Our Doors Have to Earn Their Keep
Our morning post about the spice rack door has been such a hit, we thought we’d also share our recent pantry clean-up with everyone to show even more ways to put your doors to work. Here is our embarrassing before photo:
As you can see the food was in absolutely zero order, the floor had become over run by all those plastic shopping bags and cardboard boxes left over from wedding gifts. It’s difficult to see from the photo but the walls are also pretty dingy, and painted a light pink color that is found nowhere else in our house.
The shelves were about 32″ deep each, which was way too much room for the limited amount of food we keep on hand around here. So the first thing we did was remove half the depth of the shelves. We left the bottom shelf the original depth to create more of a counter feel. The shelves are simple 3/4 inch pine boards. This photo shows the grime a bit better too.
After cleaning out all the clutter and filling our recycling bin for the week it was time to paint. We painting the inside of the entire closet the same shade as the rest of our newly painted kitchen and the baseboard with white semi-gloss paint we already had on hand. So far we haven’t spent a dime.
The final addition? A cork board lining on the pantry door – a great place to keep magazine clippings are other information that we want handy but don’t want lying around on the counters. Here’s how we did it:
We bought a roll of 5/8″ thick cork board from A.C. Moore craft store. This was our first expense of $14.99.
We used a ruler and pencil to mark out how much we needed to cut, and just used scissors to get the job done. Make sure to inspect your roll before deciding where to cut. We wanted to apply it along with the curve of the roll, but that side was stamped with the company name and information so we made sure to cut around it.
We used Loctite spray adhesive to attach our cork to the inside of the pantry door. Which worked like a charm – that stuff is super sticky though so to avoid sticky spray finger we recommend using a spray paint trigger that you can pick up at any home improvement store for less than $5. The trigger clips on to any spray paint can and is a great little tool to keep around the house. We sprayed both the back of the cork and the inside of the door, let each sit for a minute or so to get tacky, and then just applied the cork to the door.
Here’s our final pantry shot. We replaced a ratty old light pull with string and a wooden bead and moved our plastic baggy holder inside the pantry, since its place on the door was now taken by our new bulletin board.
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I LOVE the corkboard liner on the inside of the door. It’s the place to put all of the things that you would otherwise clutter up your refrigerator door with (or that you can’t put on your refrigerator because it is stainless steel and won’t take a magnet).