The Pantry Project

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love dishes. It used to be bowls and serving pieces but then I spotted those small after dinner drink glasses and fell in love. Now I'm finding that I'm drawn to pretty little dessert plates.

To make room for this love of mine, I needed to expand my pantry. We have a wonderful little pantry off the dining room. It has a screen door and a big window. But alas...there was no more room...so we made a guest room closet into a pantry for my dishes...take a look!

This is the mess my very full pantry was in

I'm rather embarrassed

 

Need I say more?

 

So I pulled everything out and cleaned the floor

 

This is what my dining room looked like just from the items on the floor!

 

We spray painted an inexpensive metal shelf

 

And I filled a large basket with napkins

 

and paper plates and other fun goodies too!

 

I loaded up the shelves...I love white!

 

There was remnants of old wallpaper on the walls so I painted around it

There isn't much of this old house that's been preserved
 

I threw a piece of muslin on the baskets to cover the chaos...

 

And tucked them in

 

Aren't these lovely?

 

I love stacks of dishes...that little dish in front is fun and unusual

 

I love color!

Vintage

 

And all the dishes lived happily ever after in the pretty pantry...not!

 

Leftovers...oh my!

 

So we worked on more shelves

 

While mean roo stalked me...look very hard...you might have to squint to see him

 

Cleaned out this yucky old closet

 

Then we painted...I had some help

 

These little cupboards fit right in

   

with lots of room for goodies

 

Can I possibly fill this up? I don't think that will be a problem

 

I like shiny things...is that so wrong?

 

I love the memories that many of these dishes bring

Jar of fun!!
 

And a place to keep my waffle and panini makers!

 

Happy vintage aprons...I love the poodles

 

The view from outside this hidden treasure!

 

I didn't really know where my love of dishes came from until we cleaned out my Mothers home this past year. I found so many plates, bowls and glasses that were special to her and then I didn't wonder any longer.

 

And for that, I am thankful

 

See you soon!