My pantry is formerly known as the laundry room where the washing machine sat. Don't you like the lovely remaining faucet? You could just pull up a cup and filler right up. (I wouldn't advise it) A few years ago we added on to our house increasing to a whopping 1777 square feet. It's perfect for this family of four. I gained pantry space (and a laundry ROOM) and I was so excited.
I still only had one shelf on this side a year or two later. I was making do but not happily. I added some pretty ribbon onto the one shelf (I was crazy and used double sided tape...that'll never come off). It did make the space more cheerful but I wanted to use it to it's potential so I hired a friend to build and install some custom shelves. The original shelf stayed because I was on a tight budget. It cost me a little over $100 to add this custom shelving and it was worth it. I had priced ready-made-not-perfect-sized shelving and brackets and it actually would have cost me more!
This is how my shelves have looked for I think a year (I already can't remember). I set up a coffee station in here since I had an outlet going to waste (and my shredder was too tall to fit here.
This week I cleared out the pantry, cleaned it and painted it.
And I thought about how much I hate to paint and how many coats it was taking and how I should let it dry more before adding another coat. And how I forgot the most important step which was primer!!!!!!!!
I finally got the white part done at 1 or 2 a.m. It looks brighter doesn't it?
This is a huge reminder for me of how great it feels to have the monkey off your back. I thought about this "to do" way more often than I care to admit. It was just something I couldn't attempt with my little ones around. It had the highest priority as soon as my kids left for Nana's for a few days (well, that is after I spent an entire day galavanting around the charming Eureka Springs with my friend who's an artist and my number 1 fan right now).
So, What do you need to accomplish?
Make a plan.
Schedule time for it.
Feel the freedom in completion.
Done is better than perfection so just get to it!
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