Here are some befores:
In hiding things fron the kids- I also hide them from myself. I seriously forgot all that was in there.
Then- I was looking at some of my favorite decorating blogs and came across THIS. At first, I just looked at it over and over. Then it became an obsession. I HAD to re do it. I wanted...no needed... a pantry that cute and organized. 
So we made some changes. I bought the same gray that she did (Flagstone by Olympic) and knowing that I wasn't gonna do vinyl (because of cost and time) I set out to find a stencil. I went to Hobby Lobby and found a cute one. I still liked the design of her vinyl more- but I would get the same look with my stencil. I was excited!
Unfortunetly- I didn't get many "during" pics cuz I lost my camera- (It is still lost- I am using one that I bought to replace my old one the last time I lost it- but I don't like the replacement very much - and neither does my computer, when uploading)
The hard part was when I decided to use a paint pen to trace the stencil on with. It worked tons better than putting the paint on but.....it was SUPER time consuming. I had helpers (heck- even Jack "helped" me trace with the paint pen) but it still took about 10-15 minutes per stencil to trace it on. It took me 2 weeks to complete my project. And in the middle of each self, I would realize that I didn't have enough baskets and organizers. I made many runs to Goodwill, Walmart, Target and Fred Meyer. Some organizers were for show (Fred Meyer)- some were just plainly to get organized (Walmart).
Jonny said..."Did you find things you didn't know you had?" Oh yeah Baby!
It was a neat experience- but I don't wanna do it again for about 10 years please!
I also did the laundry room the same way- but since it is still cluttered- you will have to wait- we are getting there though!
