Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Kitchen Pantry Needs Help

Whew! What I thought would be a simple project of course is turning into a bigger project. That's because I can't just do anything thing simple. I always have to take it just a little farther. Let me explain. I was on my way to my favorite store - IKEA - to get baskets to finish up my laundry room. On the way there my friend and I decided we needed to organize our kitchen pantry. I guess when you can no longer see the floor its time to clean it out. I think I found food that made the move into this house 6 years ago. So, definitely time to throw it out. Okay, so how much more simpiler can you get than buying some boxes/ bins and throwing your food into it. I found some awesome and inexpensive boxes for the pantry at IKEA. But once I put the food in the boxes I needed some labels to remind me what was in them. Then after creating labels I still needed to add just that little extra decoration to jazz up the boxes. Sounds great if your doing 1 but I'm doing 14 so its taking me just a little longer than planned. Oh, yeah and darn I ran out of boxes so that means another trip to my favorite store!!!!




Monday, September 21, 2009

Start of something new!

Ok, so I've been wanting to do a blog for quite some time. I consider myself somewhat creative but mostly I love finding great ideas and adapting them. I also love re-purposing anything. Its always fun and challenging to find a common item and then figure out a way to use it in an unusual manner. Lately I've been on the organizing kick. I've figured out the you can keep the same amount of junk but if you hid it in a basket or bin it looks a lot prettier! Hence, I've been working on my kitchen pantry and laundry room. I guess when you can't see the floor or walk very far into the room its time to start organizing. Most everything I use is from IKEA which is my favorite store. Great items at great prices! Got to love a bargain! Lastly thanks to Carolynn my BFF who is always giving me great ideas including starting this blog. Too bad we are across 5 states!!