Pondered Primed Perfected: menu planning

IT'S FINALLY DONE...

And organized. Aaaahhhh. Now that feels nice!

Scott created the built-ins with wood we had hanging about. We painted the shelving white and I painted the back wall a soft green color. Nothing fancy. Just practical. ;)

I added wicker bins and baskets so I could organize things by category: meal components, crackers & chips, snacks & treats, and the one at the very bottom holds our paper plates, plastic utensils, napkins and baggies. The very top shelf holds baking supplies.

After the first built-in was done we realized we needed more space, so Scott added the second built in to go further into the angle of the closet. There was only so much we could purge without tossing things we'll need.

I brought in a wire rolling cart for all the miscellaneous and canned foods. It's very narrow so it fits perfectly against the wall.

I used up a good portion of my wicker to organize this space. The tote at the end holds all of the extra paper shopping bags.

I put up one of our new handmade chalkboards. This one I jazzed up a bit with some jute strung across the top and attached with upholstery nails. AND Seven little clothespins ~ one for each day of the week. I went to BHG.com and printed up a bunch of labels with our favorite main course meals on them. It was easy...go HERE if you want to make your own.

I didn't worry about sides or desserts. Maybe I'll add those later. I like this chalkboard here ~ I can jot down the ingredients I will need as I plan my weeks menus. When we use the last of something, we can write it on the board as a reminder.

Alex helped make these tags. Next time I think I will print the labels on sticky address labels so we can just peel and stick them. That would have been so much quicker.

I love these mini clothespins. I wrote the days of the week on them with a fine tip marker. I'm not looking for anything extravagant...I like utilitarian...especially in this type of space.