It's good to plan ahead as to where you wish to build your home store. The place should be accessible and dry, preferably away from direct sunlight. The storerppm is an obvious place but possibly space above cabinets and below beds or even higher parts of balcony or kitchen may work too. Ensure that it's also away from possible pests like cockroaches and spiders, not to say rodents and insects.
The principle in storage is always to have heavier items in the lower shelves and light boxes at the top. If you have a cabinet or shelves you may arrange your items as shown in the model below.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lwm3td3q2c0p01pbxijiw/Home-Store-Inventory-System.docx?dl=0&rlkey=5qk
The items you are more likely to use and replace should be located where it is most accessible. Also, first one in first one out principle of storage means that you will constantly renew your supplies. Always place the latest item, or the one with the farthest expiry date, at the back of the stock.
You may develop a home store inventory system on an excel file like the sample provided. This will provide you information on how much stock you have and which items that are already in your store.
If you sign up for membership at jhi.sg a template will be provided for you to use. Do update your inventory monthly if not weekly, and check to replenishing your stock regularly. Hope that you will commit to maintaining a viable store at home.
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