Ok, so riddle me this. How does a pantry re-organization happen by accident? I’ll tell you how. See I was working on a little project in the kitchen involving chalkboard paint (I’ll show you that project soon) when it happened.
My daughter innocently enough came into the kitchen to ask for a snack. She opened the pantry and said, “WHOA, momma this is a mess!”
She was right. It was a total mess. I had just been shoving things in there because I’ve been a little preoccupied at the moment with lots of other house projects. However, I decided if a 4 year old thought it was a mess then I really needed to do something about it. And since I already had a roller loaded with chalkboard paint in my hand I decided to do this.
Before painting the fronts of the pull-out shelves in my pantry, I used a little sandpaper to lightly sand the surface. Then I applied 2 coats of chalkboard paint with a foam roller. Then I pulled everything out and did a little cleaning and reorganizing.
Then as the picture shows I rubbed the side of a piece of chalk over the entire surface. (The instructions on the back of the chalkboard paint can are very easy to follow. They recommend waiting 3 days to let the paint cure before rubbing chalk on it to prepare the surface, but I didn’t wait that long. I mean it is just a pantry, and I wanted to get this done and finish my other project.)
Here’s a little closer look. And here’s a look at the finished, reorganized, and labeled pantry project.
We’ll see how long this lasts. Here’s hoping anyway! Have you done any accidental organizing lately?
Hi! Love this idea!!
Chalk board paint is one of the greatest inventions ever! 🙂 I'm your newest follower btw.
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