Target! Five colored ones, in aqua and lime green. I use them for tea boxes, olive oil, etc. If they get gross, replace. They are cheap!

I have an assortment of dollar store rectangular wicker baskets.

T J MAXX....they always have cutie baskets.
They have liners in most of them and can be removed and washed. I use they in my pantry for potatoes, onions etc. Smaller ones for little items that may get lost.

Linda

I have these in the bathroom and in the pantry. I noticed that Walmart has them for cheap.

Claire-de-Luna uses them too.

Here is a link that might be useful: Handled Bins

I needed to use baskets in my kitchen cabinets too. The new cabinets are deep and some had pullouts with low sides that severely limited my ability to stack pans etc. I love the Container Store and we bought wire baskets from Elfa that hold a myriad of baking pans, canning supplies, baking supplies etc. For other deep and narrow shelves I use plastic boxes (like shoe boxes) w/o the lids. I think it's time to change out some of the plastic ones, I'll check out Cathy's suggestion!

Here is a link that might be useful: Deeper Wire Basket

My small tubes, jars, and thin bottles go in clear shoe boxes from the dollar store. Boxed stuff goes in the larger size clear boxes. Bags of stuff go in airtight containers from Wal-mart/K-mart -- snap n' loc I think is the brand name. I also have wall racks that dispense soup cans. Old-fashioned but handy and they don't need a shelf by themselves.

I've tried the wire or perforated containers and they are hard to keep dusted and neat. You really don't need air circulation so why perforated?

Nancy

I like the plastic shoe boxes, too.
Also have some larger plastic, lidded boxes.

Have some of the Food Saver canisters, too.
Don't like them much.
The way they are made,
it is too easy to accidently bump the seal release.
Then they are no longer sealed,
and you may not be aware of it.

Around here, it is best to keep things sealed.
Or at least in some kind of air-tight container.
Bugs & varmints (of many kinds)
Can be a real problem!

Rusty

Great ideas!!! I just knew I could count on you guys!!

Thank you!!

Thought these baskets were kind of interesting--looks like the front is lower than the back. Have you seen these anywhere?

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful:

As most everybody knows I try to buy Made in America & especially support our old historic companies that we're in danger of losing. Soooo, I'm going to suggest Peterboro Baskets in Peterborough, NH. I've been to their facility dozens of times. You can find cheaper but probably not better baskets.

They have the type basket your link shows. From their home page scroll down & on the left under "By Room" is "Kitchen"...click & scroll down again...it's down a couple rows & called Small Fruit & Vegetable Basket.

If anybody is planning a summer vacation to New England a visit to Peterboro Baskets is as much fun as King Arthur Flour or Bennington Pottery. Peterborough, NH is a very fun place if you enjoy browsing for colonial American antiques...plus, of course, baskets!

Every room in our home has Peterboro Baskets. They sold on QVC for several years after being "discovered" on one of QVC's "50 State" tours. In the end, they couldn't output QVC's required production quotas & maintain their quality standards to they returned to their roots & are happily weaving baskets as they have for 156 years.

They use only food safe dyes.

/tricia

Here is a link that might be useful: Peterboro Baskets

If you aren't in a big hurry, try flea markets and garage sales. I've found nice baskets like your link for dollars! Also the thrift shop has baskets for just a couple dollars.

I really like that Peterboro double decker storage basket for potatoes and onions.

the only real problem with baskets is that they can be hard to clean if they are in a kitchen where they can catch the grease and dust. That said, I have one on the end of my counter full of cloth napkins.

I need to get something too, my stuff is just all crammed onto shelves, stacked on the floor of the pantry, I don't even know what's in there!

Annie

I have nine large lazy-susans in my pantry. I use them for cans and boxes. Small packets and bags of pasta go in baskets. Just a quick twist to a lazy-susan and I can see what's there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Large lazy-susan

Oh I forgot, my spices aren't in the regular pantry. They are in my cabinets on eight smaller lazy-susans.

Any thoughts on the wire baskets?--except they are pretty $$.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Conatiner Store Wire Baskets

Have you looked at the craft stores, they usually have some coupons too? TJ MAXX normally has a huge selection of baskets at good prices compared to most places. Do you have Marc's grocery stores, they have a lot of bins and baskets in their close out section for dirt cheap!

I really need baskets in my pantry to hold all the smaller items and some things just get lost in there. Great thread! Going to look at the links you all provided :-)

I don't like the baskets that are smaller at the bottom than they are at the top because they waste space. I prefer them straight-up style.

I use baskets that come with gifts of fruit or vegetables (like the one from the annual Vegetable Basket Challenge) for things like potatoes, onions and garlic, Asian noodles and such, and snacks.

I use tightly closeable big plastic bins -- just the cheapest ones from the grocery store that have an easy-to-use lid -- for things like crackers, dried fruits, rice, and pasta. I do NOT want to have to deal with meal worms again! Feh!

Trudy, that kitchen in the picture you linked is cute, and so are the baskets, but they would quickly become cat beds in my house! lol

Tricia, I really didn't need to see that link you posted. Now I'm wanting several of the baskets they sell, and I'm not even a basket fan, because of what Annie said. I see them as dust catchers. But I do need a better way to store bread, and I agree, that double decker basket is great, and their little pantry basket looks like the perfect size for my pull out pantry, and.... What a neat company!

Sally

Thank you so much everyone!!!

Thanks for the link to Peterboro Baskets, Tricia. I found the garden baskets I've been wanting and they were even on sale, so I got two. Way less expensive than Longaberger.