I officially survived my first week as a One Room Challenge Linking Participant! Is it weird that one week in, I’m already daydreaming about what room I’m going to tackle in the spring ORC? It’s been great accountability to know I have to report in to everyone once a week. Several times when I wanted to quit painting, I knew I HAD to keep going.
If you missed my week 1 post with the before pictures, you can find it here.
While I was checking things off my week 1 list, pretty much every day All About that Bass was going through my head. Except it was All About that Paint. Lucky for you, I’m exhausted. Otherwise I would have expanded past the title and a full fledged Weird Al style version of the song would be getting stuck in your head right now.
Before I could get started on my official list, I had to clear out the pantry. It looked so much better immediately! I also learned that during the ORC, there’s no time for “real” photos. Here’s a cell phone shot of the empty pantry.
The flip side of the beautiful empty pantry was that all the crap had to go somewhere! I tried to maintain some kind of order so the kitchen wasn’t a complete disaster, but it’s still a little distressing! Getting all this stuff back in the pantry is added motivation to keep working quickly.
I really should have kept track of how many hours I was painting in the pantry. Some of it was just the shear amount of cutting in required, with a dose of three coats of black chalkboard paint. BUT, I also learned SEVERAL things that would have made this process so much quicker. Watch for a post coming Tuesday with all my new tips and tricks!
Here are some of my progress shots from the week. I’m LOVING the black wall.
The beige has been banished from the shelves and the ceiling! Semi-gloss white makes the whole room look so much brighter than the light sucking flat beige. It’s downright weird having a white ceiling in this house, but a good weird for sure.
Here’s a peek at the green…and the mess I’ve been living in for the last 6 days. The room has been covered in painting supplies, Diet Coke, beer/wine and Gilmore Girls. During the painting process, Rory met, went out with, and finally broke up with Dean. Which was fine with me. Jess is better. At least until Logan comes on the scene. That will probably not be until ORC week 3 or 4 though. Everyone measures time in Rory’s life events right?
Staring into the pantry at the progress has been my #1 favorite thing this week. The photo below is a close second because it represents an end to the painting! Mid-afternoon Wednesday, I was finally finished with all the painting and got to clean up all my painting gear. Seriously, how did I end up using 7 paint brushes?
Color Guide
Benjamin Moore White Dove
Valspar Retro Green
Rust-Oleum Black Chalkboard Paint
That’s all for my progress this week – I am no longer All About That Paint! For the next week, I’m going to be All About That Tile.
Don’t forget to check out the twenty official ORC-ers week 2 updates & the other 96 linking participants updates! In between all the painting, I went through everyone’s week 1 posts last week. There are some seriously amazing room makeovers happening including entire kitchens!
OH! One more thing! If you want to see my updates DURING the week, make sure you are following along on Instagram! I try to share pictures as I go, and I’m certain I’ll be posting pics as the tile wall goes up.
I’d love you to enter your email address at the top of this page so you don’t miss out on my weekly progress posts.
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Mariella says
I love the organization part of decor. Just taking everything out of the pantry makes it look bigger! Good luck!
Melissa George says
Thanks! The organization is my favorite part of most projects!
tara // sproutzdesign says
I laughed at your post title even before I started reading….my girls sing “all about that base” 24/7. This is looking so great! I should own stock in Rustoleum chalkboard paint as it’s EVERYWHERE in my house and I love every surface painted in it. Can’t wait to see what comes next week Kristen! xoxo
Tiffany says
I love the black and the green. This is going to be the prettiest pantry ever.
ange says
So I have never watched Gilmore Girls but I might need to start. Love the difference paint can make in a room. The chalkboard wall is fabulous, I always love a good chalkboard wall! Glad you survived the painting, now onto more fun! Looks great!
Melissa George says
Thank you! And yes, if you have Netflix, check out Gilmore Girls!
Summer says
This is a really cool space! I love what you’ve done so far and can’t wait to see it come to life!
Angela, blue i style says
I don’t know what I love more – the impact of all that awesome paint or the fact that you measure time in Gilmore Girl life events. I’m a huge Gilmore Girls fan…but that paint might be even better!
Melissa George says
GG must be another reason we get along!!
Linda @ Calling it Home says
I think I will come by each week and say, “I have pantry envy”. This is looking amazing, but do you know how many people would be so happy with the before? Great space, great job.
Melissa George says
Thanks Linda – I’m going to be visiting AquaHaus every week to talk about my rooftop deck envy, so I totally understand! I loved my space before, but it’s so much better with the beige banished.
Erin says
Melissa this looks great! This was already the best pantry I have ever seen and it just keeps getting better each week 🙂 Looking forward to following along with the tile wall on Instagram!
Carriem says
Love that song, and love a good pantry! Happy to be following along!
celine@aquahaus says
You have been busy!! And I love that you are watching GG! I watch while painting too…but not last weekend…as evidenced by my lack of progress. ha! Loving your blossoming pantry!
Melissa George says
I’m sure you’ll catch up this week! Besides, it would have been rude to pass up your neighbors party!
Shelia @ House of Highlands says
What I wouldn’t give for that pantry! Love, love it!
Julie at Being Home says
Your pantry is going to look amazing! My goodness, I love the layout and the items and paint you have chosen. I would love a pantry like yours! 🙂 Looking forward to seeing the transformation. 😀
Melissa George says
Thanks so much Julie. I’m loving the ORC!
christine dovey says
You have made such AMAZING progress…the black looks so so good and I love the tiles!
Melissa George says
Thank you Christine! Can’t wait to get the tiles on the wall.
kate@willowinteriors says
LOVE the chalkboard wall and that retro green! Wow, that has to be so annoying to live w/o this space…at least it’s motivation to get everything back in there! 🙂
Melissa George says
Exactly!
Vanessa@Decor Happy says
Love everything so far and can’t wait to see the tile up. My daughter sings that song all the time and I must admit, I do love it too.
Aniko@placeofmytaste says
Your pantry is the best, Melissa and I am sure you will make it awesome!!The size is great, wish mine was that spacious! Looking forward to your next update!Xo
Natasha says
Great progress! This will be the best pantry ever! Can’t wait to see your progress this week – good luck!
mrs. V | Chez V says
that black wall is everything! makes a huge difference and the green is pretty too. great progress! I haven’t even starting to paint yet….argh.