Cleared everything out of the cabinets into the new pantry and started seeing what we were working with. I love that pantry!!!!
What a difference huh?! The transformation is amazing! The massive hole in the wall is the power for the stove vent. We had been trying to figure out how to attach the vent without creating a weird upper cabinet thing. We are tall people. At our last house the stove vent was connected to the bottom of the microwave which was mounted very low, making the space between the vent and stove annoyingly tight. That being the case I was sure I wanted space to not hit our heads and have room to cook. I was so motivated to keep lightening the space up I went ahead and primed and painted the walls as you can see. Then I took on painting the lower cabinets! Pulling all of the doors off was easy, taping was fine and so was cleaning. I watched several tutorials on the best way to paint them and in the end I had to just go for it. The paint color is a mix of two Sherwin Williams colors so unfortunately I cant link to it. It did turn out a little darker then I had wanted but I think it still works! Got my sister to come help me paint which made it more fun!
I took the current hinges and used Rust-Oleum spray paint to update them. We ordered the pulls from Amazon and honestly I cant decide on the knobs so they are still not on. But soon, end of this month is my deadline to have them in.
Next step is figuring out how many shelves we want and at what height. I love the idea of having it all open but I am nervous about the space getting cluttered again.
We decided that two instead of three shelves would be the best choice. We purchased simple brackets off of Amazon and got the wood and stain from Home Depot. We have a lot of wood tones going on in this little space so I wanted to find a stain that would help bring it all together. We went back and forth on whether to paint the shelving but you can always paint over stain, you cant stain over paint so we started there. Before could hang the shelves we had to figure out the vent issue. So we don't have a vented air duct for over the stove, instead we have one that just sucks the air in filters it and spits it back out. So instead of having it mounted to the bottom of a shelf or just floating there by itself we made this little guy. A faux vent hood. We took measurements from the fan we purchases, figured out what height we wanted it mounted and then made a cute little box. I may be showing how silly I am with this but when this project was done I fell in love with it! Yes, a wooden box. But, in my defense it was like the first sign of the finish line on a long run!!! Y'all seriously this little box helped me get the motivation needed to keep pushing through the tools and saw dust while preparing meals everyday! Ok I'm weird I know so lets move on. We made a this box and since there is no pipe going through it we made it into a hiding spot for all my cookbooks and extra kitchen stuff, smart huh? Ok I know youre not as impressed as I am. Onto the good stuff.
When we got the wood from Home Depot it had a rounded edge so we ripped a tiny bit off and made them all have flat straight edges on the front. We measured length and did a dry fit. Once they were how we wanted them I took the shelves outside and started staining.
We still have the doors to the pantry to build and hang and I have to figure out the arrangements on the shelves and then I will do a kitchen reveal for all everyone! But its come so far and we are so close to being done!
We are also working on the big hill out side and turning it into a perennial garden with rock walls and a boulder stair case! Also we are in the process of clearing some land below the pond to make a meadow play area for the boys and leveling an area for a fenced in garden! Lot of projects in the works and cant wait to share them with all of you!
What area are you dreaming of redoing in your home? Id love to hear your plans and ideas for that space!
Brekken
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