Latest weekend projects...Pantry and Bathroom vanity

Before and afters around our house....I love before and after pictures!  They inspire me to get my own projects done one at at a time.  Here are a few of my latest weekend projects and since pictures inspire me maybe they can be an inspiration to start on something for you.  I actually tend to put these things off and then it feels so good when they are actually done.

The Pantry before and after:

This is what all four of the shelves looked like but I wanted to get a close up on their messiness here!  

Here is what all four shelves look like now.  Yay, I breath a sigh of relief when I walk through the pantry now and I have to walk through because the door to my garage is in this room.  I was feeling myself cringe when passing by....a sure time a change is needed!  Baskets seem to be super expensive even when on sale, but sometimes the cost is worth it!! Total cost-$66 for the baskets and $6 for the curtain and spring rod.

Last weekend I finished painting our bathroom cupboards.  I have to say, I wish that I would have used chalk paint, but I already had some white paint, so I used it instead.  Chalk paint with a sealer or wax just looks so finished and makes it hard to see brush strokes.  My recommendation after doing this would be to use at least 2 or 3 coats of primer (instead of the 1 that I used) when painting cupboards so that you only have to put on one coat of paint at the end (minimizing the visual brush strokes).  However, I love my cupboards white so much more than before's natural oak....that I am leaving them alone now.

Before....the floor boads aren't finished here either...still in progress!:

After:  Feels brighter in the whole room:

Total cost: $23 for the hardware...(but I already had the paint.)  Still, painting is one of the most economical ways to improve a room!