A Singing Bird in the Pantry?!

When we moved into this house 6 years ago, we only had about 4 days from the time we closed on the house until we had to be moved out of our apartment. That was plenty of time for some cleaning to be done and stuff like that, but not much time for painting. You probably know by now that I'm not the painter in the family...that is Chuck's department...and he's so good at it!

 

Anyway, the previous owners had their washer and dryer in a closet located in the hallway by the kitchen. Well, we put our washer and dryer in the basement and turned this closet into a pantry. Best decision ever!! I love this space and it is so useful! When we moved in, Chuck and his dad put a few shelves up on the wall but there wasn't much time to do anything else since they were busy with other home improvement projects...and I have been totally happy with my pantry!

 

So......

A couple of weekends ago, I decided that Saturday would be a good day to clean out and organize the pantry, defrost the mini fridge etc.

Chuck was helping me remove all the items from the pantry and we had a few thoughts like this:

"Hhmmmm...now would be a good time to put in more shelves while the pantry is empty."

and

"Hmmmm...a fresh coat of paint would be nice while we're at it too...."

 

So, off to Menards we went for a fresh paint color and new shelving!!

 



Chuck began removing the shelves and getting the room ready for painting.

Our kitchen and table were essentially non usable during this project because stuff was everywhere! I was in the middle of making 2 things for a church picnic at the start of this project also so my kitchen was already "busy!"

Empty Pantry!

Chuck and I both agreed that we wanted a bright, fresh, clean, cheery color that would really make the white shelves "pop!" We agreed on the color Songbird Blue!

 

Chuck put the first coat of paint on and we attended our church picnic while it was drying. He put the second coat on Saturday night before bed.

We love how the color turned out! Chuck installed the shelving on Sunday afternoon....

Tada!!

Now doesn't that just make you happy?!! :-)

Everything has its place and it's all reorganized and there is still plenty of space left!

A quick, two day project that was definitely worth it!