A Pretty Pantry Makes Me Happy, Even When it Takes a Couple Tries!

I like pretty things.
I like organized things.
So redoing the kitchen pantry was a must do and I am not going to lie...
​It makes me smile every time I open it! Even though it took a couple tries. :)

My redo projects
always tend to take the "hard way" route...
​And this one was no exception. 
Let me share...

Pantry Redo Take One...

Pre-Pantry Redo

The new house has/had a nice little closet (minus a door) in the kitchen, which I decided right away I wanted for a pantry. I wanted to be able to put the garbage and recycling in there and all the extra appliances.  So it would be more of an appliance pantry than an actual food pantry... if that makes sense. 

​I had a nice metal kitchen shelving unit I stuck in there for the time being and it quickly was filled with EVERYTHING!

 It was just a huge mess and it was driving me crazy!
So I decided it needed to be revamped. Plus it really needed a DOOR!
​And I really wanted to add some of that cute peel and stick wallpaper that everyone is using now days. SOOOO CUTE!

Messy Pantry

No room, no door!

So I got started by taking everything out...

Can you believe all this was in that closet.

Learning the HARD WAY.

Then I had Mr. Chris hang shelves on the sides of the closet. We measured everything up so that the garbage/recycling container would fit and made sure it would be able to open.
Sometimes I am smart. 

The shelves were easy to install. (I mean mostly because I had Mr. Chris do it.) They have metal brackets and the shelves themselves came precut from Home Depot. You just need to know what size you need. I like them because all the edges are finished and you don't need to do any cutting that way.

Mr. Chris also added the louvered doors. We bought a simple bi-fold door and just moved the hinges to make it open from the middle instead of like a bi-fold typically does. Genius! He did have to do a little creative trimming on the doors to get them to fit right as they were a little bigger than the opening.

Finished Pantry Round 1

As you can see I am able to fit so many things in here... I think I have like three crockpots, a blender, an Instapot, two waffle makers, a Kitchen-aid mixer, a hand mixer, and lots of baking tools. I love having this stuff where I can get to everything easily. I am WAY more likely to use these appliances and such when I know where they are and they are easy to grab.

And BONUS the garbage/recycling fits in here too so I don't have to look at that all the time! AND MY BROOM! I love it is right in here to grab quickly!

I had it like this for a couple of months and then when we finished the redo in the kitchen I was like... I never did put wallpaper up in that pantry... and I really wanted it to be pretty and it really seemed like it still needed some organizing, some of the bins were getting *overflowy.

So I did a second redo of the pantry!

Pantry Redo Take TWO!

So true confessions... a.k.a. T-BOMB!
Trying to hang wallpaper after you have already hung the shelves is a
SUPER BAD IDEA!
It was very tricky and I was only able to do the back wall. I would have liked to do all the walls, but honestly not much of the wall shows where all the baskets are so no big deal.

I just love it anyway. Those lemons are just cheery and make the entire pantry just super cute. And having the doors has been a GAME CHANGER!!! So much better!

It's the little things folks!

Pantry pictures for social media sharing. Please & Thank You!

cheery lemons

looks so much better with doors!

So as I mentioned earlier... the WHOLE Kitchen redo is finally done... well except a couple of minor  issues... So that share will be coming soon.
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In the meantime, if you are looking for some "Good Stuff" to add to your pantry we have a SHOP you are always welcome to check out! 

Glossary: 
*Overflowy: When crap starts falling out of your organizational containers because you have crammed too much into them.