Metamorphosis Monday...or...A Guest Makeover with Kathysue!

Welcome to Metamorphosis Monday, hosted by our fabulous hostess with the mostest, Susan at Between Naps on the Porch! Be sure to drop by her blog to see another fabulous re-do plus a list of this week's participants. You will be treated to some great before and after posts that will inspire you!!

After last week's barely admissible metamorphosis, I decided I'd better call in a pro! Our guest this week is my dear friend Kathysue whom many of you know from Rate My Space and MicasaStyle! She is a very talented design consultant with a signature sense of style! Be sure to visit her spaces if you have not already done so...you are in for a real treat!
This is her dining room/kitchen ...isn't it gorgeous? Ohhhh...you can already see you are in for something special, can't you???

Do you see the mirrored doors to the left? First, Kathysue will tell you about them... "I purchased the doors unpainted at Lowes. They came with the mirror. Originally I wanted French doors with lights and I was going to add the mirror, but at the time it was cost prohibitive. That will still remain in my someday file. I wanted the mirrors to make the space larger."

Now...can you guess what is hidden behind very elegant door #1???

It's Kathysue's very large pantry! Are you jealous? I know I am! This is what she calls her shameful before. Are you kidding me?? lol This would be my pantry on a very good day after a lot of organizing!!!

And here is her fabulous after!! Kathysue says, "I did this on a budget and my rule was nothing purchased over $5.oo! Most of the glass containers were from Goodwill for $2.99 or less and the others were things I already had. I just looked in my cupboards for things with lids. I purchased the wooden boxes from Homegoods for $4.99 and the white cloth containers with lids for $1.99 on clearance at Lowes. They are made by Febreeze. I had purchased these for my clothes closet because they have a spot in the bottom to put a Febreeze scented page. I have more for my closet redo. I didn't use the scented page in the pantry, but I guess I could. I will have to rethink that one."

Kathysue continues, "This shows my dishes and glasses that I change out in my glass front cupboard in the kitchen area when I change things for the seasons. I have transferware in blue, black and pink/red along with green leaf majolica plates."

You know I am drooling over the stacks of plates!! Just look at her gorgeous stemware!! I love the way Kathysue has put everything in see-through containers or labeled them. I don't know about you, but I am eyeing that big glass canister with the cute chalkboard label!

Notice how Kathysue uses bins which are all carefully labeled. She explains, " These are easy to remove and get out whatever I need. The kids' snack bin is for the grandbabies and they will have fun rummaging in it for their favorite snack. They are so cute! They all go to the pantry and say, Grammy, I am hungry. I want hmmmm? and then they pick it out with a big grin because Grammy hardly ever says NO."

As a grandmother, I love that tip! Isn't that just the cutest idea??

And the last close-up is of Kathysue's wooden drawers, all carefully labeled as well. She is considering painting these one day. She says, "So that is it, my budget friendly pantry redo. In the future when the money tree starts to grow again, I will replace all the plastic with woven baskets and the plastic drawers that hold all my candles will be wooden drawers. A girl has to have her dreams!!"

Are you amazed?? I don't know about you, but I am inspired to get in there and organize my pantry, too! And I think Kathysue needs to consider starting a blog of her own...don't you?? I wish to thank her for agreeing to be a guest on mine!! I am sure she has saved me from being kicked out of the Met Monday club! If you would like to see more of Kathysue's beautiful home, you can visit her spaces at MicasaStyle by clicking here or at Rate My Space by clicking here.

Once again, I also wish to thank our hostess Susan at Between Naps on the Porch and invite you to continue your tour of fabulous makeovers!!