I had a fun, social Saturday (gym! lunch! family! Raclette!), so I was looking forward to running a few errands today (Sunday) and thought I'd go see a movie. But then, around 10:00am, I decided I would take some stuff out of the kitchen closet in an effort to get started on overhauling that room. A couple hours later, I was suddenly painting the closet, having first exploded all its contents onto the kitchen counters. Whoops. So that project pretty much took the entire day.
The calf planter in the photo is a good example of the sort of thing that was tucked up high and way back in the closet (I suppose it's really a 'pantry', since it has shelves, but it's where I keep the garbage can, and combining 'pantry' and 'garbage' just grosses me out). The walls of the closet had gotten stained, so part of my kitchen plan was always to paint inside there (just not today).
Actually, the desire to paint the closet, aside from the practical aspect, was inspired by the dark blue bathroom in a Minneapolis coffee shop I visit every so often (Blue Moon). Every time I go in there, I'm struck with the urge to paint a room the same rich color, but I know I wouldn't actually enjoy it as much as I'm tempted to think I would. But a closet would be good! Buying a quart of paint would hardly have been a big expense, but I figured I had lots of leftover paint from various house projects, so I should just use that instead.
There was quite a bit of 'Morris Room' grey left (from the first time I painted the piano room), so I was going to go with that, but then I found a can of 'Meander Blue' that was three-quarters full. (Both colors are/were from Sherwin Williams.) I thought I'd almost run out of that when I painted the kitchen, but I guess I DID run out and had to buy a new gallon. So now the closet matches the rest of the kitchen and looks very smart. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to find some inexpensive but decent storage containers for the closet, as it tends to get messy quickly when things are loose on the shelves.
The hardest thing about getting everything clean and tidy is remembering not to mess it up again. Stashing things away in drawers or other hiding places is such a bad habit of mine. And now that the walls of the kitchen closet are freshly painted and looking good, I'm going to have to make an effort to not fling coffee grounds everywhere the whole time. Not that I do that. Ever.
This is quite an inspiring piece to read when I'm still a little sleepy on a Monday morning. It's kind of like a deep breath of fresh air and I feel like I can march forward with some tasks of my own.
Have a sweet week. :)
I am obsessed with that milk cow. You cannot fathom my obsession. But what if it was HOT PINK and covered in GLITTER?!? THAT would truly be the best milk cow ever. I am ecstatic just thiking about it.