pantry face-lift

What pantry couldn't use a makeover?!  Do you have a pantry?  Is it cluttered?  Is it organized?  Is it embarrassing?  Do you scurry over to it when a guest is reaching for that pantry door?  Do you open it just enough to grab what you need before said-guest sees how overturned it is?  Well, that was my story!  And what was worse is that our pantry is visible to our entire kitchen and dining room.  It also has glass and an automatic light to showcase what's inside.  Not only that, but my kids could see through just enough to bug me about snacks every time they walked by.  Enough was enough!!  I did something that I should have done a long time ago....  I moved all of our food out of that pantry and into cupboards out of my kids' reach and out of sight!  I brought in our fancy-shmancy dishes and glasses (ok, actually if it was glass or white, it was good enough) and turned that pantry upside-down!

Before (like exactly how it was before I tackled it!  Eek!!):

And after:

 Eventually, I would love to get our microwave out of there but for now, it works!)  Notice we do have a cage-thing over the glass on the door and since the clean-up, I've considered removing since it looks nice when the door is closed but the light is shining on the glass.

So go.... Now!  Go organize your pantry, if you have one, and see how pretty you can make it!  Oh, and you can thank me later when in the moment you open that pantry door to grab that chocolate snack you remember that it's located somewhere else and in the time that it takes you to think through where you put it, you actually end up talking yourself out of eating it in the first place.  You're welcome :)

PS:  Do you like our sliding barn door?  If I get enough interest, I can compose a tutorial on how my husband managed it and on the cheap, too!!