Monday Nook

This Monday's Nook can be found on page 150 of this month's Australian 'Home Beautiful' ....my old pantry, now owned by someone else....and most likely not featuring my Masterfoods slow cooker recipe bases! How embarrassment. I should have tidied up the pantry drawers before they took the photos. Recipe bases, tuna, arborio rice, two minute noodles! What was I thinking? Where was I?

Anyway, good old Home Beautiful is the 'gift that keeps on giving'...the glamour continues! You can find the whole pantry feature above in the September Home Beautiful, on the shelves now.

Monday again! Boy the weekends go fast! We had a great weekend.......friends birthday parties, soccer games, family time and sailing trips....and I got some seriously delicious time to myself, which I have been missing since my solo trip to New York and The Hamptons ....two weeks ago now! Do you scheme time by yourself?... I'm getting really good at it now! ....any excuse!

I have lots to talk about this week...lots of blog fodder, thanks to my trip. I will share some more of the Hampton Designer Showhouse and a beautiful interiors shop in New York that stopped me in my tracks!

Have great day! Happy Monday!

A-M xx

P.S. I know, I'm using Blogsy again. We've made up. Sort of. It's ok when you only have one photo to load up!

 

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Blogsy It Is

Testing from Blogsy now. That's better! Bigger photos! Now you can see the pressed metal ceiling in all its glory! .... And oh those lights! Will come back here to practise some more tonight! A-M xx

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Kitchen Furniture

Image Courtesy House Beautiful

 I found the kitchen that belongs to this beautiful antique armoire that I have been coveting!

 I so love that soft grey-blue colour. 

Isn't it wonderful how the cabinetry just hugs it tight?

Image Courtesy House Beautiful

Image Courtesy House Beautiful

 I'd almost forgo a Butler's pantry for that gorgeous armoire smack bang in the middle of it all.

Check out the stove!.... flanked by beautiful double hung windows of course!

I love this kitchen! It has the same layout as my old one.. sort of..... in a more glamorous fashion!

See? Twins! 

I seriously love kitchen furniture....

... and I needed to tell you that this morning!

Happy Tuesday!

~♥ Kitchen Corner ♥~

I enjoy spending time in my kitchen.  Whenever I was little I spent a lot of time with my Gram in her kitchen.  I'd watch her make pies, helped her cut squares for her quilts, play cards with her or just spend time talking with her.  I wanted a kitchen that was as welcoming as her kitchen was.

I thought I'd share a little corner of my kitchen with you.

I like to keep things handy for my family to snack on.  There's usually something yummy in the cookie jar or on the cake plate.  I love having my Keurig available for a quick Cup O' Joe.  I keep the K-cups handy in the bottom bowl.  Above it are various breakfast bars for when we're on the run in the morning and we don't have time for a good breakfast.  I have started to collect juicers.  I have two on the table that I bought at thrift stores and the green one on the window sill belonged to my Gram.  The school chalkboard was given to me by a friend.  I like to change the message on it using my Chalk Ink markers.   Click Here to Visit the Chalk Ink Website!

Thank you for stopping by...I always enjoy the company.

♥ Kim

Monday (Pantry) Nook

Via Things Organised Neatly

Posted this on my 'House' Facebook Page the other day. 

Got me thinking about pantries...

Via Container Store

You could never buy a tin of tomatoes in a red can, could you?

Via Country Living

All oldie but a goodie, one of my long time favourites....

... all that glass and white stuff.... and the clock and the blackboard.

Via My Ideal Home

Spice door! Bit clever.

Via Pinterest - original source unknown

Someone's been busy!

Image source has been lost over time ... but it's on my Pinterest page

Have always loved this....a pantry thoroughfare.... great idea... and I love the lights... of course.

Via Jen Fernandez Design

Love this. Don't know how practical it would be. 

I can't stand opening and closing cupboards all the time.

Via Inspiration For Decoration

Drooled over this on Pinterest, thinking it was wallpaper. 

Kek informed me it was a stencil!

Via Georgian Design

This is rather lovely. Throw in a shaker door and you've got me.

Love this little nook. Looks like it's been dug out below the house... with the brick wall and the low ceiling. Very tidy because there's no food. Food must be out of shot.

Wow, all that stuff is in storage... I'm livin' lean! 

Actually if I remember correctly, I gave those storage jars away to Givit, just after the floods when I radically decluttered my life.

I have an overwhelming desire to put the fridge in the pantry like I did last time. It just worked. Am I allowed to do the same thing again? I don't think I'd do stainless steel pantry bench tops again. I didn't have a hope of keeping them presentable when I found a spade chucked on them during the house construction. Started out with scratches. 

There are heaps more drool worthy pantries over on my Kitchen Pinterest Board HERE.

Must go. Run, school, shed and then morning tea with some friends to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Any excuse to get out!

Happy Monday!

~♥ Peek Into My Pantry ♥~

Hello friends...I hope you all are doing well. It's a lovely Monday afternoon here in Southwestern Pa...we've been blessed with a pretty mild winter so far...I am certainly not complaining! My Dear Daughter and I headed out for a 30 minute walk this afternoon.  So glad I got to spend time with her since she had a day off from college because of President's Day.

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Thanks to those of you who continued to follow my blog even though I haven't really blogged much about my home lately...that's about to change today!  I thought I'd share with you pictures of my pantry.  Having this pantry really keeps my kitchen organized.  Let's take a look:

 Here's a look with all of the doors opened.

 I keep my kitchen gadgets in this side of the pantry.  Love the pull-out shelves for easy access.

 Cookie sheets, baking pans, muffin tins, and cooling racks are in this area.

 My little Dirt Devil vacuum, Swiffer Wet Jet, and other misc. items are stored here.

 Breakfast items and items that won't fit on the other shelves go here.

 Top shelf is for condiments, etc. Next Shelf is for canned goods, etc. Shelf below that is for snacks and the bottom two shelves (you can only see one of them) is for baking supplies.

Hope you enjoyed this little tour...thanks for stopping by!

♥ Kim

Little Kitchen

The latest issue of 'House Of Fifty' is out and it features this sweet little kitchen, in a one bedroom condo in San Francisco. The sink area was designed to resemble a hutch. Doesn't it?!... with it's glass fronted doors giving it a real furniture feel. I LOVE the grey tiles and the elegant bench top. Will I ever tire of grey and white? Ever?

High ceilings, vintage chandelier, transoms and lots of light. Who says you need lots of space for glamour? Some wonderful inspiration for my next project. 

Take a peek at the bathroom. Cabinetry, tiles, fixtures? ... perfection.

You can find more of this beautiful space HERE.

Oh and there are heaps more beautiful kitchens to drool over in that issue as well!

Happy Friday!

We had our Australia Day holiday here yesterday. We made the most of the break in the rain and headed out to our nearest National Park for a BBQ picnic... and to look for bugs. The streams were roaring due to the recent rains so the boys were in their element.... but boy, was it humid! The rain is back today, with the forecast of a cyclone developing up north. Hmmm....my little lad heads off on school camp next week. I will be biting my nails if this weather keeps up. :(

I Love It

Image Courtesy House and Home

The symmetry is killing me. What is it with symmetry?... and light... and 16 ft ceilings... and 'Frenchy' furniture. Since Paris, I am back into French stuff.

Happy Saturday! Boys are off to my Mums.... a night off.... I miss them already. I am off to a book launch this afternoon. Hopefully I will get to meet lots of 'blogsters'. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.

PS Thanks 'Gran'! I love them, but I will love them even more after missing them for a night! Breathe out.

Teapots

Via bluepoolroad.com

Remember that post I did, a little while back, on Home Accessories where we all chuckled about the inclusion of teapots on the list of the '10 Must Have Home Accessories? I stand corrected.

I Think It Is Time...

Image Courtesy Traditional Home

... for another kitchen. 

One can never peruse too many pictures of kitchens I say. This one is a perfect example of 'small can be even more gorgeous than large'. I'd be very happy in this kitchen.... with all that beautiful natural light. Love the industrial look windows and the interesting ceiling..... and the joinery of course. I am also a big sucker for a bit of symmetry too!

Boy, these Mondays come around fast. Slow. Down. Life. Please.

It's the last week of Term One for us here. That went way too fast. 

Happy Monday!