canisters

I picked up the stainless steel set at an estate sale last fall, so when I spotted the yellow set at the Alameda Flea Market a few weeks ago I had to have them too. Luckily, they only set me back $15. Score.

keep those hands unburned

I love fun oven mits, but they can get really pricey (hello Anthropologie.) These ones from Urban aren’t the cheapest but at $12 each aren’t too bad (and practically everything they sell there goes on sale at some point.) Fun oven mits are also one of my go to housewarming presents – people love having [...]

winter cleaning

The chickens all got a good washing today – the problem with not having a hood over the stove is that everything on that side of the kitchen eventually gets covered with a fine layer of grease. Lovely, right?

mix ‘n’ match

the glasses in our kitchen cabinet – I like having an assortment of sizes and shapes.

kitchen organization

I know I haven’t been posting much lately, school and a family reunion last weekend have kept me pretty busy. However, T. and I have been doing lots of little things around the house lately, most notably in the kitchen (as always, click on the pictures to see them larger.)

first off, repainted peg boards. Yes, [...]

little pretty things

yesterday I stopped by Anthropologie to cash in some store credit I had, and picked up these great stacking mugs and a new colorful oven mitt.

We have a shortage of cabin space in our kitchen, and mugs have always taken up more than their fair share of it, so I’m thrilled to now have four [...]

fish-eye kitchen

T. recently picked up a fish-eye lense for a project he’s working on, and while I initially scoffed at it I’m a little obsessed with using it now. It really came in handy when I wanted to take pictures of our kitchen re-arrange that happened last night.

Not a big project, but one that made lots [...]

modern economy

Modern Economy was lovely (if crowded) this morning. Note for next time: getting there 15 minutes after start time means things are already fairly picked over. Despite this, I manage to make it home with a few new things for the kitchen.

abandon

Last night while in the midst of cleaning the house I suddenly got an urge climb up on the kitchen counter and do this:

This is how projects usually get done in our house – a spur of the moment breaking out of the paint cans. In the next week T. and I will be painting [...]

spoon rest

T. recently found a new use for a coverless butter dish that’s been hanging around our kitchen for a while. It’s now a spoon rest for the top of the stove, and I have to say it makes the best spoon rest ever.