We spent alot of time and a fair amount of $$ this week applying our favorite space storage solution ( elfa! ) to the kitchen pantry. The project began last weekend when Connor and I unloaded the whole darn thing and created piles of foodstuffs and household products on every available surface in the kitchen and dining area. I didn't get a true "before" photo, but in this first one you can see my little handyman removing the last few of the old shelf brackets.
During the week Bob spackled. I used the Container Store's on-line space design process to choose the elfa components. It was great. A designer called me and we made changes, etc. Then, on Friday we took the design and product sheet to the Tysons Corner store where we tweaked it a bit more, ordered it, grabbed a quick bite at Cafe Deluxe, and picked up the whole shebang an hour after ordering it.
Bob sanded and primed on Friday night and painted it on Saturday. Since we only had a bare lightbulb in there and since we decided to paint the space a medium taupe color, we decided a new fixture was a good idea and picked up this great $20 double spot at Home Depot. Yes, I know, those are regular light bulbs. Sorry Al Gore!!
Here's a shot of the system installed. And can I just say that I am in deep, deep love with the cart idea. All my spices are in the top two drawers and all the ZipLocks, aluminum foil, Cling Wrap, parchment paper, and trash bags are in the bottom two. Those are things that drove me nuts on the shelves because they were always a mess.
And here it is loaded up. I want to replace those burgundy Tupperware containers with something else. That's the "Snack Shop" where things are divided into Good, Kinda Bad, and Ugly. Hard to believe, but the space is tall and there are THREE MORE shelves above what you see here. Those are loaded up with seldom used items (cupcake tower, turkey roaster) and serving platters and bowls. There are still alot of empty spaces up there and I am delighted with how it turned out.
And here it is loaded up. I want to replace those burgundy Tupperware containers with something else. That's the "Snack Shop" where things are divided into Good, Kinda Bad, and Ugly. Hard to believe, but the space is tall and there are THREE MORE shelves above what you see here. Those are loaded up with seldom used items (cupcake tower, turkey roaster) and serving platters and bowls. There are still alot of empty spaces up there and I am delighted with how it turned out.
I'll wrap this up with a special shout out to Bob for doing all the hard work. Thanks, Schmoop!
2 comments:
That is one sexy pantry. Man, its huge! Three times as big as ours. Can I hire you and Bob to come over and make ours bigger and adorn it with Elfa?
That's the beauty of Elfa...it is really really really easy. You don't need us. For God's sake, Andrew built a home made corn hole game...umm, that sounds bad, doesn't it? :)
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