PRACTICAL Non Pinterest Pantry Organization On a Budget With Before and After!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

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[@chaoticpoodle]

Angela is my communication role model! She is both clear and emotionally intelligent. Thank you, Angela!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

This from a pantry cleaning? Woohoo! You just made my day. Thanks so much for taking the time to send good tidings. :-)

[@melaniegardner8766]

This is the third or fourth time I've seen one of her clips. I'm liking this lady.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Awww, thank you! I appreciate you. 🤗

[@WorldOfNicky]

You’re my real life Mary Poppins. I’m on week 32 of my pregnancy and you’ve helped me “‘nest” one video at a time! So thank you 🙏🏻♥️

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Congratulations on your new arrival. I'm so excited for you. Thanks for your kind words and for spending a few minutes of your day with me. :-)

[@cUser691]

@Nicky Bee Congratulations. Liked your reference to Mary Poppins. Brought good memories.Greetings from Chicago

[@WorldOfNicky]

@@AskAngelaBrown Thank you!!

[@WorldOfNicky]

@@cUser691 Awe thank you, I love Mary Poppins, she gets so much done and her little bag is quite helpful too haha 😆 have a happy weekend!

[@nnacroon7356]

I love the "no frills" approach. Focusing on being functional is really helpful for me

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Yay! Yes, we are focused right now on results. We can do frills later. Thanks for watching. :-)

[@countrybootsgirl]

My husband, and kids are not trainable. Lol no matter what I do. This video was extremely helpful. I'm doing my upper cupboard today. Thank you.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Glad it was helpful! I chuckled a bit about your husband and kids not being trainable. Check out this video I made and my training tips - My Husband Never Emptied The Trash - And Then This Happened...kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpzCmJhsfZWkqqc

[@stephaniesmith2575]

I removed as many round containers as possible and used only square storage containers. If necessary, I put round containers in square bins. You can stack, reconfigure etc. much easier.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Great tips. Thanks for sharing this. Every little tip helps. :-)

[@gailfriedman1851]

A plumber once told me to stuff steel wool where all the pipes come into the house and where pipes come into cabinets, especially under the kitchen sink. The mice cannot chew thru the steel wool. Make it really tight-a mouse can squeeze thru a hole no bigger than a pencil. Also, check the vents in the eaves (maybe it’s called facia-the flat part that goes from the exterior wall to the gutters.)We had mice crawl up three stories of a brick wall and got into our house thru the little vents. One had a tear in the screen backing.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Great tip about the steel wool. It's true they can get in tiny spaces you wouldn't imagine them being able to get through. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

[@angelreed9825]

You are incredibly helpful when I don't know what to do I come to your channel Really very helpful helpful for anyone actually

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks Angel for your kind words and for spending a few minutes of your day here with me. I appreciate you. :-)

[@july77773]

You are a great educator.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks very much for your kind words. You just made my day. :-)

[@teresamessick2297]

My tip for roaches and mice don't store in cardboard. They love it. Angela Thank you for all your helpful advice. Have a bless day.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for the tip and for watching the video! Sending blessing your way. 😊

[@CSSP10]

Thanks, Angela! Dealt with mice in our home about 2 years ago and it was awful, annoying, and embarrassing. There’s all kinds of advice out there about deterring mice, but yours is “where the rubber meets the road”….give them no reason to want to stay.!! As always, thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hey Pat, thanks for your kind words and for stopping by. We've lived in our house for 11 years and we've had mice twice. I never did figure out how they got in, but the back half of our property is a forest and I think they were just field mice that wandered in. It was unnerving to say the least. LOL.

[@prissypacheco2860]

@@AskAngelaBrown oh wow. Now that I have my new home I’m going to take precautions. Thank you for bringing this to our attentions!

[@mayaserrella1572]

You obviously read my mind. Just did this two weeks ago. My pantry is a shrine to mason and used spaghetti jars. I used painters tape to mark everything. It comes off without leaving a residue.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hooray for practicality. Yes, this is an exercise in using what you've got and making it work in a way that serves your family and your needs. I love the glass for the ability to see through them - quick for inventory.

[@patcavasin5947]

As always, very helpful.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Glad to know it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@amoresalute4397]

I can’t live without a Pinterest pantry now that I have one. I know where everything is and it makes me feel good when I walk into a place that is organized, beautiful and not cluttered. I use painters tape under each sealed jar and container then date it. I keep a bamboo box for easy access with my supplies for dating my items. I even have shelf steppers for my cangoods, my condiments are color coded so that I can find everything easily but I also keep my house looking like an interior design magazine so this is not for everyone! I love a clean home and your videos have helped me so much in my new home!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Danielle, this sounds so lovely. I'm truly jealous. Thanks for sharing - you made me want to come have a picnic in your pantry. LOL. :-)

[@sherryberrywollenburg6482]

Do you date all of your canned goods too? Sometimes the manufacturer’s stamped date on the canned goods is hard to read or hard to locate.

[@Sorayaraqs]

So practical! Thank you!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Yay! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to reach out. It's great to have you here.

[@SixBlindKids]

Ha! My pantry is next on the to do list! We need sturdier and more accessible shelving. This video encouraged me because I actually do a pretty good job organizing already. My kids need to know where the cookies are!😉 Mice? Call a pro right away! We ended up with snakes in our previous home from the first owner! Never thought I'd survive that! 😱😉❤

[@AskAngelaBrown]

I imagine that we could all take lessons from you in the organizing department. You've learned to look at the world in a way most people never will to better serve your family. Hats off to you for the amazing tips you share on your KZbin channel. 💛💛💛👏👏👏 As for the snakes - I'm deathly scared of snakes - and I can't even imagine how terrifying it must be with a house of small children. Yikes!

[@SixBlindKids]

@@AskAngelaBrownThank you, Angela! Like everyone, I am a work in progress! We discovered the snakes when we were in the house 2 weeks! I seriously wanted Joe to get me an apartment!! They were harmless black snakes, but still!! We learned a LOT through that experience. We never had issues with mice! LOL! 😉🤣❤ It took time and a lot of money, but we finally did get rid of them...

[@Sheryl777]

@@SixBlindKids Snakes and spiders I can definitely do without haha.

[@SixBlindKids]

@@Sheryl777 once you have had snakes, spiders ain't so bad! 🤣😉❤

[@Sheryl777]

@@SixBlindKids lol true!

[@sonyacaines5502]

✅ Smart tip on adding the extra person for pantry cleaning and scheduling it for twice a year. ✅ My food never lasts long enough to spoil in the storage containers. ✅ I like the critter control tips. It’s ALWAYS critter season in the tropics.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks, Sonya, we are finding right now that more families are working and studying from home and the pantries are taking a beating. LOL. And you're right about it always being critter season in the tropics. Instead of just mice, we could add geckos, lizards, and frogs. 😆😆😆

[@mgertp]

@@AskAngelaBrown Roaches and ants are the enemy in our area

[@anonymousperson4242]

Yay! I love organizing things so I clicked on this right away! I'm glad to see I already follow all your great tips. In FL, we're likely to get roaches if we don't stay on top of the kitchen. Everything must be placed in an airtight container. I also like to create shallow, labeled bins for different food groups to keep everything together. For instance we have a dedicated bin for soups, baking ingredients, rice, etc.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Awesome tips. Thanks for sharing this. And you're right about the roaches. They come out of the woodwork it seems. YES to the airtight containers. :-)

[@looloo4029]

This is such a valuable video. It will be a regular go-to video for me. Thank you so very much for making it.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to reach out. Having a tidy pantry saves money from buying duplicates that expire because we can't find them. And it also encourages us to get rid of old unused dishes, pots, pans. In this pantry we tossed 15+ expired boxes of Jell-o and a bunch of supplies from a 40th birthday celebration (since they will not be used again in this family.)

[@GrandmotherAnne]

Well said. All we keep in our pantry is food. Perhaps this is because we've a large kitchen with other places to keep pots, pans and other kitchen items. Like items with like items just makes sense no matter what the items are.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

So true! Thanks for sharing this. If everyone in the house knows where the "go-to item" is kept, they can just go to it. Nothing like good old-fashioned common sense. High Five! 👏👏👏

[@dnat13]

Your advice and cleaning tips have changed my life! Thank you so much for helping us all!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

You are so welcome! This makes my heart happy. Thank you for taking the time to write this comment, I appreciate it! 🤗

[@NATHAN-uz8un]

This right here is why I love your channel! Realistic practical efficient.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

I appreciate that! You just made my day. Thanks! :-)

[@frocksandscrubsadvanceecoc3533]

Studying the art of organization and yes, I did commission Pinterest for the job ha ha but, I have some wonderful youtube communities that are much more realistic. Thank you.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for watching. You say studying the art of organization - Are you a professional organizer? I ask because I'm always looking for people to partner with. :-)

[@jasonv9202]

She looks so young in the thumbnail. Thank you Angela for these great videos.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for your kind words of encouragement and support. :-)

[@jillturner8314]

I've been working on my pantry. I've had canned goods from 2008. Almost finished. It's not a pintest pantry but so much better.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

I hate to burst your bubble, but most of the "Pinterest pantries" don't look that way either. They do for a minute until the video is shot and the rest of the stuff goes back inside. The key is to have a functional pantry where you know where all the stuff is, you've got inventory under control and you can find what you need when you need it. BAM! Mission accomplished! Congrats on working on your pantry. I'm so proud of you. 👏👏👏

[@rachelrose20]

Love this lady! Thank you for being realistic and inspiring. Love from England ❤️

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you so much for your kind words and thanks for taking the time to write this comment, I appreciate it! Sending hugs to England. 🤗

[@scarletletter2847]

This seems so basic, but Thank you for talking about HOW to organize. 👍

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for watching. We're on a crusade to clear the clutter right now as it's affecting the creativity and energy of many people who have been cooped up in their homes this past year. I don't want anybody to have to run to the container store and spend $300 just to be able to organize your pantry. What we're doing is not cute - but it's effective. You can always decorate your cleaned-up pantry later. 😄

[@carrie3537]

I love this Angela. Thank you.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you for watching and taking the time out of your busy day to reach out. It's great having you here. :-)

[@normajean2855]

Realistic pantry... thank god!!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

LOL. Thanks for watching. :-)

[@seahorse251]

Great video 👍👍

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to drop me a line. :-)

[@anneeinhorn9227]

Very helpful tips,, Angela. Thank you so much. I use airtight clear glass containers or metal containers, as hungry mice can chew thru plastic. Would suggest you keep pets out of any area where you set mousetraps, as a pet will swallow the entire trap for the bait and you will have an emergency vet visit. We grew up in the country setting our traps on kitchen counters and down in the cellar, where no pets were allowed.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Oh yes, keep the traps away from pets. You don't want them to get hurt by getting at the trap.

[@pauladavis5110]

Thanks Angela! My pantry is not Pinterest worthy but I get exactly what you are saying and it is arranged pretty much like you said to do. Have you done a house tour of your own home? I would love to see it! Pretty new to you so not sure if you have in the past.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hi Paula, No, I haven't done a tour of my own home - you're the first person in 1200 videos to ask. Maybe I'll put the request in the queue. Didn't think there was much interest there. 😀 Thanks for watching and for hanging out with me here. 💛

[@pauladavis5110]

@@AskAngelaBrown you are a cleaner. Of course, we would want to see your home! Thank you!

[@sharigriffis4389]

Love your videos Angela. So informative & well presented.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you so much, glad you like them!

[@jeanellematthews5177]

My pantry came out beautiful. Thank you. ❤️

[@AskAngelaBrown]

You are so welcome! So glad!!

[@cagedtigersteve]

The air tight container is a good rule. Though it does feed my container addiction where I have way too many containers that there's an entire shelf of containers with more containers in them. Ahhhh!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

I love containers too. The key is to have a rule about the size and number of containers. In my house we store only sandwich size containers (for leftovers that can be heated up for 2) and individual sizes that are 4oz. and 8oz. And then you have to limit those to only the ones you use plus a few more. The key is moderation.

[@angelreed9825]

And by the way thank you very much

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to reach out after watching. :-)

[@LuLuBelle100]

Angela's advice & presentation is so practical & helpful! I am on board! Thank you Angela!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

You're so welcome! You're welcome! And thank you so much for your feedback, I appreciate it! 🤗

[@janpullman2634]

Great Carpet Cleaning service in Manalapan NJ Thank You Great Video

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Our pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@johndeaux5122]

Kid, your good! Wish i'd known this stuff long ago--love your channell, keep it coming.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you! Don't worry, we have plenty more videos lined up. I'm happy to have you as a viewer. 😊

[@chrissieb6167]

Thank you Angela! Practical advice!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Glad you think so, thanks for watching.

[@jflo7674]

I love your videos. They're right on point and no sugar coating. 🥰

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Yay! I'm thrilled you've dropped by to spend a few minutes of your day here with me.

[@jflo7674]

@@AskAngelaBrown You're welcome 😊

[@sandyhumissouri5131]

Is that your little fella? Such a cutie! Those eyes! Twice a year, mouse information was great!🐀

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hahaha...thankfully I have no little friends taking up residence! Thanks for watching.

[@gratitude7397]

Love it!!! By the way....Thank you so much for the Denture tablets to clean hard water stains.....😍🤩

[@AskAngelaBrown]

You are so welcome!

[@korbendallas4232]

Just found your channel. Thanks for sharing.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

+Korben Dallas Thanks for watching, and for your vote of confidence. You just made my day. 😄

[@violet2149]

Love your videos!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you so much. I appreciate you watching and taking time out of your day to drop me a line. :-)

[@jenniferbaillie5976]

I have been decluttering and I am not done with food yet. But I have found 8 BBQ sauce jars. LOL. but I have started labeling all the cans with the year of the expiration in a different color sharpie so we rotate the stock properly and use up the old stuff first.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

That is a great idea! You got this!!

[@kerstinshadbolt1003]

I write a 'use by' date on all groceries and freezer food to use the food so that nothing out-stays its welcome.

[@TheLauraLedesma]

I don't have a pantry, just one kitchen cabinet. It HAS TO stay organized!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

I love your attitude. Having this mindset is a surefire way to know exactly what you have and keep inventory recycled at a healthy rate. High Five Laura! 👏👏👏

[@elizabethgarcia3193]

Hello Angela! I love your video in a realistic way ...usually for this kind of project what can be the price for a "normal" pantry ... Thank you

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Elizabeth, Thanks so much for watching the show and leaving a comment : )

[@stephaniesmith2575]

Saw a funny on FB about kids taking food to their rooms and leaving it. Mom kept complaining to her kids that it would draw mice. Having had enough of their disobedience, she bought brown rice, sprinkled it in their sheets, make up, drawers. Disgusted kids changed their attitude! Kuddo’s mom!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

LOL. It's amazing the hijinks parents will do to re-train their kids. What a great story. Thanks for sharing. :-)

[@NovelNovelist]

Great to see this video! I've been a little concerned since it seems like you've changed your posting schedule. I hope nothing's wrong and you're just enjoying some vacation time or a more relaxed schedule! Anyway, I'm so glad I've never had a mouse or rat problem because I tend to view them more as "feral pets" than pests. So while I can certainly appreciate not wanting wild animals in the house causing damage and sanitation issues just like I wouldn't want a feral dog or cat in my home -- I wouldn't be too comfortable trying to exterminate them in the same way it would be weird to try to kill a wild dog or cat that got in. I don't know what the answer is -- I guess maybe a, likely more expensive, animal control company that would trap and remove them unharmed -- but I'm just glad I've never run into this problem! Bugs I'm happy to squash or exterminate with impunity.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hi and thanks for checking in. No, we are not smooth sailing at the moment. We're shifting 14 people on our team around. We've lost a few workers who have gone back to school, hired and are training a few new people, and we've changed out 7 of the platforms we work with (forms, servers, email, CRM, Marketing, and social media to better serve our customers.) I've never worked for a company that is so whackadoodle as we are at this moment. Covid 10x'ed our business with a global impact from the cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting interest from companies, manufacturers, and homeowners, etc. Our record growth has forced us to up our game on every front. We are like surfers who are experts on our boards when we got smacked upside the head by a tsunami wave. Now we are on our bellies paddling for our dear lives to regain our balance and only now getting back on our boards. Whew! We've missed a couple of shows last week and a couple this week. I really appreciate you staying with us during our mad scramble. I appreciate you. 🙏

[@NovelNovelist]

@@AskAngelaBrown Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear it's been such a rough ride recently. Wow, that sounds so stressful and hectic. Hopefully soon things calm down for you and you find the right people and solutions you need to get back on the board and ride the wave! I'm so impressed that you're still able to offer such amazing content despite everything. I'll certainly stick around and cheer you on from the beaches!

[@peggyclendenon3047]

Thanks for not taking Ms. Angela Brown for granted. Meaning: Thank you for asking about her. Ms. Angela had helped me help myself. Not just in cleaning the house; she's helped me fight being overwhelmed, and she's helped me in taking charge of my own business that is NOT cleaning related. Just from her You Tube video presentations. Thanks again for asking about her. Thank you Ms. Angela Brown for being generous with your knowledge and advice. Good Luck with the new trials you are going through. You go to church with me in my prayers of thanksgiving. I'll say an extra special one for your future success. ~Peggy C. 🍦

[@flynn1a]

You might change your response to “a mouse” in your house after going through it once. We had a bird feeder close to our house and ended up with a mouse in our house. As nature lovers, we live-trapped it and released it in a field. But once one mouse found it’s way in, even though there were no food sources for it, more followed. After live trapping/releasing about four, we resorted to traditional “snap” traps and in the end trapped (killed) 29 mice before we were done.

[@mgkelly3389]

@@flynn1a 29! Oof!

[@angelasandoval1236]

I have a functional pantry, far from ok m being organized, thanks fir a great video

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Functionality is all that matters. If you know where everything is and you can access it easily you win. 👏👏👏

[@donnamunday6749]

Do you have any recommendations on ways to clean the wire pantry shelves? When I purchased my house I noticed the wire shelves in my pantry were a bit sticky. I have tried multiple times to clean it but because there are so many wires and bends, I never feel like I’ve got it completely clean.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Yes, do you have any plastic cutting boards amzn.to/3lMKWat or even a plastic placemat will do. Put it under the empty wire shelving and secure it with your hand under the cutting board. With the other hand, spray the shelving with a degreaser like Krud Kutter amzn.to/3CzLiaA and then scrub with a non-scratch scrub brush amzn.to/2VEubnk When you've cleaned off the icky stuff wipe the shelving with a damp cloth and they will be like new. Keep me posted. I'm eager to hear your experience. :-)

[@kayBTR]

Angela! That is genius. I wish ai had seen your idea earlier. I cleaned a wire pot lid stand and it was a nuisance.

[@bittehiereinfugen7723]

Now that I've been tidying up and reorganizing our pantry and kitchen for two days, I've just got to the point "I'll sit down in a corner and cry quietly". I didn't have the time and energy to take care of it properly for over a year ... a horror, this chaos. The next one who doesn't put something back exactly where it belongs will regret it 🤬 Luckily we don't have any problems with mice or cockroaches here (yuck), but a few years ago I brought in food moths 🙄 with a cat food. I have the moths under good control, they can't find anything to eat (except for my chilli salt last year) but now I'm fighting paper fish ... if someone has a good tip on how to get rid of the critters, I would be very grateful! I'm almost ready to get Fogger and smoke out the entire apartment. And thank you, Angela - I think it's good that you emphasize that a pantry doesn't have to look like Pinteres (or something like that).

[@AskAngelaBrown]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is so exciting and I am so proud of you. Great job for taking the time to get the pantry under control. Hopefully, now it will be easier to maintain it. 👏👏👏

[@isabelpimentel1415]

eMM eFF, what did you do for the moths?? Same happened to me during the pandemic, cleaned out pantry and cabinets, washed everything down-bought moth traps and I still have a few here and there. Thank God not bad but still seeing them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[@bittehiereinfugen7723]

@@isabelpimentel1415 Basically, I took the same measures as you. Plus, everything that the moths might like, I now keep in clamping lid jars with rubber seals. I never got rid of those stupid creatures completely, but I last noticed the last real infestation about 18 months ago; the moths had made themselves comfortable in a spice grinder with chili salt that I hadn't used in a while and that had slipped all the way to the back of the cupboard. I mean - in the CHILI salt??? I really wouldn't have expected that. I only occasionally see a single moth, not at all in winter. One could use parasitic wasp larvae, which is too expensive for me because of the way and frequency it has to be used; would remain insecticide, and something in me resists it. I think I've mostly resigned myself to sharing my home with these animals. They don't hurt me and don't scare me, in contrast to mosquitoes or spiders, for example 😅

[@AWanderingEye]

If you have moths check out your ceiling---we had textured ceiling which disguised their eggs very well!

[@sandrataylor8966]

@@isabelpimentel1415 A friend told me to place a few mothballs around areas where insects gather. I did and was able to get rid of them.

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

We had an infestation of mice when we lived near a cow pasture in NE Tennessee. We grew up in California, where we never saw mice . So we didn’t understand What the mice droppings were. Until it got really bad and we ask the pest control guy They put my certified kitchen business for a month What’s funny is that the mice wouldn’t eat Fiber one! They wouldn’t high-fiber cereal that had artificial sweeteners..

[@AskAngelaBrown]

LOL. Fiber One. Who knew? It's weird what mice will eat. They may not eat the food inside the box, but they will have a hay day chewing apart the box itself. And they do love peanut butter and Cheetos. (It's what we set the traps with. LOL.)

[@isabelpimentel1415]

They are smart little critters!! Lol

[@firecracker3911]

👍

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you mate. :-)

[@judithgarnett5307]

I didn't know that the bags of chips and sealed things.wpuld draw nice and things. Time to redo the food storage stocked up against inflation😳 !!!

[@AskAngelaBrown]

It's amazing what the mice can chew and get threw.

[@genxx2724]

I had a mouse get into dry pasta and pretzels. Doesn’t seem like those things would be a problem.

[@Hazel_Fox22]

We work very hard to do all of these types of things. Unfortunately, living in an apartment building totally negates pretty much all of these steps. We report pests as soon as we see them or evidence of them, of course, and if our unit gets treated or at least checked out there is no guarantee of neighboring units getting the same treatment. Cockroaches really freak me out as I KNOW for a fact that we didn't bring them in and I still catch those buggers on occasion. Ew! Thanks for the magic eraser tip around the water pipes. We've tried Great Stuff foam and steel wool with less than desirable results.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Hazel, Thank you so much for reaching out to leave a comment. I appreciate you!

[@nancyfeeser4653]

Great ideas but no pantry in my kitchen.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Do you have shelves or cupboards? The same rule s apply.

[@nancyfeeser4653]

@@AskAngelaBrown I have a small kitchen but utilize my upper cabinets for cereal, rices.it works but I don’t have a big stash to keep organized . 😄

[@jeanettewilkinson6362]

It’s a. But like Pinterest homes,they’re not homes there show pieces and people don’t live like that surely

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Some people do live in Pinterest like homes - though we've been hired to help many people "clean" the home for the photo shoots. What this means is that there is an area called "off camera" which is what you can't see. The pantry's look AMAZING. They are shiny and sparkly and magical to see. Right behind the camera that is filming the pantry is a craft table with labels, mismatched bowls, a few burnt pans, Cupcake tins that belonged to Grandma, some odds and kitchen items that probably haven't been used in years and a bunch of other weird stuff that never ends up in the video. Once you hear the words "cut" and the video is over, it all goes back in the pantry and the craft stuff gets shoved in a drawer. Pretty is one thing - functional is something completely different. If you can have both - WOOT WOOT!

[@suefrack2958]

I have 2 small dogs, so not going to put a mouse trap on the floor. Got another solution?

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Yes, put it on top of a flat box or container on the first shelf where the dogs won't get to it. The mice will still get to it as they climb up all sorts of things and will look for food on all shelves. They will also look for food in cupboard drawers. So you can strategically put one there as well.

[@suefrack2958]

@@AskAngelaBrown thanks

[@isabelpimentel1415]

I use to put the traps on floor behind heavier things, like that my dog wouldn't be able to reach the traps.

[@penelopehughes-jones5265]

Great advice thanks but MOUSETRAPS are inhumane- my parents used to use them and the poor little creatures very rarely died instantly, some just lost limbs and stuff, it’s absolutely hideous. Prevention yes but please don’t resort to leaving mousetraps, you’ll have to finish the mouse off and who knows how long it will suffer prior to that. There are so many ways now that you can get rid of mice, natural ways too, so please, please avoid cruel traps.🐭❤️🐭

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on this topic. There are many humane mouse traps available. 👍

[@evelynsaungikar3553]

Label your shelves! Also, diatomaceous earth is good to keep out ants and is non toxic to people and pets.

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you for the suggestions and for watching the video, I appreciate it.

[@mariwinkler.r]

Angela I like most of your videos and your kindness but i find very cruel to put those traps for sentient beings to get killed, i understand is annoying but there are traps were you don't need to kill them and you can free them far away from your home , they are just trying to survive like we do :(

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Thank you for sharing your input, I appreciate it!

[@miamd2375]

Omg I hate the mouse pics plz plz it’s Scarey

[@AskAngelaBrown]

Right? Mice are not my favorite thing either. LOL.