Oh No! What Has Happened To My Pantry?

 

It’s empty!  Did I take my pantry challenge a little too far?

 

I am on a mission to banish dingey ceilings

Nope.  I still have plenty of food.  I just needed to show this pantry some much needed love.  Unlike my hall closet however, I have painted the pantry in the past, but it was close to twenty years ago that I did that.  I was a bit overdue, but again, like the hall closet this just could not be a priority.  Until now.

 

I am not going hungry any time soon

First I had to take out ALL of the food and it covered my counters, my dining room table and part of my entryway floor.  Needless to say my pantry challenge shall continue.

 

Fresh green walls

Then I had to remove the shelving which is heavy, but was still manageable.  With the shelves out I grabbed my putty knife and tub of spackle and filled in a few spots on the walls.  Once that dried we were ready for paint.

 

Bright white ceiling

I gave the ceiling and walls two good coats of paint.  Leftover Sweet Grass green paint on the walls and leftover Pure White paint from my hall closet project on the ceiling.

 

Magic erasures are amazing at removing these marks

Super clean shelves

Once the painting was done I used a magic eraser and scrubbed up the two adjustable sides and all the shelves.  Many years of marks from tin cans and some stains all scrubbed off and made the shelves look bright white and new once again.  Then it was time to reinstall them.

 

Wow! 😎

The pantry looks great.  Such a bright fun color to make my pantry fresh and new again, it was almost a shame to put all the food back and cover it all up.  But, I know how nice it is in there and that’s all that really matters.

 

Everything I used I already had on hand so it was super thrifty and easy to do.  I’m so happy with the final results and the fact that I have one more thing off my “to do” list.  Yay!