Quick Makeover: Mom's Pantry

Most kitchens have a pantry of some sorts - small, big, organized, disorganized, etc. Recently, my mom decided her little pantry needed a makeover. She spent a Sunday afternoon cleaning it out, giving it a fresh coat of paint and then went on a mission to find cute containers for it. It turned out so cute!

Pantry Makeover:

Adorable spice containers - TJ Maxx

Clear air tight seal containers - TJ Maxx | Black & White containers - MacKenzie Child's

Photos via me

She got the idea from scrolling through Pinterest and stumbling upon this inspiration:

Source

Obviously that pantry is a million times bigger than my mom's, but I love how she took something Pinterest fancy and made it work for her tiny pantry. I love sharing ideas that are realistic for the majority of people, so I was happy that she let me share!

Lots of Love,

PS: Wedding Week starts tomorrow! Check back this week for fun ideas to make your wedding full of character...

Adding Character to a Laundry Room

My wonderful friend Grace from Singapore and I have been messaging about her cute new little abode lately, and she is having a hard time with her bland laundry room. I started giving her some ideas and then decided visuals are always the most helpful. For some inspiration, I put together a little guide to adding character to a little laundry room:

To start, you are the one stuck in your laundry room doing a chore, why not make it cheery and fun!

1. Quirky Lighting - This is a great place to play with affordable, yet fun lighting. IKEA is great for this: KNAPPA Pendant Lamp $25 | JONOSFAR Pendant Lamp $15

2. Funky Storage Pieces - Needed for your laundry supplies, sorting laundry and dry cleaning. These metal baskets from H&M home are fabulous. $20

3. Paint or Temp Wallpaper - Add some color or patterns to your room! Why not, it should be a space to play with fun colors and mix it up. I'm definitely considering doing some fun temp paper in ours and Etsy is a great place to find it: AccentuWall Blue Chevron Lines $35/strip

4. Fun Laundry Baskets - I love the graphic black and white stripe of this H&M laundry basket. Plus, I like that it seems easy to carry around when picking up laundry. $15

5. Vibrant Rug - Rugs are a perfect way to add a pop of color to your laundry room. This colorful rug from Urban Outfitters will do just the trick! $19-44

Everything above is a great price (with the exception of that fab navy washer & dryer set!), so giving your laundry room a little character can happen for under $200. I'm thinking about getting some of these pieces for ours! I think you could make this transformation in a morning if you start with a good Starbucks.

Lots of Love,

Quick Makeover: Downstairs Entryway

Time to share our quick makeover. The entryway to our downstairs and backyard door was pretty ugly and made me cringe every time I walked down there. It had dirty chocolate brown stairs and gross beat up walls. Since we still had some leftover Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams paint, we decided it was now time to make that area prettier.

Check it out...
Before:

Told you it was bad! Ok, so now for the wonderful and brighter after:

Dog food storage can from Harry Barker.

We used gray floor paint from Menard's on the stairs - my grandma calls it "basement gray" and used it in her old house. We used the darker gray since it was against the light blue gray walls.

Now I know what you are all thinking, why didn't you guys paint the stairs that orange color that was peeking through on the before pictures? We thought gray would be more classic :) Now we still need to give the wood some TLC and repaint it. This was a quick makeover though, so we didn't feel depressed every time we let our dog out! One last question for you all to ponder though...

With a little paint, you can make even the most drab areas of your house look 100x better!

Lots of Love,