Sunday, April 17, 2011

Pantry Progress

I was hoping and waiting to be able to post the finished pantry but it looks like it might be awhile before that happens. With all the pictures I've taken, it might be fun for you to see our progress.

This picture below shows where we were, at the last posting....framing a pantry in our already too big kitchen. If you notice the little white door under the stairs to right of this picture....this will be part of the pantry too......




Here's a closer look inside that little part of the pantry under the stairs.....peeling walls,
gross industrial carpet, flimsy shelves.......




Here's the shelves loaded and unorganized before we took everything out......





I couldn't wait to pull up the gross carpet and tiles (yes mom, with a mask)......





Off with the old lathe and plaster, cracking walls.....





Here's what it looks like under the stairs. I couldn't believe how dusty and dirty it was pounding these boards out. It was sure fun though......





Old wood siding off and now the old floorboards come up.......




Here's a look at the crawlspace down there, along with the heating & air ducts, some old cans and junk. Although, this is actually where the previous owners found the three big, antique schoolhouse lights. They had hung them in the main room
(we will put them in our kitchen some day).......





Here's the start of the drywalling......





Back to the main pantry. Here it is drywalled.....





After painting, Dustin put up the backing for lots of shelves.....





Here's what we have now, with all our glorious, new pantry shelves. This will also be the place for the spare fridge......





And to the right of the door, more shelves and storage. We may put doors on the cupboard below, depending on what we end up storing there.....




Another view of the glorious shelves......


4 comments:

  1. It's great that you're keeping a running pictorial account of all of this. Otherwise, we'd just think, "Oh, wow." This way we'll think, 'OH WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE A JEWEL OUT OF A ROCK!!!" The beauty is in the process. You guys are so awesome. The joy is in the journey, right? Love, Aunt Sue

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  2. I have pantry-envy! Can't wait to see this all in person someday!

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  3. im about to reinstall the pantry in my mums old house - i now feel extremely guilty that i made her remove it some 35 years ago as it was old fashioned....... kids !!!

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  4. Hi Stephanie, I thought you might like to know your small pantry was the only doorway into the big kitchen area when we started. There was a very short door under the stairs in the entryway and through to that room. It had wires hanging and was very creepy. We closed off the doorway and turned it into a tool and cleaning supply closet. I'm so glad you were able to make that smelly icky spot into something so nice.

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