Dream Pantry

Since I've had organizing on my mind, I've started doing a couple things to improve the storage in our pantry. While I'm very grateful I have a pantry, mine looks nothing like these at it's current state. And lets be realistic, it most likely never will either.  But I am trying to make it look a little better. I'm in the middle of a couple projects so I thought I'd just share a few pictures of some beautiful pantries that I've been eying.

Source: thehouseofsmiths.com via Kristi on Pinterest

Our Dining Chairs

Since I broke one of our dining chairs while using it as a step stool I thought it was a good opportunity to show you what I did to update them in the first place.

Kitchen Island Board and Batten How-to

After I painted our kitchen cabinets I felt like our island was looking a bit boring. I had all the quarter round trim for the floor cut, painted, ready to install but I couldn't do it. I knew I wouldn't be happy with it just as it was. It needed more character.

 

Restoration Hardware Table Knock Off

There is a table we've wanted to buy for a while now, and we had planned to save up for it. That said, six months went by and we didn't save a penny for it (too many other items higher on our priority list). So I decided to try to get the same look with our existing table. It's obviously not exactly the same, but I think it turned out pretty well. Anyway, it's much better than it was, and I certainly am happier with it.

Painting the Cabinets

Here are the details of how we painted the cabinets.

Kitchen Makeover

I've wanted a white kitchen for sometime now. I know, I know; it seems like everyone does. When we laid our new flooring we knew we would eventually do it since the dark floors clashed with the orangey cabinets. I really didn't plan on doing this project so soon, but because I had some extra birthday money I decided to spend it on paint. So happy birthday to me!