Yesterday we broke the record in PA at 79 degrees but today is mid 50's and rainy.Good day for a PJ day..smile...Hubby is building me a small walk in closet pantry for the kitchen then will be redoing and painting the kitchen over the next few days.Yikes I hate mess and change! But I love the idea of having a pantry.As most of you know we live in a cape cod cottage house.Although relatively small compared to most homes I'm lucky to have large open rooms.The kitchen is large eat in but has limited cupboards so to remedy this I stuffed way to much furniture in plus all mine and hubbies "collections" so the room is very closed in.Our goal is to make it open and more inviting.In this room we have a huge stepback that is my current food pantry.Then I have a hoosier that holds some pots on the bottom. antique dry sink below holds cake stand,crock pot and such..
Then I have the old ice box which has bills and paper work inside,the farm table,a butcher block,pie safe, long wall shelf that holds graniteware,a barn wood chimney cupboard,our stove and refrigerator.Then stacked around are our collections like crocks,butter churns,old buckets and such so it's packed.
My goal is to move the hoosier to the sunporch.Get rid of the reproduction prim cupboard that is currently on the sunporch holding pots and casserole dishes.I'd also like to get rid of the barn wood chimney cupboard and everything in and on it.I really don't think once it's gone I'll miss it.It's hard to let go as prims and antiques are getting hard to find but again I don't think once it's out I'll miss it.The problem is Hubby says "You'll never find it again" so then I second think getting rid of things.But I do want a more stream lined open area and don't want sooooo much stuff to clean...Just walking in I can see plenty I could part with and once it's time to put everything back I'm sure there will be plenty more....
These pics are only a fraction of what is in the kitchen...
Lucky I can take it to fleamarket whatever I decide to part with...Also might have a small blog sale...
So what are you sweet ladies doing this weekend? I would like to get market in tomorrow but looks like rain as of now.Maybe it'll move out.I want to get some craft time in and try some new recipes out...Oh and for all you Pinterest lovers who were worried with the terms and such they updated their policies.I still stand by the rule make sure everything you pin clicks to the source and give credit were do.Better safe than sorry.I've been going through my boards and deleting anything uploaded by a user or that doesn't link back to the source....
Well off to visit some of you.Enjoy your weekend! Warm Blessings!~Amy
