Mini Pantry Makeover

If you remember I live in a very old house built in 1890's

and one thing that is not abundant is closet areas.

In fact we have one closet in our bedroom and that is it !

Yes, I suppose we should have gutted the house ,

started over and added some, but...at the time of purchase

we were young in's with babies...several years of lay offs

took their toll and we really never got around to it.

Now I am too old to care! lol.

That being said...there is a deep area outside our bathroom

door that was a built in pantry when we moved here.

Several years ago we tore that out

{it really needed taken out!} and spruced it up.

A few years ago we added shelving to put pantry goodies

on and I hung a curtain, but it never really looked *pretty*

to me. Yesterday I changed that.

I whipped up some floor length curtain panels and added

some of my gauze roses to it and it looks much better

if I don't say so myself.

I also had two of these linen baskets just hanging

around upstairs so instead of just piling my jars on the

top shelf like before, I put them in these baskets.

Much prettier don't you think?

I have to tell you about the curtains. I purchased them at a garage sale this summer and was about jumping for joy! {it is the little things that make me happy}

I got four gauze panels that were approx. 180 inches long each if not longer for 50 cents each. I was trying to figure out what in the world they were because they were just hemmed on the top, bottom and sides with no pocket for a curtain rod and I finally realized they were swags.

I took one panel, ripped it in two pieces and since the one end and the sides were already hemmed all I had to do was make a curtain rod pocket on each panel. Easy peasy!! I do love the new look much better. I thought about adding a few ruffles at the top... what do you think?

I will say that I have been wandering antique malls lately with tape measure in hand to find a tall cabinet for this area, but haven't had any success yet. So I guess this will do for now until I find that special piece.

Happy Thursday! Blessings~