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NEW PANTRY DESIGN

Jul 21, 2020

Since updating my dining room with all new wood doors (here) & freshening up the room to match the style of the rest of my home, the inside of the pantry deserved a refresh, too! The original white woven baskets were becoming worn out and coming apart. The baskets were flimsy. The whole pantry interior was lacking compared to the rest of the house! Here's a little before & after to give you an idea of what I started with.

BEFORE & AFTER
In the beginning, the before was simple and of course beautiful as well.. but it's 2020 and I wanted to make things more interesting. Just like how this year has been, lol. 

Now, if I could go way back in time.. I would show you what this pantry looked like before it transformed into a functional pantry. It was a useless closet with bifold doors that broke like clockwork. We kept a trash can and random miscellaneous junk in there. It's incredible to see the changes this closet has gone through!
 
GLASS/PIPE SHELVING & FLORAL WALLPAPER
I wanted to be able to look in and see a flawless, uniquely styled pantry. I didn't want bulky shelves, so I opted for glass instead. I love the glass jars with the glass shelves. It almost looks invisible, with the exception of the snacks against the beautiful floral wallpaper. I incorporated the glass/pipe design only for the top half of the pantry, since that is what you see when looking through the custom doors. 
I fell in love with this wallpaper when I first saw it! There was a debate over a different wallpaper on my instagram, but I scrapped that entire pattern when I came across this one. It's the perfect amount of white and black, is extremely detailed yet still a soft, dainty design.

We continued the wallpaper on the side walls and ceiling, as well as wrapping the shelf brackets for the bottom shelves. I wanted the entire thing to be seamless & clean. I used any extra wallpaper to wrap the wood shelves. It turned out so beautiful & it was worth the extra amount of work! It's all in the small details!

The pipe brackets originally came black. I wanted it to feel a little less industrial, so I used Rub 'n Buff in Gold Leaf to give them an aged gold appearance. This was really quick & easy!
 STORAGE BASKETS
I found the gold wired baskets while on a Home Goods/Marshall's run. The gold buckets are beverage tubs from Target. The seagrass baskets are from Ikea. One of the most commonly asked questions I've gotten is about where I store canned foods. They're all hidden in the baskets at the bottom! They're pretty big, deep baskets. Any canned, boxed, packaged, extra items are stored down below. We also have plenty of storage in the rest of our kitchen cabinets for other items like rice, flour, sugar, coffee, etc.
The beverage tubs are amazing storage for chips, packaged snacks, bread, etc. My kids easily grab and go out of these! The best part is that I have no doubt that these will last for years to come. I can wipe them clean without a problem. My main focus for this pantry was for it to be most functional for my kids. They're huge snackers especially being home on quarantine mode.

 

FAUX OLIVE TREE

Another addition that really completes the pantry is this beautiful faux olive tree (here). I love pairing natural elements like wood and greenery together! It warms up the space & makes it feel so cozy. The pedestal planter was from Home Goods and I filled the top with moss.

All we have left to do is wire electrical inside the pantry. The addition of lighting will make it look like a fancy boutique. It'll give that wow factor and be really convenient to see everything better. That'll wrap up this entire project!



I am gushing over every single detail and I hope you all love it as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by!



SHOP PANTRY

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