Reorganizing my pantry

It has actually been a few weeks since I did this but I am just now getting around to 

showing it to you.

I didn't take a before picture, but trust me it wasn't pretty.

All the shelves were lined on the back wall.  There were 4 big shelves and 

1 skinny shelf on the bottom where I put some extra Pyrex dishes.

I pitched the idea to my husband that I wanted to take those out and make them

skinnier and L shaped, so that I had shelves on 2 walls instead on one.

Let's just say he didn't take to the idea.

If I heard it once, I heard it a hundred times, you won't like it.

You are going to lose space.

Blah, blah, blah.

So, I said just do it, I will take full responsibility if I don't like it.

All the while knowing I was gonna like it.  It was him that needed the convincing.

So, I got up on Saturday morning and emptied EVERYTHING out of the cabinet.

See.

I use to keep kids so, I still had my first aid posters on the door, just in case someone got choked or something. 

Mr. Wonderful came up with a way to use the braces that were in there already for the back shelves and we headed to Lowe's to get some brackets for the side shelves.

I painted it so it would look all clean and new.

And Voila!!!

A pantry reorganized!!!  Mr. Wonderful was excited to see that we had enough room to move the spices from another cabinet into this one.

I know I need some baskets for the rice and beans, but trust me, it is an amazing improvement.

Also the 2 white trash cans are for our recyclables.  

PS.  I took the CPR poster's down after I took the picture.  I just hope nobody gets choked.

Getting it together

I have seen so many bloggers telling all about how they have been getting organized.  Seeing all the great things they are doing has been a real inspiration.


It has motivated me to re-organize everything.


Monday night I went to Wally world and bought some cheap baskets and came home to clean out my Tupperware cabinet.


I also did a little purging which always feels good, if I didn't use it in the last 6 months, it goes in the good will pile.


My only problem with that is that the pile usually ends up in my basement and stays there for a while.  


Last night I came home and decided to clean out my makeup drawer.  After I did that I went to my mom's to eat supper.  (It's a weekly thing we do.)  While I was at her house I was looking for some tongs and realized mom needs to do a little organizing too.


So, I have a feeling that this weekend will be spent cleaning out drawers, closets, and anything else I can get my hands on.


Wish me luck!




And just because I want one!

Courtesy of  Better Homes & Gardens

Getting Organized

This weekend I decided to clean out my closet.  I took a few pictures that I don't really want to show you.  It was bad, really bad. 


Just imagine a bomb going off in a very small room.  It looked kind of like that.


My shoes were a big part of the mess, but I also had a huge rubbermaid bin full of clothes that I had to take out and go through, I am taking at least half of them to Goodwill. 

After I got everything cleaned out I was looking for something to put my summer shoes in and I remembered that I had two drawers left over from a previous project and decided to use those to help my closet.

I also had a bookshelf that was in the basement that I brought up to put in the closet to help with more storage. 

Here's the finished product.

Organized at last!

OK, These are the befores, and like I said I am really ashamed for you to see this but after it's all cleaned up it looks pretty good. 

Also, just to let you know alot of the boxes were from Christmas, but as you can see, I did use them for storage too.

I forgot about the cat being inside until I uploaded the picture. 

After a  lot of organizing and cleaning out stuff I didn't need or use, I finally finished.

I was really glad I got the peg board it really freed up a lot of space when I could hang the frames on the wall.

I linked up at Room a Month Makeover!
 

Getting Organized

Last week, I decided to get my picture framing space in the basement organized.  I did take pictures and I must admit it was such a mess I am ashamed to show them to you. 

But, I will anyway.

When I'm done.

I am still working on it, Mr. Wonderful and I went to Lowe's and purchased some peg board for hanging frames.  Then I got to work organizing my mat boards and foam core and "stuff".


I have to tell you it looks better already, but I can't really move anything around because everything is pretty heavy and  just not really movable.  


I plan on finishing it up this weekend, and I can't wait to show you the pictures.  You will be pleasantly surprised.


So, stay tuned.