Don't you feel awesome when you finally find a way to organize a little area inside your home?!
I'm thrilled with this little project that brought order to this tiny area behind the door in our laundry room. :)
Now, let me explain that our laundry room is just a small passageway between our kitchen and the garage. Right behind the door separating this area from the kitchen, there was that messy spot you can see in the picture below.
It's a little nook that the builder gave us with only one wire shelf at the top. For many years, I used this spot to store the vacuum cleaner, brooms, mops, and other cleaning supplies.
However, all those items were removed from this little nook after adding more storage in the mudroom.
I even installed another shelf to better utilize that space, but overall, it was a catch-all. A junk closet.
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I had no idea how to utilize this tiny area, and that's why it stayed in disarray for over a year UNTIL I needed storage in our kitchen. More about that later on, for now, let's continue with how to organize this nook.
The shelves were removed, and I got rid of all the anchors used to support them.
Those anchors were precisely the ones that determined how I should build storage in this small area.
My initial plan was to install cleats around the three walls to support shelves, about four or five shelves.
However, the big problem was that I couldn't find studs inside those walls to support those shelves!
There were only three studs. One on the back-right corner and two more on each front edge of this nook. Those cleats had to be installed with anchors, tons of anchors, and I didn't like that option. Not the strongest. :/
A full cabinet.
So, I went ahead and also removed the baseboard and the trim around the nook. The room's door was also removed.
Then, I headed to the Home Depot to pick up my order... An assembled pantry kitchen cabinet.
This pantry cabinet is a long, skinny cabinet with almost-perfect measurements for this tiny space.
Its size: 18 in. x 84 in. x 24 in.
It comes unfinished, but it is completely assembled. My reasoning for choosing to buy this pantry cabinet is this:
- As I said, the measurement is almost perfect for the space.
- In the middle of summer and with guests at home, I had no desire/time to build a cabinet.
- The high price of lumber was another strong reason to buy the cabinet rather than DIY it.
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I only had to trim a few inches off the toe-kick.
Then, with my son's help, we brought it up to the laundry room and slid it in place.
We made sure it was level before driving a couple of screws from the inside of the cabinet into those two studs on the front of the walls.
Here's a better angle at how it looked after adding lattice molding all around. The lattice covers the gaps all around and gives it a finished look.
Look at all that storage!! 😍😍
The outside was painted white, and I love how it looks!
I'm so glad I went this route, buying the cabinet with doors included. I can store whatever I want, and I don't have to see it all the time; the door also keeps the dust out.
As many of you already know, I have a small kitchen, and this cabinet is making things way easier there. I'm getting rid of the room's door. It all flows so much better without it.
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I can't wait to share its contents with you, but that has to be in an upcoming post because this one is getting lengthy.
Have a great day!
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What a perfect solution!
ReplyDeleteRight?! Gotta give it to the builder. 👍 Thanks Cyndi!
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