Well hello there - especially if you've stuck with me or left me a message/comment over the past couple of days because......... here I am 'again' sat at the little laptop cursing like Mutley as the 'regular' computer is still broken and all my photos are stashed away on it including my Sew Liberated Blossom Blouse that I finally got round to finishing and can't share with you - boo hoo!!
Have I ever told you I detest laptops??
Especially the ones with those nipply mouse thingies and a touch sensitive finger swiper whatsit that have the space bar right next to the clicky thing so you keep hitting the wrong thing - literally! Do you know what I mean?
Some things 'minimised and shrunk' I can cope with - though off the top of my head I'm having trouble thinking 'what!!' But when it comes to computers I'm an old fashioned kind of girl - big and strong with a very good memory is just the thing for me.
Anyhow, out of utter boredom today I started clicking random things (with my 'big and clunky' camera) around the house because well 'why not?'
I started off with the full tray of elderflower champagne which we really do not have any more room for - just as well as the elderflower season is pretty much over.
Then I moved on to a couple of things I purchased from the Cath Kidston sale.
New cutlery which will look perfect in my 'Brexton' picnic box and...
...some new material!
Then I moved on to the pantry and took a pic of all the jars of strawberry jam we have sat on the shelves so far.
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I say so far as Mr T is already making plans to add a couple to the pile tonight.
Then I had a thought - have I ever shown you any pictures of our pantry??
I know it's kind of nice to say 'oh yes we have a pantry' but in this case I can hold my hand up and say 'well yes we do'
Above is just a peek inside the door as the rest of it is not a pretty sight - jars of homemade stuff spilling over shelves and the floor choker block with baskets and cat food.
Though.....this was a design plan of mine - not the floor chocker block of baskets and cat food 'oh no!' - for you see, when we first moved into this house seven 'ish' years ago there was not a pantry at all.
Basically at some point in the history of the house somebody took a wall out leading from the dining room to the kitchen which left the original entrance redundant - almost like a passage way.
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Sooooooo (in my great wisdom) I blocked off one end and we had a door fixed to the other then just lined the walls with shelves to give us some storage for all the (pretty looking) other stuff.
(The inside of the door holds fitted shelves to harbour many things like my 'secret' chocolate stash and old cookery books - some of which were my grandmothers and great grandmothers)
OK, so it's one of those things that truly defines the word shabby and at some point I will decorate in there - I've put some vintage lace along the shelves!! - but for now it's what we call the pantry and for me it looks the business.
Well that's me probably boring the pants off you with my randomness stuff and gawd knows when the 'regular' computer will be up and running again so for now this is me, signing off again. Nina xxx
25 comments:
I think having a pantry is cool, I would so love to have one!
Isn't it strange how computers can be the most useful and at the same time the most annoying things in the world!
By the way that crate of elderflower champagne looks wonderful. :)
Vivienne x
I'm so jealous, I'd love a pantry, yours looks just the job. I've got quite a collection of Elizabeth Craig books, they're great aren't they, I think she was the Martha Stewart of her day. Hope the computer is up and running soon.
Not at all boring Nina - and I think it is a wonderful pantry and a very clever idea lining the door with shelves - looks fantastic.
Oh my goodness- your pantry is like something from a magazine- very jealous!!
ah...I think it looks so homely and sweet! But my question is - will you get through all that jam and champagne? xxx
I think I am in love with your pantry
I like your pantry, if I had one I would spend a lot of time moving things around as I like tidyness and order... my grandmothers had pantries full of jams and chutneys like yours. I want one!
I have pantry envy. It looks authentically vintage, and I love random posts.
pantries are ace!!!
Oh Nina, I am in awe! I adore pantries and would love one but in our home it is not to be sadly.
The very old lady we lived next door to when I was a child had the most fabulous pantry and many of the things in yours reminds me of Mrs Hemming's (her kitchen was just as ace - including chairs from the Great Exhibition!) I think that's where my love of vintage comes from.
Love the books, how great to have some belonging to your family.
Here's to randomness! Thanks for sharing.
Stephx
Oh my! I have serious pantry envy...beautiful Nina!
Hi Nina, I love the fact that you have your nanna's cookery books, how cool is that. I don't think my Nan owned a single one now that I think about it! I have a house full and needless to say, have made very few recipes from them. Oh dear, it's official, I am a failure! Love the pantry, would make a wonderful hidey hole methinks. Books and choccy, close the door and forget about the world. Dev x
You're telling me it's the business, fantastic I say. I would probably hide away in there quite a lot and just stare at it all. One thing though, I sincerely hope it's the cookery books that once belonged to your great grandmother and not the chocolate stash. I definitely wouldn't recommend eating it on that basis!!
xx
Oooh la la, a glimpse of your lace pantries!!
Ooooooooooh I WANT ONE!!!!! Just like yours with all the goodies in it too!
Very envious of all that champers....mine was a disaster this year! No idea why? We make some every year :(
Save a drop for me for when I pop by one day hee hee...
Karen x x x
Both my grandmas had pantries (neither nearly as tidy as yours is!)- if you asked where anything was it was always 'in the pantry somewhere' which basically meant there'd be no chance of finding it!
Your post has got me all nostalgic ... oh and those shelves of homemade goodies .... straight from the pages of Country Living!!
Nina I love your pantry!
Our pantry (or under the stairs cupboarde to be exact) is full of mop and buckets, tins, beryl ware, laundry baskets (full!) and bird food.
Yours looks very neat and organised!
LOve
Lyn
xxx
*sigh* I want a pantry. My mother has one but yours is far prettier.
And totally with you on the nubbley-nippley mouse thing. Thankfully my laptop doesn't have one - if it did, it would probably have been thrown out of the window by now!
Love your randomness....your pantry is way cool!
Have a lovely weekend.
Oh I love your post! Ahhhh to have a pantry! My grandmother used to have one in her house and it used to fascinate me. Have always wanted one, but shall dream for now! Love all your homemade bits.....am thinking of venturing into jam making, something I have wanted to do but yet to try! You make it all look so yummy! Have a fab day and weekend! xxxxx
Oh wow, I am envious of your pantry, that is the pantry of my dreams, I simply love it :) xxxx
shabby? no. bored? nooooooo.
A pantry like that is the stuff of dreams!
And discovering another preserve making addict? well what can I say. Thumbs up all round from my kitchen to yours!
I have serious pantry envy!
Bellaboo :0)
Look at your sweet, vintage, retro pantry! Love it!
Nicola
The house my Grandfather grew up in had a walk in pantry with a window. I've always remembered that and have always wished I had a kitchen pantry. I love to organize, so I know I would have eveything nice and neat, in catagories, labeled, etc. Pantries are wonderful.
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