Pantry Make-Over

Well...I am not really sure why I am blogging about this.

Maybe because everyone else does? Maybe because I am proud of my pantry and the work I put into it? Regardless, I am posting pictures and telling how I did it...just for me!

About 2 rent checks ago we moved into an old farmhouse out on the Ridge in Baxter. This house is very cramped for my family of 5 but I love it. It is quaint. It is cute. It is charming. It is OLD. I don't think it has been updated in 15 years so I am starting with a bare slate to say the least.

Since we are digging out of a money hole I have limited resources to update this house and don't want to dump money into something we don't own.

I had noticed a post about organizing pantries from A Bowl Full of Lemons and thought WHY NOT?

I am taking ideas as I need them.


Now I am not nearly as extravagant as she is but here it goes...

BEFORE is kinda sad and blah huh?

But AFTER is cute and sassy (at least I think so)

All I did is throw some contact paper used for shelving up in the back and used things I had at the house! Didn't cost me one penny. Now that is redecorating on a dime!

If I could just get the hubby to agree to remove the doors I would be happy! It still needs a little work but Hey, gotta start somewhere :)

Redo yours and share the pics with me...

My First "How to..."

I have never, ever done a "How to..." anything! Why? Because I don't guess that I have every really "Done" anything creative much. Well, a couple of months ago while doing a book club I read that the bedroom should be the best room in the house (for obvious reasons)! I had painted an spiffy uped the rest of the house but neglected our bedroom! So, I started to make-over my room and it was SO MUCH FUN!

Since then I started looking for other things to spiffy up! I came across this side bar and thought that it would look great in my kitchen. I brought it home and got to work.

This is what it originally looked like! Kinda old fashion and boring!

I decided I would remove the hardware and paint them a chestnut brown! It still amazes me what a can of Valspar spray paint can do!

The colors I chose were Willow Tree (for the body) and Mustard Yellow (for the doors and drawers)! I used Flat Olympic paint (the cheapest at Lowe's) and NO PRIMER! Oh yea, I learned from another blogger that foam rollers worked really well so I grabbed a sample one of those! Not impressed but they worked ok.

After painting the doors and drawers, I let them dry thoroughly and replaced the hardware!

Once I started painting the body of the piece I realized I SHOULD'VE USED PRIMER :)

A few coats later and this is what we have!!!

It really was a simple thing to do! What did I learn from this project?
1. Always use primer.
2. Paint OUTSIDE
3. Splurge on a better quality of paint

However, always go for it! It was lots of fun!