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Dressing Up my Pantry with a Vintage Door

July 14, 2019 By stylishrevamp Leave a Comment

Where has this summer gone?  In less than a week, we are going to be seeing back to school ads and the bus stop schedule. I’m not ready!  It seems like only last week I shared my pantry organization.  It’s hard to believe that was back in January. Well, today I am sharing how I dressed up my newly organized pantry with a vintage door.  Not going to lie, I love it!

Back in January when I organized my pantry, I knew that I wanted a vintage half lite door.  Trying to find the right door was a bit more difficult than I expected. After months of looking, I finally found one in rough shape, a little too wide and about 4 inches too short.  Not to mention the smell!

Vintage half lite door

I absolutely love this door.  It was definitely a labor of love getting her to where she needed to be. It took a lot of stripping and sanding and painting but she was worth it, oh so worth it!

Vintage Pantry Door

I actually didn’t mind the stripping process.  Once I got the hang of it, I found it to be quite relaxing. I used orange CitriStrip that I had on hand.  I painted on a thick coat of the CitriStrip then covered it with plastic wrap and let it sit for 24 hours.  After 24 hours, I was able to scrape off the 4 different layers of paint. Then I flipped the door over and repeated the process.

before shot of my vintage door

My husband trimmed the door down an inch and a half on each side and we had to add four inches to the top.  We added to the top of the door so the bottom still lined up with the door trim.  We planed down a piece of wood to match the thickness of the door.  We drilled three holes in the 4 inch piece of wood and the top of the door.  We attached the extra piece of wood to the door with a dowel and wood glue.  Surprisingly, it was easier than I had anticipated and the fit is seamless.

Vintage Door with added height to fit existing door frame

I originally wanted to keep the door with the raw wood but I knew I wouldn’t be able to match the new wood to the old door. At this point, I was getting so excited to finish it off and had to pace myself on the painting.  I typically rush the painting process so I can finish a project but this time I left myself plenty of time to let the paint dry between the coats.

Vintage half lite door

I had to order a new door knob because the original knob and lock set was missing several pieces. Luckily, I was able to find an exact match here. I adore the ceramic knobs.

vintage door knob

We have managed to keep the pantry organized since January and the glass now keeps me motivated to keep up the neatness! I love the finished look and now I’m on the hunt for a bubble glass door for my cleaning closet.

Vintage Pantry Door

I hope you all are enjoying your summer.  FYI, I am watching Christmas in July on Hallmark as I type this.  It is a true obsession and I do not use that word lightly!

To my dad, good luck tomorrow. I love you and will see you week after next! XOXOXO

Until Next Time,

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Filed Under: Before and After, Fabulous Finds, Home Tour, Projects and DIY, Thrift Shop Tagged With: DIY, door, pantry, Shopping, thrift, Vintage

My Version of Tidying Up the Pantry

January 27, 2019 By stylishrevamp 12 Comments

I think everyone has hopped on the Marie Kondo bandwagon.  I watched one episode on Netflix and I have to say it stressed me out.  I can live with mess  for only so long before I lose it.  That was the case with our pantry.  I wanted to tackle it before Thanksgiving and time just got away from me.  I decided to wait on the revamp until after the Holidays and it drove me crazy looking at the mess every day.  It got to the point where we were buying things because we couldn’t find the ones we already had in the pantry.

Pantry before the Major overhaul

This is the hot mess we lived with in November and December. Chaos like this drives me crazy.  I am the type of person that has to have my house in order when I go to bed.  No dishes in or on the sink when I go to bed at night, pillows fluffed on the couch and throws folded and placed where they need to be.  It just helps me function better, especially when I start my day off with a clean kitchen.  So this mess was difficult to deal with to say the least.  After Thanksgiving, I knew I wouldn’t have time to complete it and I wanted to decorate and enjoy my Christmas home but this mess was always lurking in the back of my mind.

So, January was a fresh start.  Once the Holiday decor was boxed and put away, we emptied out the pantry and got to work. I have to admit, this was my least favorite project ever.  I felt like it was never-ending.  So much stuff to sort through and quite frankly it was just mind numbing.  I liked the actual revamping of the shelves and I didn’t mind painting the entire pantry but going through the food and organizing it was pure misery.

My version of tidying up the pantry

Pantry organization

I have to admit the outcome was so worth the two weeks of misery I went through getting this space organized. I’ll take you back through the process and show you what it looked like.

The pantry cleared out

This is what the panty looked like once we removed all the food.  I then got busy removing all the old contact paper that originally lined the shelves.  Once that was done, I scrubbed everything down with hot soapy water.

Then we made a trip to Home Depot.  We picked up some Lauan Plywood (it is the very thin plywood that everyone is making faux shiplap from and something I am trying to talk my husband into doing in our sunroom. I’ll keep you posted on that situation). We had them cut the plywood down to the right size in the store and my husband made the angled cuts once we were home.  We also bought some 1 x 2’s to trim out the shelves.

Shelves resurfaced with Lauan Plywood

Once that was done, we puttied the nail holes and sanded everything.  Then I got busy painting.  I painted the ceiling, shelves, walls and the trim a nice bright white.Painted and trimmed out Pantry Shelves

Resurfacing and trimming out the shelves made a huge improvement.  Finishing out everything with bright white paint brightened up the space a great deal. The earlier paint was an off white with yellowish undertones not to mention any touch ups done throughout the years was done in different paint. So not only was it disorganized but we had about 4 different color paints jobs going on in there.

Now the fun(ish) part, the organizing in pretty containers. I have collected glass jars from Goodwill for years. I also asked for pantry organization items for Christmas and I have shopped at Bed Bath and Beyond too.

Getting rid of most of the cardboard packaging in the pantry was the biggest space saver of all.  I never thought I would have enough plastic and glass containers to organize my pantry or that I would be able to fit everything back on the shelves but I did and I still have extra space.

Pantry Organization

Organizing the Pantry with Bed Bath and Beyond expandable a shelf

Adding the shelf risers for canned goods is a great space saver and it makes everything assessable and easy to see.  Placing together similar loose items in tray keeps everything organized as well.

Organizing Pantry with Baskets from Home Depot

I wanted to keep everything off of the floor.  Adding these wire basket from Home Depot was the perfect solution to keeping things off the floor and organized.  I will link everything at the end of the post. These baskets are a favorite! My brother-in-law made me this hand loomed rug and I adore it!

Organizing the Pantry with OXO Pop Tops

Some of the glass jars that I picked up at Goodwill throughout the years do not have an airtight seal.  For the containers that are not air tight, I use them for all my coffee and tea k cups or packaged food.  I also added two lazy susans in the corners.  I may still add one to each shelf.  We are also still think of adding another shelf up high for all of our paper products but for now, I think everything fits and we are fine as is.

Revamping our pantry

Here are a few of my take aways from this project followed by links to products in our pantry revamp.

  • remove items from cardboard packaging
  • place similar loose items together in a clear tray
  • add wire basket for potatoes and onions
  • use risers for canned goods
  • use lazy susan in corners for easy access

 Links for items used in this post are below:

Oxo Pop Top Containers 

Clear trays

Lazy Susan

Expand A Shelf

Hanging Wire Baskets  (i used the white shelves and mine came in a four pack)

Chalk Labels

 

I love how organized the pantry is and I don’t mind putting groceries away now.  Having said that, this project was a tough one for me but I am glad it is over and I am hoping it NEVER gets that messy again.  Thanks for joining me on this adventure. For any questions on this or any other post, I can be reached at krkolson@gmail.com or you can leave me a message in the comment section.

 

Until Next Time,

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Filed Under: Before and After, Home Tour, Projects and DIY Tagged With: bed bath and beyond, Home Depot, lables, organization, Paint, pantry, shelving, trim

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