You're listening to the decluttered mom podcast.

A podcast built specifically for busy moms by a busy mom.

I'm your host, Diana Renee.

And in 2017, I had my second daughter and it felt like I was literally drowning in my home. Okay, not literally,

but I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me. Over the next 10 months,

I got rid of approximately 70% of our household belongings and I have never looked back. I kind of feel like I hacked the mom

system, and I'm here to share all the tips, tricks, and encouragement. Let's listen to today's show.

Hi, my name is Katie from Michigan, and my question is, without a pantry, how do I store the bulk

grocery items and paper supplies that I buy from Costco?

Often they end up on the counter or shoved in a corner of the kitchen and make the whole space

just look cluttered and visually stressful. What can I do?

Hey, Katie, I love this question. And I think that it is something

that a lot of people can relate to because we want to be able to buy in bulk, especially if you have a

if you have kids, if you have kids at all, but especially if you have a large family. And I'm not totally

sure what your specific

situation is. But having extra storage space, whether or not you have a pantry, can be difficult.

And so I really like this question. And I think hopefully this will be helpful. So what I would

recommend doing number one is to find an area of your home or this might be multiple

areas of your home and that's okay if that needs to happen. Whenever I have questions like this

from specific people, I really wish I could like do a FaceTime with you and just walk through

your home so I get an exact feeling for what type of space we're working with. But since we

can't do that, here are some of the things that I would look for as I was looking throughout your

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