So with my new bigger fridge and my eventual under the cabinet dishwasher (as opposed to my current roll-around model), I am going to lose some cabinet space. I find inspiration for a remedy to that problem in an article from Country Home Magazine dating back to 1998. By the way, I like to consider myself an "archivist" as opposed to a "packrat." The article was about a small kitchen remodel and the homeowner's use of the space behind the back door for a "pantry." My new cabinets have a pantry, so I don't really need another, but I can find plenty of other stuff to put in there. The article detailed the "specs" and Matt said he could build it. Yay! On Home Depot run #2 (more on that later) we buy the doors for our project (2 x $25). We have some scrap lumber at the house we can use for the rest, but not quite enough, so we have to spend another $26 at Ace. Then came the pricey gate hinges (another $40). Luckily Matt had some matching knobs lying around his office so those were free, my favorite price! Matt is working on the interior shelves right now (using melamine sheets that we had down in the garage awaiting a purpose). I am going to have to paint this "hanging cupboard" (as it is called in the magazine) at some point, but I need to think about that. I don't really have an accent color picked out --maybe a distressed black?? Any ideas? Also don't worry about that hideous back door. Its days are numbered!
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That's great!!! I think you should wait until the cabinets are in to decide how to paint it, but I think the distressed black sounds good. It would be a great place to store spices...
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