Pantry Working Thoughts

{Happy Working Song?... Pshhh}

Okay, so I have 2 totally different projects going on... and I can't decide which one I'm more excited about.

 :)

I think it's because It's been a while since I've "created" something for my house.

Here's some sneak peeks!

This small piece of paper covered beadboard, is just a little part of my first project.

Ronda gave me the idea, and Michaels provided me with the paper for .50 cents...  yessss. :)

I just have to add the finishing touches to this project and then I can show you where this neat piece goes!

Next... yes, it's the pantry re-do.

You all guessed it!

I didn't think I would be starting on this for a while... but I got a wild hair.

Cason just LOVES those :)

Food sprawled everywhere... paint flying all over our clothes...

I have to be totally honest...

This tiny little space has been

THE HARDEST

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MOST TIME CONSUMING

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MOST FOUGHT OVER SPACE/PROJECT

in House of Smiths history.

LOL.

...and I can say that now, because we're nearly finished.

Just keepin' it real, people.

I think it has something to do with the fact that this little, confining, dark space just makes us cranky!

You can't work on it together, bc it's too small... and I SWEAR there is no insulation in that dang pantry.  It's SO freakin' hot!

And I don't even want to TALK about how many coats of paint we had to use on that dark, flat, tan color, that was there to begin with.

I see allover blog world, people painting these huge homemade entertainment centers with shelves gallor, and always think..

"Oh that looks great!... they are doing an awesome job"

But NOBODY tells you how AWFUL shelves REALLY are to paint!

SO incredibly TIME consuming... and frustrating, because you can't just take them out and paint them... and then put them back in.

The tops, the bottoms, the sides...

(rolling my eyes)

I will NOT be painting ANYTHING else with more than ONE shelf, for a WHILE!

Especially in a space where you have to literally shimmy yourself in between shelves... and your (not so big, anyway) "bo-bee's" (as Aubrie likes to call them) 

into, JUST to get to the back corners.

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Needless to say... it was not a pretty picture.

No... literally.

Cason took a picture of me sprawled out on the floor trying to duck my head under a shelf to paint the baseboards... and IMMEDIATELY after I heard the camera click to take the picture...

I turned around and gave him the death stare.

His response...

"WOAH!  What was THAT look for?  I'm just trying to get a picture of you in action, for the blog!"

Note to ALL men out there.

NEVER... EVER... EVER

Take a picture of your body conscious wife, flubber-ing all over the floor, while trying to paint awkward spaces during ANY home improvement project.

E - V - E - R.

(thank goodness I post the photos on this blog around here... whew...crisis averted)

:)

Okay... I'm off to put my kiddies to bed... and then...

The Bachelorette it is for me :)

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Oh shush... 

who are you to judge...???

hee hee

jk.  Judge all you want... I dig the "fake drama" lol.