With johnnyjumpsup and mum's simply living 'what's in yours'. This is my spice cabinet, a recent addition. A shabby chic tatty cupboard sprayed to match my kitchen which will shortly be celebrating its 1st birthday. I hid the cupboard from my husband when I first bought it, now there's maturity for you! I am really pleased with it because as you can see I tend to buy doubles and with everything on view this should not happen again. Well we live in hope.
Like johnny and mum I also have kilner jars, all bought at boot fairs. The jar holding pasta was in a reductions basket at the supermarket. I also like to reuse old jam jars, my favourites being Tiptree because of the label and Bonne Maman because of the lids. In the background a gratuitous shot of my cheese board, a Christmas gift.
We had our kitchen made by a very talented carpenter, which was considerably cheaper than using the usual kitchen companies and resulted in a gorgeous end product. I also valued being able to design around our needs and the limitations of our kitchen space. Heaps of very practical storage has been fitted into quite a small area. Another advantage of doing it this way is that we were able to add another cupboard in the last few weeks, which was made to our specification; including glass panels with stars. Why do these stars make me so happy? I am truly a child at heart.
Have a great weekend, and make sure you keep the child in you happy.
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Ooooooooooooooh, I've definitely got kitchen envy. What a beautiful colour. I like your little spice rack too. Very cute and a good idea to display them to prevent doubling up.
ReplyDeleteI could show you the 'before' kitchen. Now that's another story.
DeleteWhat a beautiful cupboard and I like the idea of using other jars too. We throw too many glass containers away that would serve beautifully as containers. Our coffee jars are a wonderful shape and it's such a shame to throw them away. It's just working out what to put in them. Plastic bottles, too, come in unusual but useful shapes. I know we can't keep all of them but I just wish I was creative enough to keep a few to display things. Perhaps I could use some in the craft department to keep small fiddly things in.
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I use them for sewing buts and pieces too and if I ever get round to it jam making.
DeleteYour kitchen is so beautiful and I especially love your spice cupboard!! I am a teensy (massive) bit envious of that!! It looks so pretty! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, it wasn't very expensive either. I am glad I could see its potential because as well as looking nice it is very practical.
DeleteStarry glass, I love it!
ReplyDeleteI know, it makes me do a little tap dance every time I look at it.
DeleteI can imagine you tap dancing now! No wonder with such lovely tidy cupboards. Thanks for letting us peep inside them.
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DeleteOh, that looks fab! It all looks so neat and pretty :) New follow from me :) xx
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DeleteIt's lovely and that colour could almost make me sway away from green .... almost!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I used to favour very bright colours in the past but I am more muted now.
ReplyDeleteThose stars would make me happy too, what a great idea to include them :o)
ReplyDeleteI am a star obsessive so it was a no brainer.
DeleteLove that spice cupboard! I've fallen out with glass jars filled with spices and herbs somewhat since I dropped one whilst taking it out of the whirly spice rack thingy and it smashed the ceramic hob. That proved to be an expensive curry!
ReplyDeleteIt's great isn't it? A little foresight is all that is required, and a leap of faith.
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