Vintage Repurposed Cupboard

AlbaMoretz Haziran 07, 2022

When placing all my odds and ends of mix and match white chippy pieces out in the "Garden Room", (I'm going to refer to that big space formally known as the Sunroom, as The Garden Room, ala Katie from Let's Add Sprinkles. Sometimes it's not very sunny so it's now The Garden Room) I soon realized that there wasn't going to be space to fit it all in. Despite a huge room, I had an abundance of furniture that I've had "in storage" begging to be functional again. I had to find a place for this old cupboard that had unfortunately lost it's doors many years ago. It had been in the basement holding quilts or dishes in it's previous lives.

Even though I have a lot of cabinet space in the kitchen, I wanted a spot to display seasonal kitchen vignettes, old cookbooks, and pottery and ironstone. I love having a spot for fun displays that I can change up frequently for Holidays and the Seasons. It's a pretty rough vintage piece that has a lot of flaws, but I think I'll enjoy having it here in the Kitchen/Hearth Room area.

It's a gray and cloudy day, so as usual, light is at a minimum. My photos unfortunately, reflect the lack of light. I'm slowly getting more boxes unpacked and trying to organize all the many pieces of vintage knick-knacks that keep on coming. Since I'm planning on these shelves changing up monthly, I thought I'd just put a few things out and enjoy them. Some of my pottery "House" pieces are here for now, along with some kitchy cookbooks from the 80's.

Our younger daughter loved to cook, so back in the late 80's and 90's I grabbed current cookbooks for her that contained easy recipes and fun graphics. I need to update my cookbooks for Autoimmune and Gluten Free Cooking, since that's where I am right now.

The Le Creuset is a favorite, but I haven't used it much lately. It's so heavy and I haven't been cooking much this last year. I need to do better once things slow down a bit.

When the movie Julie and Julia came out in 2009, I realized I had Julia Child's first two iconic cookbooks in my market space. I quickly brought them home! The editions are from the mid-70's but still wonderful. Have I used any of the recipes? ahhhh, that would be no. I'm not a chef; not much of a cook, except for a few easy family meals. Cooking is not something I really enjoy, and now it's even more difficult because honestly, nothing looks or tastes good to me anymore, because of autoimmune fallout.

The little yellow teapot/coffeepot was my mom's, called a "Drip-O-Later". It has a metal insert for brewing drip coffee. not sure where that part is right now. The yellow made me think of Spring. I think I'm about ready. I've just been cold all winter. Shivering and wearing multiple layers kind of cold this year. Part of it is me, part of it is that it's just been dang cold.

Breadboards are here at the end of the cabinets.

I've realized that as much as I'm in awe of Instagram and love the inspiration, I'm more of a "blogger". I love to overshare whatever I'm talking about. I'm going to try to post more on Instagram, but I love having more than one epic pic at a time. I'm a "detail", small things person, and I enjoy sharing those little things without feeling like one photo has to be power packed and definitive. So here I will be sharing the little things; the "non-perfect" things, from daily life that I enjoy.