Organization Station Fail

Remember this post from less than a month ago? Where I detailed how our pantry door went from blank to busy?

The end product looked like this....

Until a week later when things started falling....and then it looked like this....

Yeah. Those sticky squares were supposed to stick to the cork boards I purchased for $7 a pop.

 But instead, they adhered only to our pantry door. So each evening, upon arriving home from work, I was greeted with a Organization Mess Station. Luckily, Container Store has fabulous customer service and they agreed to return my cork boards (without a receipt) in exchange for store credit. 

I still wanted to keep the organization station going though...so I picked out something else. 

It's a super slim, magnetic board. I think it looks even better than the cork board!

A total fail turned...win!

Couldn't resist...

I loved my other cabinet door upgrade so much that I couldn't resist the urge to duplicate the wonderful-ness on the other cabinet door. I went out and bought the shelf last night and installed it!

Sometimes it's the small things

This post is going to be very un-inspired and lame. However, I am getting such a kick out of this quick project that we (Megan & I) recently finished that I wanted to share.

See that white wire shelf attached to the cabinet door? That's new! Previous to owning that awesome shelf, Jeff and I had our cleaning products stored shoved in the under-the-sink-cabinet. In our 1950's home, space is a hot commodity and those bottles were taking up precious space. Adding this $3 wire shelf (from Container Store) helped us expand our storage area and helped us keep the most used items readily available. I like the shelf so much, I am considering adding a second one to the other door.

This project took about 5 minutes from start to finish.
Again, it's not very exciting, pretty or inspired.....but like I said, sometimes it's the small things that make a big difference!

Organization Station

We added this small shelf in the kitchen nook earlier this year. 

Problem is, it usually doesn't look like this :)

On any given day, you will find the following items stacked up on this shelf: magazines, mail, coupons, recipes, more mail, bills and even more mail. When the mood strikes I often clean off the shelf by clipping the above mentioned items onto the fridge with magnets (which also annoys the hell out of me, but is better than it being stacked on the shelf).

So, in an attempt to wrangle all our lose ends into one space and actually make the shelf usuable and our fridge pretty, clean and clear, I created a Kitchen Organization Station.

No surprise, I headed to Pinterest for inspiration to see what other people had done.  Here were some of my favs.

The pantry door seemed like the perfect victim for the Organization Station upgrade. 

Here is the pantry door in our kitchen. Clean as a whistle, just asking for some personality.

After a quick trip to Container Store with Megan (love!) we were ready to tackle the project. We started by pre-drilling some holes, just to be sure that the wood didn't split on us.

For the record, Megan is much better with a drill than me. 

Amazing in fact....quick....efficient....comfortable. 

(I am not. I am awkward - as pictured below)

This next one is an embarrassing action shot, with my pregnant belly (nearly 33 weeks) in full view.


(I am trying to look tough)

Here is the pantry door now.

The white guy on top is like a file folder made of metal. You can slip magazines, bills, etc. right into the slot. It is magnetic, so I can also use the outside to post coupons, pictures and other "must-see" items. The red dots on the bottom left of the file folder (I should have taken a close-up) are also magnets. But this is the best part, they have hooks! So smart. I have taken to hanging my keys here. Love it!

The bottom four squares are all textured cork board. They were sold as individual squares and we thought buying two different colors and making a pattern might add a little interest.

I am still considering adding some chalkboard paint to the bottom of the door, but haven't decided whether or not to take that leap. Anyone out there used the chalkboard paint? Love it? Hate it? Please share your thoughts!