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You can work out your own system, but here I've put magnets indicating the food I have on the narrow side of the freezer door, and food I don't have (but might pick up sometime) on the right hand side. I actually use these magnets on our large chest freezer in the basement (i.e. the Black Hole for frozen food), but brought some upstairs to show on a regular refrigerator. Anyone else have a handy system? Tell us about it!
To make the magnets, you can use any thin magnets -- I picked up a big yellow magnetic sheet from Daiso (dollar store), and also used paper-thin freebie magnets we've accumulated over the years from pizza delivery, online ordering, etc. Cut out little photos of food you commonly freeze, tape it to the thin magnet with either double-sided tape or regular tape looped over onto itself, and cut to shape. I disregard brand names, of course: I don't have Eggo waffles in my freezer, but I do have homemade mini pancakes for packed lunches and fast breakfasts for Bug.
If you wanted to get elaborate with this, craft stores stock special magnetic products you could use with custom photos of your own choosing, and you could finish the top and seal the edges for durability. That's a little much for me, but I bet they'd be cool magnets! For larger views of either photo, click on it, then click the "All Sizes" button above the photo.
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I was wondering though, where did you pick up the towel paper dispenser and that other side shelf? Those are genius; our kitchen has limited counter space, have to get creative.
I'm heading to the store right now to buy some magnet-sheet o_o
What i use is a little note-book that has a magnet attached so you can put it on the fridge's door. Whenever I run out of something, i write it down (it also comes with a little pen) so I don't forget what i need to buy. but i have nothing to know what do i actually have inside! :D
My mum, when she freezes something, she writes with a permanent pen on the tupper-ware or whatever the package she uses. There are also some stores that sell tupper-wares with a sticker on which you can use perm markers (and erase them if needed), so you can write down what you have in the box, when did you put it there and until when you can use it :D
but i like your method best! :D