I was absolutely embarrassed of the state of my pantry. I think between the normal kids snacks, the holiday goodies, and my husband starting a new health regiment the pantry was completely overloaded. (Also side note, being pregnant and trying to cook healthy everyday to support my husband, total drag haha. All I want is carbs, fast food and all the things I normally don’t indulge in.)
I had searched Pinterest for some ideas and there were a lot of wood covers for existing wire racks, so I took that idea and we created a similar look using 1x10x8 and 1x2x8 whitewood boards we purchased from Lowes and getting rid of the wire completely. First, remove all existing racks that you are planning to replace. Fill all the holes with spackle, wait until dry and sand until smooth. I painted the entire pantry with leftover SW Agreeable Grey paint. For the wood I stained before we cut to size so there were less to do. I used the Varathane Jacobean stain and a stain pad just one coat. For the frames, we used the 1×2 boards and drilled into the studs for best stabilization. Then the bottom three shelves we doubled the 1×10 boards so they ended up being almost 20″ wide. The top three shelves were the single board on the frames. To create a complete look, I we created a front cover with the 1×2 board. You can space the shelves what you think best fits yours needs, we created various lengths so we had room for large and small items.
Once the shelves were complete came the organizing and a lot of brain power to revamp the chaos. I started with The Lodge outlet and found 2 hydrangea oil pourers and two sunflower glass jars that I decided to put our citrus in. Found a small basket for my potatoes and onions, which I was so happy to get these out of my fruit basket area. I also ordered a few jars so I could label all my baking supplies in their new containers. Aren’t these pantry labels adorable!?!?! Finally reused three baskets I already had for alcohol on the bottom and one for ALL the kid snacks that I could literally pour in and not care about the organizing. I searched a lot to find reasonably priced organization but in reality you don’t need too much (yes it’s not the perfect blogger pantry that you drool over where everything is place perfectly in it’s own container and labeled). But for me, this was a vast improvement. I would say the total price of this pantry with wood, supplies, specialty containers and labels ended up being around $350.
I’ve talked to a few other moms and through COVID organizing and decluttering has been a complete way of life. It’s something we can control and make us feel less scattered. I am in total agreeance. If I could have my way I would spend a whole week organizing and tossing things. There is something so freeing and really does change your mental game of not looking at disorganized crap everything! So get your booty up and focus on one small area of cleaning and organizing. I’m sure it will change your mood.
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