Another peek at the pantry

Remember when I showed you this picture and told you that Rich was going to build me some shelves like them? Well lookie here......

He put them in after work one night.....

and built a cubby for the microwave.....

and then it was up to me to paint them.

I finally have a place for my most used cookbooks!

Don't the shelves look fantastic?!

I'm still working on the decorating part, but I'm just thrilled :)

Here's the other side of the room that I showed you the other day.....

and here they are together.....

He installed another schoolhouse light in there too!

You're wondering why I'm only showing the top half of the room, aren't you? Well, since the dogs need a bench to sleep on (because they think they're human and won't sleep on the floor of course! LOL) I showed Rich this picture......and he's going to build a wider version of it. It won't be decorated this fancy of course, but with some dog proof cushions to lay on, it'll be perfect for them :)

I also finished this little project recently......

We have a lot of people coming to our door to sell things and I needed a cute sign to tell them sweetly that we're not buying, so I bought a piece of decorative wood and spray painted it.

Then I painted this polite little message.....

and I even hung the ribbon on there with nails.....

from this other project that's in the works.....

Yep, we've got our hands in several things at once, because we seem to work better that way. Weird, huh?

Well, now I'm off to spend time with my handy hubby and darling daughter. I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend :)

hugs and love,

rue

**Edited to add that the microwave is vented through to the back. No worries everyone! :)