Modern Country Style: Kitchen Storage Roundup

John Ellis Photographer

Beautiful kitchen storage is at the heart of the modern kitchen...

tucked away or left on the counter 

  we love our kitchen details

  The country kitchen... 

 with old tins, canisters and jars

 is pretty much where my heart lies

  

can't tell right!   

did you notice...

I love old stuff?

and containers of all sorts?

But...

  lately, the excess doesn't seem to work for me

 and I  constantly try 

to de-clutter my kitchen! 

You too?

so what do we do with the beans, pasta, coffee 

flour, tea and lentils?

and dishes etc

Crate & Barrel

lovely storage 

of course!

simple 

pretty

 &

useful

The Anchor Hocking glass canisters  shown above 

have been in production since...1940!!!

Never out of style...and perfectly perfect

Super functional 

white enamel metal canisters

($19-$34) 

 from West Elm

 West Elm Wood Lid Canister

 also available on many other sites

retail $10 - $15 dollars

Weck canning jars

I have tons of these...just for all around storage and the beautiful design

available nationwide

$3-$15 dollars

(Crate and Barrel has good prices)

Cracker Jars

love these and they are so inexpensive 

available from The Container Store

( paint the lids maybe? !  or not)

 Montana Storage Jar

$4-7 dollars

available nation wide

Bronze lids are available too!

Glass Pantry Canister

have you checked out this site:

WebRestaurantStore

Its good to be square...especially if you are storing a green pea!

Yummy canisters from Williams Sonoma...

so pretty

a little bit of color and chalk board labels
World Market

Save on Crafts...just find a cork stopper

 a very cool site

and my fave ...I'm sure your's as well

celebrating 100 years of canning

the

Ball Heritage Classic

get your container on

and

store  your good life 

xxx's

kelley

Vintage Kitchen Cart Roundup

I own one of these funny little shoe repair carts and I  have used it for storage in the kitchen for the most part.   It then, made its way out to the deck, during the summer for serving dinner and finally it was banished to the garage where it has stayed for the last few months,
waiting for me to let it back in the house!
Please let me come back in...I'll be a good cart...I promise

 You can still find these little carts
at antique shows...
they are easy to clean up, easy move around and have a million uses...

because they are so simple

 These happen to be from the White Flower Farm House shop

where the incredibly talented owner Lori, had a few for sale

 This one is in Lori's kitchen and

I think she bleached this rack to brighten the wood...I love it!
But I love everything she does!

 This is an old cupboard made from recycled wood and old doors
that I used in another kitchen

 It is similar to the  look of the carts, with the bleached paneled back and the rustic shelving.

Collected white china looks great in these!
The only thing it is missing are some wheels

Heres a cool looking green one...
you can buy it here

This would be fun to use to dry flowers or herbs
in the garden shed
I saw a similar cart on eBay for $150 dollars...pick up only.... somewhere very far away
very very far...bummer

A really nice big one for sale on 1st dibs

and it seemed reasonably priced too...

what a great item for wine storage 

This is a great looking metal cart from one of my favorite stores:

Juxtaposition Home

A pair of French industrial rolling carts...these are really chunky and I love how the top flips up 

this is an old Apothecary cart...with really cute wheels!

Can't you see white china on this one...or big white towels?!

A wood and metal bindery cart....so great, but a bit pricey...found all of these all on 1st Dibs 

look at this beautiful cart filled with old vintage ironstone, 

from a great blog called Rusty Hinge

Her collected dinnerware is wonderful!

This makes me want to collect transferware...so pretty

 The photo above is from Pinterest and I could not track down where it came from...I know you're out there, talented blogger...and I love your cart!

How about the stack of old books in the wire basket!!!!
Wonderful styling going on here!!!!

 Above stylist Kelly McGuill....find her blog here.

She used this in her bathroom

 Restoration Hardware does a few too

 Ya know...as much as I think they do a good job with designing furniture, my heart always sinks a little, when they knock off something vintage,
which originally cost about $200 dollars
and then they attempt to sell their version
for $2000 dollars

but it's big and it does look nice with this table
but sometimes...

I look at the styling in their catalogs and wonder if anything
is actually NOT a knock off

is anything real and original?

do you ever think that?

Halo Styles has a few nice choices

I like the ladder shelf below and this would fit 

in a smaller area like a bathroom

but how great in the kitchen too!

the two below are from Go Home ltd...the metal one has a great top

no wheels but a really unique shape

and this green guy looks kind of interesting  

here is my little cart...

it holds quite a bit of dish ware 

I added a decorative swag this weekend...a few left over clippings and some fruit from the tangerine trees 

 are these the best little carts?

 a  little item to look for next year maybe?

sending out
 good  and happy
thoughts to all...


Kelley

Perfect Pantries

 Since I pretty much have "kitchen on the brain" right now

 I thought a post about the pantry

 might be in order

 This is a 

closet to pantry conversion 

that I did a while ago

It's pretty simple but got the job done really well

Our new kitchen in Ojai will have most of these elements 

with overflow ending up in the adjacent mudroom

 I loved the fact that all of the cookbooks fit in here too...I have way too many cookbooks

Sometimes pantry storage can be overlooked but a great pantry

 really makes for a great kitchen

 One of my favorite items from the container store are these little canvas storage bins

They cost about 6 dollars and can be used for everything!

 I was lucky to have a second pull out pantry

 for items that were used almost daily

These are really handy and

 take up very little space.

Many companies make these in all different configurations

 to fit your design needs

 I think every kitchen need a dedicated spice drawer if possible

 And some additional hidden storage for cooking essentials 

like salt and pepper, oil and marinades,

fresh bread and snacks etc

A favorite site to see other pantries is a cooking site/blog

called

The Perfect Pantry

She does a weekly series called 

"Other Peoples Pantries"

  it is such a kick to see what other people think they need,

 store, use and horde in their kitchens

You can enter your own pantry photos too!

Ironically one of the most downloaded photos on Houzz is a pantry

A mere 47,500 people have added that pantry 

to their idea books

how is that for the perfect pantry!

take a peek here

have a great weekend

and could ya please pass the jelley