Our friend Loren gave Dave and me a set of salt and pepper grinders a few years ago. These are a neat design, easy to use, small and see through plastic to easily note when refills are necessary. The handle goes back and forth, easy enough to use one-handed. Our pepper mill broke. A piece … [Read more...]
How to Get Clean Cupboards and Find All the Supplies You Lost
You know the answer, yes? That's right, you need to clean out those cupboards that are the handy stash spots for all the canned goods, bags of rice, boxes of pasta, dribbles and dabs of baking chocolate, spices, baking soda, five types of flour, etc. and etc. And the other point: sort the items … [Read more...]
Before and After – Cleaning the Glass Cupboard Doors in the Kitchen
We moved to our home almost two years ago. Our new kitchen has beautiful custom made cupboards including some with glass panes in the doors. Those glass doors are so pretty! Glass doors are see through - yes, that's part of the charm - but that limits what exactly you want to place behind … [Read more...]
Vintage Kitchen Linens, Fun Recipes and Memories – EllynAnne Geisel Book Review
The Kitchen Linens Book: Using, Sharing, and Cherishing the Fabrics of Our Daily Lives by EllynAnne Geisel is my kind of book. She combines reminisces about her mom, her mother-in-law, her friends, with excellent made-from-scratch recipes and care tips for vintage linens. The linens in cupboard … [Read more...]