Spring Cleaning Week

It's Spring Cleaning 

week here at our house!

I'm going through room by room and 

organizing and purging. 

I started on Saturday 

with the Pantry.

 I don't have  a before picture.

Trust me when I say it was a MESS!

Let's take a look inside...

 Much Better.

I bought baskets at World Market for little snack items and re-used the larger baskets that I already had for paper and plastic items.

I painted tags from Staples with Chalkboard Paint for labels.

The main problem in the pantry was that the spices were too high for me to reach. 

 I had to climb on the bottom shelves

 and straddle them as I looked for what I needed. 

 I can't tell you how many times one of the kids

 would walk by and say, 

"MOM, what are you doing?".  

Check out how these spice racks fold down so that I can actually SEE stuff!  

Thank you Mr. Beaux!

We had fun at Lowe's 

looking at all the products for kitchen organization.  

We bought this door shelf 

and it was easy for Mr. Beaux to install.

  It gives us so much more space! 

 I'm so proud of my Pantry that I show anyone that walks by!!!  All of Miss Beaux's girlfriends had to Oooohhhhh and Ahhhhhh when they were here for study group.  

They were more interested in the Chalkboard Door 

and the Chips and dip but that's OK.

  I pat myself on the back every time I open the door!

While I was at Target 

looking for Pantry Organization ideas,

 I saw this canvas mail sorter in the Office section.  

We hung it on cup hooks on the side of the Fridge. 

 I sure hope this keeps all the Junk Mail off of the counters!  It's one of my biggest Pet Peeves!

MY Closet is NEXT! (I'm gonna need a Vente Starbucks for this one...)

Have you done any Spring Cleaning yet?

Beaux R'eves

XO Cindy

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Chalkboard Crazed

I admit that I am addicted to chalkboards.  Maybe it all started when I was in second grade and the teacher let me stay after and erase the board and bang erasers outside.  Hey! That was an Honor! 

Or maybe it stems from when I was a teacher.  I remember my first day with my first class writing Mrs. Beaux on the chalkboard...

  I even have a file on pinterest full of chalkboards.  

both from Pinterest

 This was my first chalkboard attempt.

Here is a project that my daughter started and I finished.  (She got the flu and I felt bad for her).  We magnetized the board first and then painted chalkboard paint over it.  It's hanging in her bathroom for easy use.

And here is my latest Chalkboard project.  I painted the back of the pantry door last week.  Don't look too close at where my dog has scratched the trim paint off trying to open the pantry door. 

Hey, she knows where the good stuff is!

I love it!  

Mr. Beaux was skeptical at first and Miss Beaux couldn't wait to break out the brushes (she's such a visionary).  Click Here to see my recent Kitchen Tour

But, now he's the first to write needed items on the list!  

from Pinterest

 OK, I'm not quite here yet... Although I adore this.... But maybe soon....

Beaux R'eves

XO Cindy

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