Hello everyone!!
For those that are new to Romance on a Dime, I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Betsy, still a newlywed (been married since 10/10/10).
I am very goal driven and love to blog about my pursuits, be it cooking, healthy living, organizing, setting goals, upcycling, or trying my hand at DIY projects.
I weekly give you my menu plan and host a blog hop: Take it on Tuesday. I just love seeing all the projects everyone is working on!! I regularly pin my favorites here and feature 5 projects each week. Last Tuesday I talked about the remodeling that was going on in our home.
Today I’m going to show you the before and after of the remodeling process, then tell you about an
exciting
Pinterest Party!!
As some of you may know, last week we were kicked out of our house for kitchen renovations. We live in a co-op and I was HAPPY to let them take over and do all the work for a week.
So how about some before and after pictures!
Floor
The floor was a definite improvement!! It will still hide the dirt well (and it’s still vinyl), but it looks much nicer. (Sorry the pictures are a little bright to see detail.)
Cabinets
We went from darkly stained cabinets (which went well with our wine decor) to a light wood. This brightens the kitchen so much and is growing on me! Here is the before:
And the after:
The Sink Difference
Pantry Organization
On Tuesday we went out and purchased some baskets and glass containers to help organize all the food in our pantry. You can see me first experimenting in organizing the empty baskets on the pantry shelves:
Many of the baskets were from T J Maxx, as were these $7.99 glass canisters (for a set of three)!
My favorite purchase, though, was the expandable 3 tiered shelves from Target:
Below is a close-up of my organized pantry. I plan to label the flour, sugar, brown sugar, etc. (I’m inspired by Jen from At Home in the Northwest – she gives a great tutorial for making labels!)
Behind all the teas, I have the glass canisters from T J Maxx. I decided to label them with dry erase marker, since I didn’t know how permanent these items that filled them would be:
The basket on the bottom shelf holds chips, crackers, rice, flax seed and other grain:
Finally, the very top shelf holds mainly serving trays. In the basket are paper plates and plastic cups, and plastic-ware.
In the coming weeks, I’ll show you how I’ve organized the rest of my kitchen.
And now on to the…
Pinterest Party!!
I absolutely LOVE Pinterest. It’s my inspiration for recipes, decor, DIY projects, upcycling, etc! I’m sure you all love Pinterest too. That’s why I wanted to create a Pinterest linky party.
The best part about this is that you don’t have to have a blog to participate!!
I want to see what has inspired you. I’ve created a theme for the month of March – GREEN! What does that mean?
Bring on the GREEN furniture.
Bring on the GREEN dress.
GREEN heels!
GREEN upcycling!
GREEN crafts.
GREEN food.
(By the way, it does not have to be Shamrock related.)
Here’s a sample of what I’ve pinned.
Step 1:
Create a Pin Board (on Pinterest) and name it: I dig GREEN @ Romance on a Dime.
Step 2:
FOLLOW me {Betsy Pool} on Pinterest and make your first pin the link to this post and use THIS PIN IT BUTTON RIGHT HERE TO DO SO!Pin It
Step 3:
Pin like crazy with GREEN inspiration!! Include anything GREEN that inspires you (clothing, accessories, crafts, furniture, repurposed items – you name it, it just has to be GREEN!) On Sunday I will provide a link up for you to link up your Pinterest Board!
Schedule for the rest of the month:
March 4th: Linky Opens
March 18th (at midnight Central Time): Party closes
Fourth Sunday: Features and maybe a hint to the next months theme!
We will feature THREE – 3 – Boards!
Just remember to follow the RULES for a chance to be featured. In the meantime we will all find new fabulous boards to follow and inspiration to inspire out creativity! (Don’t forget to check out my GREEN Pin Board!) ***Grab a Pinterest Party button in the Sidebar***Pin It
P.S. Here is just an awesome taste of my Weekly Take it on Tuesday blog hop!
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The kitchen after is beautiful! And I love the way you organized your pantry. I wish we had a pantry that I could organize. We have no cabinet space left and are forced to use the basement stairs as a place to store some things.
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Betsy, your kitchen is AMAZING! I also love how well you organized your pantry! I’m so inspired!
I got a board going for your green pinterest party and I pinned your post (but I couldn’t pin the “pin it” button…I pinned your button for your party.
Have a wonderful day!
Marilyn
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You’ve reminded me that it’s definitely time to reorganize the pantry…well, probably PAST time actually. Love your new cabinets! I’m a pinterest lover too.
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Wow! Great new kitchen! I bet you’re so glad about it!
Thanks for linking it up @ Creatively Living!
–Katie
Thank you for making time to visit, Betsy, you are so kind
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No problem. I really enjoying taking the time to visit and read each project that is linked up! It’s getting more challenging as the numbers climb, but I’m still committed to doing it.
What a great kitchen you have!
Thanks for stopping by our blog earlier. Megan
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No problem. Thanks for visiting and commenting yourself!! I’m loving my new kitchen!
I love your new kitchen! Thanks for sharing.
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You are welcome. I’m really enjoying the chance to organize it.
You did a great job. I love how you have everything setup.
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Thanks. I plan to keep working on the other areas and show it off as this month progresses.
Great kitchen redo! I like the lighter cabinets much better. I will have to try and do a green pet related board for your pinterest party.
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Yes, the lighter cabinets look awesome. My kitchen is just brighter and cleaner. I would love to see a green pet board. Feel free to link up when you have created it: http://romanceonadime.com/pinterest/i-dig-green-pinterest-party/
You *almost* make me want to get up and organize my house. I’ve actually done it before but gremlins keep seeping through the cracks and messing it up again. Thanks for the handy tips. I’ll have to check out the expandable shelves. Deb
Hahaha – you should organize your house. It’s nice to work on a small area, then admire what you’ve done. I’m a big fan of getting rid of stuff I don’t use. I don’t like housing too much stuff.
Your remodel looks great. The best part, to me, is the new cabinetry. It definitely brightens up the place!
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Yes, the new cabinetry does brighten the place. We also moved our microwave so that we have more counter space – I love that part!!
I’ll have to start working on Green Pinterest Board! This is a great and informative linky idea.
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Yay! I’m excited to see your Green Pinterest Board. Feel free to link up when you have created it: http://romanceonadime.com/pinterest/i-dig-green-pinterest-party/
Some good organization tips!
Thanks! Glad you stopped by and commented!
This inspires me to organize my own pantry! Thanks for the ideas.
You are welcome. Let me know when you are done and I’d love to see how you’ve organized it.
Hope you’re loving your new kitchen. I bet those expandable shelves really help.
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Yes, I am loving my new kitchen!! I love the fact that I can see all canned items I have – no guessing needed. Thanks for visiting and commenting!
Nice Job. My kitchen is the most highlighted place in our home and we take pleasure hosting our guests at the dining section of it.
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That’s awesome. We try to keep our kitchen and living rooms clean and inviting for our guests as well. Thanks for visiting!
I Love the idea of the baskets and the cannisters in the pantry I am going to have to do this!
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Yes, I’m definitely a basket fanatic. I currently am on a search for a great bread basket to hold all my bread that I can put on my fridge.
How fun that you got a new kitchen. What a great excuse to re-organize and re-do everything. It all looks terrific.
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Yes, I was an awesome excuse. I just wish I had something to force me to go through all my clothes – that’s what I need to do next.
I am addicted to Pinterest too! Thanks for sharing the pictures of your makeover. I got some great ideas for how I can organize my kitchen!
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I’m so glad you got some great ideas! I plan to keep organizing and highlighting the other parts of my kitchen I’ve recently organized or changed. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Those adjustable 3 tier shelves look awesome! Tks for sharing your interests.
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No problem! I’m glad you stopped by and commented. I’m loving that face that I can see all my canned items and not have to guess at what I have.
Wow! I am impressed! Great before and after pictures! Thanks for sharing. You made it look easy.
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Thanks so much!! We didn’t do any of the remodeling, but the organizing was just a lot of fun!! Thanks for stopping by!
The beetroot and carrot mini cupcakes sound interesting. Nice job organizing your kitchen pantry. I like the light wood color of the cabinets. I’m still learning pinterest and how to link it to my blog and other sites.
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I know, I’m going to have to try the beetroot and carrot cupcakes myself.
Thanks. It was a so much fun to organizing. I’m going to be highlighting the other areas in my kitchen I organized this month. Thanks for stopping by!
You really brightened up your kitchen! Beautiful work!
Thanks so much! I didn’t do any of the work of changing the cabinets. It really does brighten the kitchen up though!! Thanks for commenting and stopping by.
What a great transformation! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
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No problem. Thanks – I love the new kitchen.
That’s a really nice kitchen remodel and I love that you’ve taken the opportunity to get organized as well.
It’s been wonderful to have this opportunity to organize!! I’ll be highlighting the other parts of my kitchen as this month continues. Thanks for visiting.
Love the remodel. I am jealous of your pantry. We don’t have one so I have to just work with cabinets and with 5 of us sometimes that is frustrating. Great pictures.
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Oh, that’s too bad. Yeah it is nice to have a pantry. Are your cabinets big? Do you have drawers? I find that sometimes drawers are a great way to store things – I’ve put all my spices in a drawer, so I can see them all at a glance.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
The kitchen looks great!! You did a fantastic job organizing – that is where I always struggle in the kitchen.
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Thanks so much! I’ve been organizing the rest of the kitchen too. I’ll be writing more post, highlighting different areas in my kitchen this month.
WOW you are QUITE organized I see. The improvements are amazing!
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Well, it wasn’t nearly as organized before. This has just given me an opportunity to start afresh and organized!!
Looks like a great remodel! Congrats!
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Thanks! Glad you visited and commented!
Beautiful remodeling job! I appreciated the photos on your closet organization…something we all need to do, I think!
Maybe next week…after I organize my pantry. 
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Pinterist looks really interesting…but one more thing? I don’t know if I can deal with that.
No problem!! I’ve been inspired by seeing others organize their pantry, so I just wanted to do the same thing. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I will visit your blog. I’m finally making more progress on the list today.
Your kitchen remodel in inspiring me to reorganize *ahem* actually organize my pantry. Right now, I couldn’t tell you what I have in there. That’s probably not good! The kitchen turned out great!
Haha – my pantry was pretty unorganized before this. I didn’t know what canned items I had. Now I do!! Thanks. Glad you visiting and commented. I LOVED your blog by the way, I just haven’t commented yet. But I’m going to today!
This is great! I like the remodel. You have a lot of great ideas here and you’ve got another participant in you Pinterest Party!
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you are going to participate in the Pinterest Party!! Link up when you’ve created your board: http://romanceonadime.com/pinterest/i-dig-green-pinterest-party/
Very nice kitchen remodel! I would love to do ours, but it just isn’t in the budget right now.
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Your new kitchen is beautiful!
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Thank you so much!
I like your pantry. Will you build me one?
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Haha, sorry. Glad you liked it! I love your blog, by the way!
What a great remodeling project! It turned out lovely and you will really enjoy the organized pantry more every day as you use it.
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Yes, I definitely will enjoy it. I’m also energized to organize more of my house this way too!
What does living in a co-op mean? I’ve never heard of that before.
Your pantry looks great, it sure does help to have bins to organize! I just signed up for Pinterest yesterday and I’m still a little overwhelmed, but have fun with your GREEN party!
Living in a co-op basically means that own a very small fraction of each town-home here. We elect a board that sees to our interest, etc. We pay monthly dues, not rent. The monthly cost is pretty low, but we had to pay around $5,000 to get into the co-op (which we will see again when we leave). Does that make sense? Thanks for visiting and commenting!
I love the new kitchen and the wall color. Really nice. Hope your party goes well on Pinterest. I believe I am the worlds worst Pinterest user!
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Thanks so much. We are loving it.
Oh, your new kitchen is gorgeous. I definitely think the lighter wood is much more fitting than the darker stained wood. I’ll bet it feels much more open with the lighter colors, too!
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Ahh I remember the fun of being a newlywed! Your blog is really cute and I love your new kitchen pantry.
Thank you so much!! Our first year of marriage (last year) I substitute taught all year and he was a student still, we had plenty of time together and our schedules were flexible. So much fun. It was a great 1st year to have.
Wow, I love what you did with you kitchen! We have a very similar theme, even the wine decor. I hate it! I want a more neutral, bright theme but a renovation is not in the budget right now. Very inspiring though!
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Thanks! We actually put our wine decor stuff back up and it still looks good with the light wood.
Nice bigger pantry – you can use sharpies on non porous items (like glass) and get it off with alcohol (baby wipes work). You can also use chalk labels and erase if you need to.
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Really? That’s cool. The dry erase was just a quick temporary solution. Thanks for your ideas!!
I love your kitchen remodel! I also love pinterest as well. I will have to do the link up if I can figure it out! ha. Thanks for all your great ideas on organizing my pantry which needs it very much!
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I hope you do join our link up! Once you have a GREEN pin board, copy and past the url for your pin board here: http://romanceonadime.com/pinterest/i-dig-green-pinterest-party/
I like the glass canisters! I hope they have some at our TJ Maxx!
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I hope so too! They were a great find!
Your kitchen looks great!
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I love seeing before/ afters. Thanks so much for sharing yours. Having an organized pantry like yours would make me very happy
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Yep, it does make me very happy! Now I’m energized to organize other areas of my home!!
Home renovations can be overwhelming, but oh so worth it in the end. thanks for sharing the before and after photos!
The kitchen looks great! Moving every 3 years or so because of the military the positive is that I get a new kitchen and by the time I get it really a mess we move.
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That is great!! Moving gives you a great excuse to organize and get rid of stuff. Thanks for visiting and commenting!
I’ve heard of Twitter parties (although I still don’t understand them), but I had never heard of a pintrest party. Wow–I feel like a tourist in a foreign land. I have so much to learn. Thanks for a cool post!
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Well, this Pinterest Party is just like a blog hop, or linky party. Have you heard of those?
Love your post! But, I thought it looked better darker before with the granite, then again I am partial to dark wood.
Looks good though!
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We really did like the dark wood (though I wasn’t a fan of the counters). Now that we have light wood, I like it even better. Since it’s a small kitchen, the light doesn’t make it seem so small.
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