So when we moved in to our brand spanking new house the pantry was pretty miserable. She was our very first project!
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| Two shelves were missing, and you can't really tell in this picture but none of the shelves were actually level. |
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| We started by knocking out all the shelves, applying joint compound VERY liberally, sanding it down, and painting her bright white. |
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| We headed to Lowe's and bought some shelves, brackets, and screws. |
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| Then I bought some wire baskets from Ikea for a little extra storage. The depth of our pantry is about 12in, which for a pantry is nothing! The wire baskets were just over 12in so we had to take wire cutters and chop off the lip on the baskets so they would fit. |
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| And this is my stocked and ridiculously crammed pantry. |
Don't mind all the cereal and breakfast foods. My
partner in crime for life swore Honey Nut Cherrios and Oatmeal were his favorite, but then we moved in together and I started buying my two favorites (Lucky Charms and Cinnamon Toast Crunch) in addition to his. Now he won't touch his Cherrios or Oatmeal, he just eats my cereal. And well, we just really like pancakes. No excuse for that one.
I wanted to give a cost breakdown for this little endeavor, but then I looked at the Lowe's receipt and realized I am wayyyyyy too embarrassed to divulge just how much we spent on this. I'm seriously ashamed. It definitely was not thrifty.
