A brief tour of rearranged areas

As you well know, it's not possible to rearrange one area without needing to rearrange other areas. Once I rearranged the stuff on the little Hoosier, I had to rearrange the stuff on the big Hoosier, and on the kitchen shelves. I don't often take room views because I find the lighting tricky and I do things like think I've moved the ugly wastebasket out of view when in fact it is right in the middle of this photo. We're just going to pretend we don't see that and proceed into the kitchen.

My house is really small, so there were only about three steps involved. Now we're looking at the rearranged Jade-ite collection, with a little springtime yellow.

Another step so you can see how prominently Swanky Swigs figure into this arrangement.

Obligatory closeup.

Shelves without any Swigs but with Swig-friendly canisters.

These footed dishes have been kind of stuck in a cupboard since I got them. It was practically criminal.

 Obligatory salt and pepper shaker closeup.

Okay, now we're not leaving the kitchen but merely turning 45 degrees to look into the dining room at the big Hoosier. The canisters way up on top are not recent acquisitions but recent to the display because they were living in my garage for a few years. Some people really should not be allowed to own vintage.

A salute to the Netherlands, part 1.

Digressing just momentarily for the back story, here are two wooden boxes I've owned for quite some time but could never really quite figure out how to use since they had tops instead of bottoms. If I used them to hold things, the graphics would be upside down. Probably one of you would have thought of this right away, but it took until just this past weekend for me to realize that if I pried off the top and hammered it onto the bottom, all would be right-side-up with the world. Or at least the world of vintage advertising boxes that I own.

Imagine my happiness when the cream cheese box turned out to be exactly the right size for my only set of eight matching Swanky Swigs! I may have told you this story before, but I like telling it, so plug your ears if necessary: All of these Swigs (plus one or two more just like them) came from the same auction, but it was a poorly organized auction, and these glasses were scattered throughout the box lots, one glass per box. Fortunately they were dollar box lots, but I had to buy an awful lot of junk to get them all. Well worth it, however.

Salute to the Netherlands, part 2. This concludes our little tour of rearranged areas. For those of you wondering about what happened to the other box, it became part of a project that required multiple trips to the hardware store, a new drill bit and a Band-Aid. I'm not quite ready to talk about it yet.

Comments

[Sue@Serendipity]

Good thing everything looks so lovely-makes the injury almost worthwhile, I hope. Looking forward to when you feel like talking about it!

[Kathy]

My mouth is hanging open. Gah!! This is an amazing room. I love every.single.thing. Seriously. Your jadite collection is jaw dropping. I think I might have been your mother in some other life.

[Brenda Weed]

I just love the way you decorate! I need to send you some pictures of swanky swigs that I need more matches for. I have a couple different daffodil ones I need and probably others too! I'll try and get some pictures and send them to you.

[Musings from Kim K.]

I'm green with envy. Your jadite collection is simply fabulous. I think this would be my favorite room. I'd gladly sit in it all day staring at your special dishes and glasses.

[Melissa]

Lovely! Your kitchen makes me smile. I love and collect everything you collect. I am not sure where my Dutch kitchen collection started but they are just so cute. Swanky Swigs are swoon worthy and jadite is pure perfection. The color makes my day.
Thank you so much for sharing.

[Renee]

Stop it now...in the garage! What on earth were you thinking? Those babies deserve warm soap and water and tender drying before placing them permanently on a climate controlled shelf. If this happens again I will have to confiscate them...all.

I don't know how you keep from rearranging this stuff every day it is so beautiful. Your home looks perfectly placed and right out of a catalog from its era...thanks for the tour.

Smiles..Renee

[Gina @ Vintagejunkinmytrunk]

I must ask that you cease showing photos of your lovely green and white with touches of red kitchen. It makes my yellow and red one look dull and dingy by comparison, and since I can see it from where I'm typing, a constant reminder of what could be... if my wall wasn't red. And I had jadeite instead of yellow ware bowls and canisters. And a hoosier.

I don't remember your auction hide-and-seek story (worthy of an apron!) and am glad your injury only required a band-aid and not stitches!

[JKaye]

Wonderful kitchen. It looks like such a pleasant place to be. Thanks for the photos, seasoned with your delightful wry humor.

[Danielle @ Blessed Serendipity]

I LOVE your collections. You have some wonderful pieces of jadite, swanky swigs and and and....I just love everything.

[laurie magpie ethel]

Always happy to have a kitchen tour in blogland..yours just makes me smile with the color palette, collections and tidiness! It might be a small kitchen, but MIGHTY in how cute it is!

p.s. a drill bit and a band aid does not sound like a good combination.

[Joy]

I'm stealing the cookie cutters in a jar idea. I don't have any vintage glass jars, but I think a modern one may temporarily work. Love those blue swanky swigs. And, love how you re-purposed the cream cheese box. Your kitchen really should be in Country Living magazine one day. At the very least, your Jade-ite collection should be featured.

[Beth Leintz]

Thank you for the wide angle view of the kitchen. It's darling!

[Kat]

Such a warm and homey kitchen. Your big Hoosier reminds me of my grandma's arranging of those exact items. Early morning flashback!! Thanks for the tour and marvelous pictures!

[Kim]

If you ever invited me over to have a cup of coffee in your kitchen I'd never leave. ;) It's so cute, cheerful, cozy and downright adorable. I LOVE it all! Thanks so much for the tour and the obligatory close-ups.

[Lisa W.]

You have created such a cheerful world .... Love it !

[chris mckinley]

What a great collection of jadite! But my favorite... the swanky swigs!!
chris

[sewa elf]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

[Carol @ Old Glory Cottage]

The first thing to catch my attention was the mention of a little Hoosier and a big Hoosier. I wish I had one, no matter what the size! And then you proceeded to share all of the pretties in your kitchen, and I have to say that your kitchen is my most favorite kitchen in all of kitchendom!

[Black Eyed Susans Kitchen]

Your collection blows me away! I hope everything is good with you...it was nice to hear from you.
♥, Susan