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{Decorating Resolution #2} Pantry, Closet, Organization & Chalkboard Paint!
Posted on January 15, 2012 by Marie of Sally Lee by the Sea, LLC in Beach Cottage Decor.Wow, I must admit that my decorating resolution #2 has been tough. Tough because I’m focused on decorating resolution #1 AND the fact that I must show you the horrible condition of some of my closets. 2012 is all about being real so I snapped a couple of photos of the interior of my kitchen pantry and the worst of our hall closets. I seriously don’t know how it happened and they have been cleaned and organized numerous times yet they continue to pile up, get stuff shoved into them in a disorderly fashion…ugh.
So let’s start with the exterior of the pantry. You may recall that we repainted our kitchen white last Spring but we never got around to doing anything with the pantry. My resolution is to paint the door with chalkboard paint so that I don’t have to have notes with magnets stuck all over the fridge.
Here’s the pantry door as it looked this morning…pretty boring, huh?
This is what I’d like it to look like, nothing too fancy, but it will really finish off the kitchen.
Source: younghouselove.com via Rebecca on Pinterest
Source: highstreetmarket.blogspot.com via Rebecca on Pinterest
This is the hubby’s favorite door and he thinks we could create it with some scrap lumber!
Source: Uploaded by user via Michelle on Pinterest
You can see what we’re going for on the outside, but what are we going to do about this on the inside of the kitchen pantry?
This is what I’d like my pantry to look like. A bit better, isn’t it? Jars, baskets, wood crates, organization – YES!
But what about this calamity of a linen closet!?! It is stuffed with table clothes, candles, light bulbs, a sewing machine, a navigational chart – eh gads!
Here’s some photographic ideas for this fiasco.
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Suggestions? Are you an organizational genius – is there any help for me?
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I’m glad you posted this! I need to organise our linen closet and need as many ideas as I can find/pin!
Have fun and thanks for the ideas.
Best wishes,
Natasha.
Ok I have to laugh because that is EXACTLY what mine look like!! I am not even kidding! I don’t like our pantry, it is narrow and deep and I can never find anything in it (I am pretty sure that I have 8 of everything). So I don’t have any suggestions for you cause they would be bad. LOL! I can’t wait to see what you have done and i love the chalkboard door idea, it is going to look beautiful!
Have fun!
xoxoxo
I am liking those maps I see you have in your closet there. :)
Yippy – I’m not alone!!! Yeah, I probably have 6 to 8 of everything too ;o) It seems to multiply while I’m sleeping lol.
xoxo
I get so much inspiration when I visit. I’ve had the side of a cupboard waiting for blackboard paint. This just might be the week. Love the linen cupboards featured. We keep most of our pantry items in a band of drawers, and I use the pantry cupboard for dishes. Our baking dishes are in big wire baskets that can be pulled out. If you can pull things out drawer-like (such a the containers Kathy referred too, it really makes things easier.
Oh, thank you for the tips, Lisa!! You don’t know how much I appreciate them :O)
Sure love the idea of the blackboard door. That would be so handy to write things on especially when you run out of something. As far as the pantry those are always tough to keep together. One thing that I found that is a antique I believe is those metal boxes with covers. Hard to explain but the kind they had in old farm houses that are white with a color trim. They are handy for keeping bags of flour or anything that is small. You could stencil what is in the container. Hope it helps.
That really does help, Kathy. Thanks so much – I can use all the help I can get lol.