In February we painted the room off the kitchen in preparation for the installation of the pantry.
https://follyandivy.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/whats-next/
And now it is here.
Needs some minor adjustments and fixing – largely because my mind is not fixed on details the way it was a year ago. Which is both good and bad. Good because too much focus on house detail can lead to madness and almost did. Bad because I still decend into house madness (temporarily) over my failure to deal with this and that. Bottom cupboards need feet. Entirely my fault. Bookselves ended up with those ghastly hole for readjusting shelves. Having never readjusted a shelf in my life the mere sight of those holes drives me crazy. I am a firm believer in need for decisiveness when it comes to shelves.
In any event. Enough whining.
Way way way back I found the most amazing old kitchen cabinet at the Restore in Toronto. We loaded them in the truck and brought them home. Two years later it is finally part of the pantry.
I wrote about the purchase of these cupboards in March of 2009.
https://follyandivy.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/ode-to-ellen/
The upper cabinets are from the Restore. The bookshelves for cookbooks and the bottom cupboards were built to match. Countertop is hickory and matches the desk in the kitchen. (If you look closely you can see those dang holes. Once upon a day I’ll fill them with something.)
The copper belonged to our Oma. I do believe she would think this was a lovely place for it to live.
I stood in Lee Valley Tools holding these drawer pulls for at least half an hour. Maybe longer. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes.
Hardware is house jewelry. Too much and one needs to cover one’s eyes. Too little and everyone feels the sadness. Just right is mighty hard to find. These worked out quite well. (Less happy note. The drawers are really too small to be functional for much. My fault again. The intention was to use then for linens. Caught napping again. And likely it never dawned on the talented man who made these that I have many linen tablesclothes. I suspect not really a stable in many kitchens these days. They will not fit in these drawers. There is a solution. Shelves. I will put shelves in the bottom cupboards. Not as I envisioned. But just fine.)