A Party in My Pantry

Well, a couple of days of R&R later...

and I am feeling like a new woman!

It really took all of two days though...

I think I was exhausted and didn't even know it.

So.....

 Last night, I was feeling so much better,

I hopped up off the sofa and started on my project of the week for...

This is a project that I have been putting off for weeks and weeks...

One of those things that really, really needed to happen, which bugged me daily...

something I had kind of started, but never took the time to finish...

which meant that, for a few months now, I have been in...

Pantry Limbo.

Let me explain...

This past December, just as the holidays were rolling around...

Mr. Shabby and I came across a very large piece of furniture that we decided we couldn't do without.

You see, *somewhere in our future* there is a kitchen makeover... 

and we've been on the lookout for some special pieces for that future kitchen...

so when  my mama  my personal shopper called from an antique shop 

to say that she had sent me a photo that I better look at...

and when I squealed when I saw the photo and then squealed some more when I heard the price...

it was time to call Mr. Shabby and arrange a very quick trip down the road to see this piece of furniture...

before somebody else snapped it up!

So that's how we ended up buying this antique Irish linen press for each other for Christmas...

...within a few days it moved into our kitchen...
and there it sat while the holidays whirled by....
Looking pretty... and Empty.


And then after the holidays, I guess I hadn't really decided exactly how I wanted to use it...
so there it sat...

Eventually, I started tossing stuff in there... 
but still didn't really have a plan....
Finally, a plan came to be, and last night, I made it happen.....


So, you know this pretty little corner of my house
that you may have seen once or twice before? ;-)

Well, this little corner is in my dining room...
and for the last 7+ years this little jelly cupboard has been my pantry...


You see, there's no pantry in our 1950's kitchen...
and we've tried moving this cupboard into the kitchen before, but it just didn't work in the space.
Having pantry shelves at waist height and below wasn't exactly my ideal either...


So, the idea of having the pantry actually in the kitchen and above waist height 
became pretty darn exciting to me...


and since I never really knew anymore where anything was, 
in the old pantry or the new pantry...
it was time to git 'er done...
A Feeling-Better-Pantry-Organization Party!


After two days of lethargy, I suddenly had all kinds of energy... and boy, did it feel good.
I hauled everything that was still in the old pantry to the new one 
and re-organized everything in the new space
{all while making Thai chicken soup for dinner...}

Bulk dry goods and baking supplies on the left... close at hand :-)

in the middle door, snacks and treats...

on the right side, canned goods, potatoes, pasta, beans...

in the bottom drawers I finally have a great storage space for table linens.

...and there you have it!
I must say that my pantry has never looked so good...
This cupboard can make anything look pretty ;-)


And now that all that stuff is out of the dining room...

there's room in there for things that belong in the dining room...
{and were in a living room cupboard!}
extra dishes, silverware, the old bottle collection...
and space left over! Hallelujah!


It feels great to check this one off my list...
and to use that "new" cupboard, instead of just look at it!




more soon, chickadees...

oneshabbychick

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