Free Printable Labels for Fridge Storage Bins | 10 Fridge Organization Tips
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These adorable free printable labels for fridge storage bins will help you organize your fridge in no time! Plus, we are also giving your 10 fridge organization tips to maximize your space, but keep it functional too.
Gorgeous Labels for Fridge Storage Bins
We believe an organized fridge is a beautiful fridge. When our food items are organized and in a designated place it’s so much easier to find what you’re looking for.
This may be our own personal opinion, but it boosts our mood as well. Opening a fridge with clear acrylic bins with adorable cursive labels just makes our heart flutter a bit. It also makes us feel like we have something in our life that’s put together!
These labels for fridge storage bins are 100% free, downloadable and are super simple to make at home. You can literally start organizing your kitchen in a matter of minutes!
10 Easy Steps to Organize Your Fridge
1. Take Inventory of Your Fridge
First, you’ll want to take inventory of your fridge. You’ll want to throw away food items and condiments that aren’t good anymore. Once all the bad food items are thrown away, you can have a good idea of what’s left tin your kitchen and the primary food items you have to organize.
2. Measure Your Fridge
Fridges are all different sizes and configurations. We recommend measuring the length and width of your fridge and any other awkward spaces (like the space under the ice dispenser), so you can buy storage bins that will fit the space.
3. Decide Your Zones or Categories
We talk about this on our small closet organization post, but the easiest way to plan out how you are going to use your space is to decide on the different zones (or categories) in your space.
These are also the categories you will use for your labels, so just think about the different kinds of items in your space.
Some zones in your fridge:
- Bakery
- Butter
- Canned Drinks
- Condiments
- Dairy
- Deli
- Dressings
- Eggs
- Fruit
- Leftovers
- Meals
- Meat
- Milk
- Pickled
- Produce
- Sauces
- Snacks
- Veggies
4. Rough Sketch Your Fridge Layout
This isn’t a step that’s essential to organizing your fridge, but we are visual people. Before we design or organize a space, we have to sketch out what we envision it to look like.
You do not have to be able to draw to create a rough sketch of your fridge. This could even look like drawing and labeling sections of your fridge so you can look back on it to remind yourself of how you want it to be laid out.
5. Create a Budget
You could have a budget of $50 or $150 to spend on storage bins for your space. When deciding on a budget for your fridge, you’ll want to consider how big your fridge is, how many bins you want for your different zones, and the material your bins are made with. All three of these things taken into account can lead you to less expensive or more expensive items.
Make a list of what storage bins you’ll need and how many foe each you’ll need.
6. Mindfully Shop for Storage Items
Next, is the super fun part—shopping! Using your checklist of items, you can now shop for all the organization bins for your fridge.
We have used and shopped at so many places for organization items over the past several years, so these are our favorite places to shop whether you have a low or high budget.
Our Favorite Low Budget Fridge Storage Bins:
Our Favorite Higher Budget Fridge Storage Bins:
7. Clear and Clean
After getting all of your storage bins for your fridge, we recommend taking all the contents out of your fridge. This will give you a blank canvas to organize all your food items.
While your fridge is cleared out, you can clean the shelves and drawers. Cleaning your fridge will not only make the space be more sanitary, but it will also make you feel better about your space.
8. Add Labels to Your Storage Bins
Next, you’ll want to add your labels. These free printable organization labels for fridge are super easy to make and apply to your storage bins.
If you want clear labels, we recommend using this clear sticker paper. It makes these labels look super clean and sleek on any color or material of storage bin. However, you can use any type of sticker label for the look you prefer.
Step-by-Step: How to Make Your Labels
- First, sign up to get the labels sent straight to your inbox. Once you get the email, download and save the fridge labels to your computer.
- Place your clear sticker paper in your printer (inkjet and laser printers both work) and print the labels from your computer.
- Use scissors or this slice ceramic blade cutter to precisely cut your labels. Peel and stick the labels on their respective bins and drawers.
9. Organize Food Items
Once your bins are all labeled, you can now place all your food items and condiments in their respective bins and zones. This is our absolute favorite part of the process, because you finally see all your hard work come to completion!
10. Assess and Make Changes
Lastly, we like to assess our fridge design and change anything that needs tweaking. This is when you can rearrange bins and food items to make it more practical and functional for you.
Sometimes we realize we bought to little or too much of an item. If you find yourself in that situation, make note of what items you still need and add that to the fridge.
If you end up with more storage bins or product, we love to repurpose them in our freezer or pantry. Don’t have need to repurpose them? Simply return them and get some money back in your pocket!
That’s all for this post about organization labels for fridge and our top 10 fridge organization tips. We hope this helps, and would love to hear how your organization process went!
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