Pantry Before and After

  We bought our house September 2011 and moved in in October. Every wall in the house was painted yellow ( many still are ) except for the closets. Before we even moved in we painted our bedroom and the living and hall areas. Looking back on it I wish we would've kept going and painted the kitchen and dining while we were at it because they're connected to the living room, but you live and learn.
   After a few months here I was ready to tackle another space, my husband not so much.While he was out of town on work for a few days I seized the opportunity and got some projects done. The kitchen will have to wait, I'm not doing that by myself. I did however get some nightstands and our pantry done. The nightstands were the main priority but when I saw I had quite a bit of paint leftover I just had to do the pantry too. I'd been wanting to change it up just a little for a while.
    I did it in two days but it could've been done in one. I gave it two coats, letting it dry good in between. I would've loved some contrast between the shelves and walls but I had only one color and didn't want to make yet another trip to Lowes. The paint color isn't much different from the white that was there but it's right for me. You can't go much darker in there because then it'd be like a cave. Maybe one day I'll get around to changing up the shelves but for now I'm just happy it's not white.
   Getting new storage items for the food is a work in progress, I'm always finding new things I like. I love to group like items into baskets, the black ones at the top are from Dollar General.
  You might think there's not much food in there and there's really not, just the items I'm currently using. I have another hall closet that I use as a pantry also and that's where I keep most of the food. I lie to keep my kitchen one neat and clean so it's easy for me to find the items I need while I'm cooking. In another post I'll show that closet.
  Sorry there are no before ones, camera issues and not thinking to take the pictures are to blame. The white bucket on the floor is to hold my dirty dish towels until I take then to my towel hamper.