Pretty Pantry

Inspiration for my pretty pantry design!

I’m continuing my mental redecoration of our new house – this is what happens when I have four-day weekends. Today’s project is the pretty pantry. I have mentioned before that our future pantry also has a laundry hookup {which we do not plan to use – the current homeowners don’t use it either}. Here is a picture of the space last time we went through – the arrows point to the area for the washer/dryer hookup {I think they would have to be stackable} – they have temporary shelving in place there now:

I’ve been contemplating various ways to effectively use this space. I think I have ultimately decided that our wine refrigerator will fit nicely in place of the laundry unit {it is currently in the basement in our house because our kitchen doesn’t have space for it}. Above that, I am thinking a countertop area, topped with a chalkboard wall.

After using my own chalkboards, I started to become anti-chalk as much as I loved the look. It makes SUCH a mess! But then I saw this post at Honey We’re Home and the chalk markers made a quick appearance on my Christmas list. Turns out this is how Starbucks and other restaurants get all those fancy chalkboard drawings without the mess! I would love to have a giant chalkboard available for quick notes, grocery lists, reminders, etc. Here are some inspiration pictures I have pinned this weekend.