Spice cupboard

Over the Christmas break I finally decided that I needed to do some major organizing in my spice cupboard. It was at the point where I usually had to take the spice bottles to find the one or two I needed for my recipe.

Here is before:

A friend had blogged about her amazing organizing of her spices here, so I decided to do something similar.

Here are all my tins washed and drying:


Here is one completed set:


Here are my 3 sets (with a little room to grow):


And my after picture of my cupboard:


It is so much more manageable now and nice to look at. I'm so glad that I did this project. But now I have 8 empty tins remaining.

My question for you is what spices can't you live without?

What spices should I get?