Adhesive Vinyl Pantry Makeover

When you are on a tight budget, it doesn’t take long before you start thinking pretty far out of the box. You start to get pretty creative actually, or at least I have! You see, one day we will be building our dream house on our farm- but until then, I am living in a single wide mobile home that we literally need to put as little money into as possible! I mean, after all- the goal is to build our house, so we need that money to go THERE! But, as you know…I can’t stop decorating or not make this house a home for us. I need it to be as cute as possible, of course! I also need it to be on as little of a budget as possible!

When I first saw our kitchen, it was an eye sore. It lacked any character at all. See all before pictures HERE. The cabinets were lacking any kind of pizzaz, and I wanted to paint them. I didn’t want to paint them white {although I am the biggest white fan out there}…I wanted something different and extra fun. I wanted this whole house to be fun, actually. I decided on a color {I will disclose all details when I do the actual kitchen post- but that part isn’t ready just yet}-“Mint to Be”! It is actually more of a light aqua {which you will see in a minute}- but it is amazing. Absolutely gorgeous.

One of the areas of the kitchen was this stand up pantry. You can see some more of the kitchen in the background- but for this post, I am focusing on this pantry and those UGLY mirrors!

So- do you see those long mirrors in the top 2 cabinets of the pantry? Well, let’s just said those HAD TO GO. I was not a fan. I am sure they were totally in style back in the day, but today- they had to go. I didn’t want more mirrors, because truthfully, I couldn’t really see the point in having mirrors on my pantry. While the mirrors were in waiting for me to figure out what to do, one of them got broken {actually pretty badly!} I bet you won’t even be able to tell in the end b/c guess what? Gorilla tape works amazing! You need some in your life.

I decided that I wanted to “keep” the mirrors because I didn’t want the shelving to show. I am totally not going to keep a gorgeous pantry here that I want everyone looking into!

I have used adhesive vinyl once before and LOVED how easy it was to use, so I thought it would be a great idea to try it out on these mirrors. I thought it would make them stand out and be extra fun- and boy was I right!!

Even though some say chevron is on its way out- I say- nahhh…I still like it- so I use it. Do what you like! Who cares what “they” say.

I used a chevron pattern of Duck Adhesive Vinyl for under $6, and it was perfect. It looks like wrapping paper, in a little roll. I wish I had a picture! BAD BLOGGER moment right there. {I got mine from Wal-mart, but any kind will work!}

I simply rolled it out over my mirror, cut the excess with scissors, took a credit card to get any bubbles out, and then I wrapped it around the back just a little bit to make it stick to the back. It’s that easy. I slipped it right back in place in my pantry, and I could NOT BE ANY HAPPIER with the look!

Let’s do another before to remember 😉

And AFTER! Holy cow.

{And I forgot to mention, along with painting, I changed out the hardware. I will tell more about that in the kitchen reveal}

What a difference! When you are on a super tight budget, but you still want to have a cute space- this is a great product to use!! You can use it on most anything- and it is super easy to use. If it bubbles up, you can take it right off and re-do with absolutely no trouble at all.

So, you also have a peek at the kitchen cabinet color too {except for the island- I did that in a different color}- What do you think so far?? It is totally different, but so fun! I will be honest, I am LOVING it. This mobile home is so full of life, energy and fun colors and textures. I hope you end up loving the projects as much as I do!

How do you feel about the adhesive vinyl? Was that a good choice to cover those ugly, outdated mirrors?

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Last Updated on December 13, 2019