Friday, September 6, 2013

Our New Butler's Pantry / Our Coffee Bar: Turn a Closet Into A Bar


I love the sound of a "Butler's Pantry".  It sounds old and refined. 




 So that is what I am calling this new space in our home.  But, really....it is just an old closet transformed into a fancier storage area and coffee bar.


Before:

This was a very deep closet.  It was dark and always hard to find items or keep them organized.  I had placed the plastic shelving units above inside the closet, but it ended up being a catchall for items I just didn't really use.

Once emptied:

With the doors off, shelf removed and begun running electric:

Finished:


Details and Close-Ups:
















Monday, September 2, 2013

"Be Uncommon Today" - Free Printable


After making my "Be Passionately Curious" printable, I decided I needed another.  



I wanted something for the other wall in the basement entry (for above my hooks).  It hasn't been hung there yet because I need to get a 3M sticky hanger for the wall (it is concrete and much easier to just put a 3M hook than to try and get a nail in the wall).


So this is where it is going to end up - just above the hooks on the wall in the picture above.


But for the purpose of today, here it is framed and ready to be hung on the wall: