Happy Friday! Today is my work-at-home day and as soon as I'm done posting I'll vacuum the entire house (did the cleaning last night after work) and then I'll sit down and get on with the revised book proposal.
Today I welcome you inside of my everyday dishes cabinets in the kitchen.
Our kitchen cabinets are from the 50's and I like that they go all the way to the ceiling. I can't really reach very well to the top shelf so I mainly put things with handles (which I can just reach on my tippy toes) and less often used items or things Martin uses and which he can reach.
We stick to mainly white dishes for three reasons; I like white (I think Martin could do with more color sometimes...), it's easy to add new items that match (ours are from a lot of different places) and food simply looks best on white.
Not a lot in there? The rest of the dishes are kept in the cabinet in the dining area and I have my weeding sessions on a regular basis to get rid of unused items which we bring to our local Red Cross charity shop. I love that I can see what I have at a glance and it's so easy to keep up once it's well organized to start with.
On the top shelf are a couple of travel souvenirs. Milk bottles from Hong Kong which I use for serving milk for coffee when we have company and Wille's must have Starbuck's mug from NYC. The Coke bottles are in there because Wille thinks Coke tastes so much better from them than out of a can or plastic bottle and Martin and he occasionally decant PET coke into them and have a tasting session :)
Happy Friday! Can't say it often enough.
Oooh, almost forgot! Hot tip! If you need a bit of organizing assistance, Aby's online Organizing 101 workshop starts on Tuesday! To me organizing comes naturally and I love, love, love it but if you need help to get started and to start loving it Aby is definitely the person who can help and she's a sweetie too!
Jag har en fråga...är det en vattenkokare man ser på en av bilderna, med vitt handtag? Om det är en vattenkokare, vad är det för märke? Jag behöver en ny och har letat efter en snygg och en som inte är svart!
Hoppas det går bra med bokskrivandet.
Hälsningar
Kati
Posted by: Kati | May 29, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Ja, det är en vattenkokare av märket Dualit. Jag köpte vår på NK för ett år sedan men nu när jag letade på nätet verkar det bara finnas i färgen creme, svart och rött... Nätbutiken Bagaren & Kocken har dem i de färgerna. De kanske kan ta hem vit åt dig? http://www.bagarenochkocken.se/shop/?s=kanna&s1=on&s2=on&s3=on&s4=on
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | May 29, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Love white dishes! Happy Friday to you too. Hope you have great ideas for your book proposal! xxx
Posted by: valeria | May 29, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I agree with you. I also have white dishes. A bit of colour in other things, but white in basic. It is easier to fit with all colours in table.
Have a great friday, and a weekend full of projects.
Posted by: ibb | May 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Ah! I see the "problem" with the web adresses is solved.
Thanks.
Posted by: ibb | May 29, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Hej! En Dualit, då ska jag leta efter en sån, hoppas att jag kan få tag på en vit.
Vill också säga att jag verkligen tycker om din blogg, en riktig inspiration när det gäller att organisera!!
/Kati
Posted by: Kati | May 29, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Benita, I'm almost embarrassed that this is the question I have for you...but do you happen to remember where you picked up the Homer mug? My dad would love it.
Posted by: C.E.R. | May 29, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Ha, ha, ha vad jag skrattade åt den där Coca-Cola flaskan. Och preciiiis så säger min sambo J också - att det smakar mycket bättre i de där flaskorna! Jag vet inte... har du testat??
Kram Jenny
Posted by: Lilla huset på prärien | May 29, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Ja, fast jag känner ingen skillnad :)
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | May 29, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Wille got it from a friend for his birthday one year. I'm sure it's somewhere in Sweden though. Found this similar one online though http://www.thesimpsonsshop.com/detail.php?p=18232&SESSID=89b03f5035f14db5f852101292b90adc&v=All Maybe you can check Ebay too?
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | May 29, 2009 at 04:03 PM
Lovely cupboards! Your whites appear softer - the dishes, cups, cabinets, etc. I too use white every where and love its fresh light look. Sometimes white is said to have a hard stark look, but Benita, yours always look, well....softer somehow!
Is it the lighting, are they creamier whites? Either way they are so appealing :) Enjoy the spring weekend!
Posted by: Jacqueline | May 29, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Tack för all inspiration! Nu har jag fått ett städryck i mina gamla köksskåp och jag har tömt en kronärtsskocksburk bara för att kunna tapetsera min egen pennburk. Skockorna marinerar jag just nu i olja, citron, persilja och vitlök. :-D
Posted by: Lindzi | May 29, 2009 at 06:39 PM
Mmmmmm....
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | May 29, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Do you have any idea how many sets of dishes I have. It is like a disease with me. White will not do, however, I have a white set among the bunch, along with a mix and match set of vintage shabby chic blue dishes, my wedding plates which I would freely give you if you wanted them, several sets of melamine (which recently became taboo because my daughter read an article), Christmas dishes...
I admire your resolve. I resolve to get rid of at least one set this year...and maybe use the vintage blues for something else. I saw a lovely garden treatment using vintage plates...
Erin :)
Posted by: Erin Kleider | May 30, 2009 at 05:15 AM
You inspired me to buy further on only white dishes but some foos sorts look great also on black plates :-)
Posted by: jja | May 30, 2009 at 12:48 PM
I switched to all white too because of you!This looks great! I love the footed bowls and the glass bowls. Willie is right about Coke from a bottle.
The best on a hot day.
Posted by: carol k | May 30, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Nice Homer mug ; ) The USPS (United States Postal Service)just came out with Simpson's Postage Stamps. I got a sheet yesterday!!!
Posted by: Peter | May 30, 2009 at 05:10 PM
I know!!! I heard about them and I so want some for Wille who is the Simpsons fan. I also wanted the Eames ones that were out last year and the only post office Wille and I walked past i NYC was closed :(
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | May 30, 2009 at 05:20 PM
When I remodeled our kitchen, I replaced our mish-mash of dishes with simple clean lined white ones from Crate & Barrel. Love them!
I also have cupboards that go to the ceiling and it's great--there's no gap to get filled with dust. I keep rarely used items, like party serving dishes, up on the top shelf.
Posted by: Clean Simple | May 30, 2009 at 08:25 PM