m
    @user-dp3ie7eb5m 17 днів тому +1

    I love it. Good job everyone. 👏

  • @HabitualButtonPusher
    @HabitualButtonPusher 20 днів тому +2

    A lot of wasted space under those steps. In our old farmhouse we had huge shelves like that but there was a huge piano type hinge where a section swung out so you could access behind.

  • @TyMoore1234
    @TyMoore1234 20 днів тому +2

    Great video!😊

  • @christine1373
    @christine1373 20 днів тому +1

    That is such a great space! I love to have everything organized by category but more importantly I like that the shelve units are all made the same way with the same material. My brain cannot focus when there is a cluttered look.

  • @joanreid2804
    @joanreid2804 20 днів тому +1

    Godless your precious Hubby and young helpers! Beautiful job!

  • @jeanettechampion653
    @jeanettechampion653 20 днів тому +42

    This is why God gave us men! 😊

    • @Romans828girl
      @Romans828girl 20 днів тому +4

      I have a friend who says, "That's why we have them. To move furniture and kill bugs."

    • @joyceterra2265
      @joyceterra2265 20 днів тому +8

      My husband built some just like it. We ended up expanding into two rooms in the basement. When you get started, you really do not realise how much room you will take up. Lol it is like the loaves and fishes.

    • @alison8725
      @alison8725 20 днів тому +4

      Oh my Goodness I just said out loud, “thank God for men!” Lol. We need more like these…

    • @comenterrimcd2571
      @comenterrimcd2571 20 днів тому +2

      So they can tell us we asked for them too big instead of taking responsibility for making them outside of the basement without measuring first?
      Thank goodness they have muscle!

    • @joyceterra2265
      @joyceterra2265 20 днів тому +1

      @@comenterrimcd2571 lol they did take the measurements. Just forgot to factor in the stair measurements. We are all human. At least we all could get a chuckle from it. Life's little hiccups are always good for a little humor and chuckles. That is another reason we have men around. They are great for uplifting a day and helping us see the humor in all our little foibles.

  • @carolynparker7007
    @carolynparker7007 20 днів тому +1

    Maybe you can put moving shelves in front of existing ones

  • @leopardwoman38
    @leopardwoman38 19 днів тому +1

    Love the shelves and the idea of having them graduated. 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤣💕🌸🍀

  • @sassyherbgardener7154
    @sassyherbgardener7154 20 днів тому +1

    If you save the original canning jar boxes, you can store your empty canning jars in them, and stack them up on the floor. They are the right height for each size jar, so no wasted space on the floor. That way, all of your shelves can be used for the canned foods. We could never store any food in attics around here, as it gets to over 100 degrees in the spring and summer up there. I think a great deal of the country has the same problem, unfortunately. Josh did a great job building those shelves! They are beautiful!

  • @dhawk766
    @dhawk766 20 днів тому +2

    Thanks so much for the great ideas and advice. It looks so nice. Good job.

  • @cynthiawhitcomb1780
    @cynthiawhitcomb1780 20 днів тому +2

    Beautiful shelves. Beautiful helping family.

  • @leahsiemens1424
    @leahsiemens1424 20 днів тому +1

    What an amazing space! My dad built me a pantry in my downstairs last year and I absolutely LOVE it! It's definitely not as much space as you have but I only have 2 kids. It's been so wonderful to have that extra storage and we also did the different sized shelves. It's definitely a must, if your shelves are fixed.

  • @cathykillion6544
    @cathykillion6544 20 днів тому +1

    Loved seeing your family working together ❤

  • @amandaw30
    @amandaw30 20 днів тому +1

    So exciting! We had to set up our pantry like grocery store isles sticking out from the wall in order to maximize storage, rather than lining shelves around the edges. .

  • @2006engine267
    @2006engine267 20 днів тому +3

    Please do a more detailed build video and sketch with dimensions!

    • @2006engine267
      @2006engine267 20 днів тому

      The shelves look amazing BTW. Looking at doing something very similar.

    • @HomesteadingFamily
      @HomesteadingFamily  20 днів тому

      More on it here: ua-cam.com/video/Ucxt9OMy7d4/v-deo.html

  • @godblesstexas922
    @godblesstexas922 20 днів тому +1

    Awesome job that they all did. I would LOVE to have a basement like that.

  • @catherinerandall1966
    @catherinerandall1966 20 днів тому

    Blessed

  • @mschilepepper10
    @mschilepepper10 20 днів тому +1

    Those are my dream shelves. Looks so nice

  • @dhansonranch
    @dhansonranch 20 днів тому

    Right on! I felt the pain of having to take them down - "shoe horn required". Good job!

  • @sura2047
    @sura2047 20 днів тому +1

    Wow! Those shelves are super impressive!! Well done!!

  • @brigchavezfam.6635
    @brigchavezfam.6635 20 днів тому +1

    Wow they are so nice the guys did a great job on it
    I wish I had a basement in my house I have had to get creative in storing my food I do have food stored in all parts of my house right now I have taken the coat closet that was in our entryway and my husband is putting up shelves so I can store all of my large appliances and one big counter top so I can have more workspace for meal prep 😊 🧡

  • @laurarowland7926
    @laurarowland7926 20 днів тому +1

    Omg..what beautiful shelves..he could start a business just for that!!..great job

  • @bethsands7665
    @bethsands7665 19 днів тому

    Beautiful shelves, lovely family and awesome you !, you are the queen of the pantry ! Where do you get your jars ??

  • @carolkantner1770
    @carolkantner1770 20 днів тому +1

    I'm in this stage of storage too. But mine is definitely not as big as yours.
    Looks awesome.

  • @lmccroy
    @lmccroy 20 днів тому +1

    That’s Amazing God Bless!!!

  • @lynnrussell6736
    @lynnrussell6736 20 днів тому

    This is beautiful!!! Love the way you guys were able to make even more use of a great space!

  • @lindaharris5704
    @lindaharris5704 20 днів тому +1

    Fabulous job. My dream pantry.💕

  • @kathywills3244
    @kathywills3244 20 днів тому +1

    Wow just wow!!!

  • @Ebostic711
    @Ebostic711 20 днів тому

    I love you shelves!!!❤❤❤❤ It's so hard to have storage space in my apartment. I've put shelves everywhere I can. I hang decorative curtains on them so the contents are hidden when I have company.

  • @alison8725
    @alison8725 20 днів тому

    I love your family. You are all so adorable…❤

  • @kimberlyscrivner9373
    @kimberlyscrivner9373 20 днів тому

    This is so funny to watch. I don’t know how many times we have had to do this. Always works out though!

  • @wethreebees
    @wethreebees 20 днів тому +1

    I love your channel!❤

  • @virtualch151
    @virtualch151 19 днів тому +1

    Those shelves look so great, with both the spacing and designs! Do you have plans, or could you provide dimensions that were used (depth, and spacing between shelves)? This comes at a perfect time, as I actually just built a storage room in our house with this in mind.

    • @HomesteadingFamily
      @HomesteadingFamily  19 днів тому +1

      More on it here: ua-cam.com/video/Ucxt9OMy7d4/v-deo.html

  • @12acresfarm
    @12acresfarm 20 днів тому

    I would love to build a big walk-in pantry one day to put all of our canned goods. Our pantry is already a decent size, and I haven't filled it yet, so I guess I need to fill our current pantry first! 😄 Thanks for a great video! 🌱🌻

  • @Magpir-un8ff
    @Magpir-un8ff 13 днів тому +1

    Could we get a plan of those shelves the demensions of the shelves for different jar sizes like you have pint quart half gal gallon and then 5 gallon buckets i need shelves like this built by my hubby

  • @roccoleto441
    @roccoleto441 19 днів тому

    the shelves are great but i would have made the bottom shelves smaller to put bigger shelves in the middle so when i am older i don't have to bend down to pick up heavier jars

  • @quilt98
    @quilt98 10 днів тому

    Love the additional shelves. We are in the process of doing this ourselves. What about the space under the stairwell for jars?