Halloween!

old kitchen cabinet doors!

I needed a planter box to hide the ugly HVAC system placed in from of the beach house.  Planter boxes are EXPENSIVE!  So I designed and J created this one made from the old kitchen cabinets we ripped out from the house.

I love it!   We added heavy duty casters on the bottom.  I used left over paint to seal up the inside.  Added broken bricks to create air spaces so dirt will not compact or occlude drainage holes.  

Then I planted my poor, but still surviving Clematis--all six-- I lovingly transferred from our former home in Texas. In the spring, I hope they furiously climb the trellis and fill the area with amazing blooms of color and detail! 

Kitten approved pantry! 

Then we went to work on the pantry--we had a container store book shelf in there, but there was just no way to see the food items or access them easily.  

J pulled out all the remaining closet stuff, rod, shelf and secured a shelving system.  Yeah!   So much more space--can see everything.  He will eventually open the pantry to a 22 inch opening, but has to build a header first. 

We reused the old shelf, cut it down to size and I painted it with hi gloss trim: white. The rest of the shelves and supports we bought at home depot. 

I also have a door system on order from container store.  Recall the pantry USED to be the closet in the one bedroom.  So the back of the pantry is a open and close door.  

The system from container store is a midline bar that storage baskets fit on to hold more pantry items, thus maximizing the space!