Before.... everything bagged and on the shelves in full view.
Hometalk Crafternoons: I used foam board. Thoughts?!
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I'm not sure if foam board counts.... but if it does, this is what I've been doing this weekend. We have a mud room with two large wooden racks with a cabinet pantry in the middle. I love them, because I can keep all our appliances on them without giving up cabinet space in the kitchen. But I didn't like how dusty things get (seriously, we just don't use the waffle maker all THAT often!).... and I didn't like how messy it looked even though everything has it's place. So, I made some panel curtains to deal with those two issues. But that still left the open sides to the cabinets. So.... I fashioned side panels out of foam board, (making them much like box tops that could be inserted into place ) and I covered them with matching fabric. Then I decided that even though we have a cat box, no one really wants to look at it. So I took more foam board, covered it with a complimenting contact paper and made a false front/top to better hide it. Everything looks tidier, bigger, and should stay cleaner.... so as long as the cat can still find her cat box, I am a happy camper!
And after. 
Ooops..... looks better right side up! LOL
This is really clever!!! Thanks for doing Crafternoons and thank you for sharing!
Looks great! Gives me ideas for my own shelving!!
Fantastic idea, I want your mudroom! Thanks!
Wasn't terrible to begin with, but so much neater-looking now :-) Great ideas!
Thanks Jeannie!
For a more "decorator's touch", did you know you can use iron-on wonder- under fabric fuser& put fabric on poster board or foam board?? Just iron the wonder under to fabric, cut to fit size of ppister or foam board, then peel off paper backing from fabric & iron onto board. Put trim around edges too if you wish with double sided carpet tape or hot glue.
Great idea.... thanks Gail! I'd never heard of that before. Will have to try it.
So clever! Thanks for sharing. SK on Elderberry
Thank you!
Love your idea. Just what I need for a room plus my car box. I'm not understanding exactly your instruction for the project. Could you please post more information? Thank you.
That works really well and is so much neater. Great job! I'm putting fabric covered foam core in front of shelves, though it's a job I started months ago and still haven't finished! I want to be able to remove the foam panel, though, so need to figure out how to put a knob/pull/button of sorts on the front of it. Thanks for sharing your project and tips!
Oh Wow, I have the same problem and also have my appliances covered in plastic to keep dust off them and it looks awful. My open cabinet is located in my utility where there is always more dust flying around having a washer and dryer in there. I keep my clutter organized but this cabinet can be seen from my kitchen so I think I'm going to try your idea if I can figure out just how you mounted your curtains with easy access to get to my crock pot, pressure cooker and bread maker all of which I do use fairly often, some of the other items I don't use very often but still do sometimes so don't want to get rid of them. Thanks for the idea!
It was really easy.... I just used tension rods. I got them at Walmart for less than $3 each. I didn't want the curtain fabric bunching up, so I got the Cafe' Rod Clip Set...... you just put them on the rod (just like a shower curtain) and then pinch them on to your fabric to hold it in place. That way everything glides real easy. These are the Mainstays brand (Walmarts house brand), and come 14 to a pack for less than $4. You find them over in the curtain section... but check each aisle, because they weren't with the other curtain rings. I got the darker brass colored ones and want to spray paint my extension rods to match once we get warmer up here. :) So far it's been working really well for us. Good luck with yours....I bet it will turn out great!
Yes, but... u have to be a little more careful with the heat so as to not melt the plastic core than if using regular ole paper poster board (paper as some of us old schoolers call it). I use this fabric technique all the time making albums for different occasions. Always produces nice clean & neat edges for inside linings & even stronger scrapbook pages for writing & putting stuff on. Hope this helps.
Thanks so much for all your help and for the pics. I will be trying this!
Have fun with it and let us know how it turns out! Send pics.
Really a great idea! I always use whats on hand to help with a project. I've gotten to where i look for odd things to use in order to accomplish my project. Seems challenging and alot more fun. You did a very nice job!
What a wonderful and cost effective way to make it look so nice and neat.... That's definitely an inspiration for me
Thank you Mimi!