Pantry Love
I desperately needed more pantry space, and my boss who is preparing to downsize to a smaller home, had two shelving units to get rid of. Thus the Unstuffed Pantry has come to be!
I'm ridiculously happy about the whole thing and after I had filled and artfully arranged the shelves the other night, I spent a long time just sitting and looking at this new edition to my kitchen.
To me it's a perfect blend of form and function, utility and style.
Some shelves are workhorses and others are display cases.
It's all practical.
Do I even need to tell you that nearly every single container and tool was handed down, found or thrifted?
This structure is going to get a lot of use. It will change and shift with the days and seasons. Some months the shelves will be fat, some will be lean. Items will be taken down, used, cleaned and returned. Repeat.
I can already sense the rhythm of its use and it feels so good. Like a heartbeat or breathing. Is that weird?
How 'bout this? I kinda feel like I've staked the centre of my universe. I've found my axis mundi, the central mountain of my life around which I'll revolve, swinging in and out of orbit, creating, tending, preserving, storing, eating, feeding, healing.
Not bad for someone else's discarded Ikea shelves and some empty jars eh?
I'm ridiculously happy about the whole thing and after I had filled and artfully arranged the shelves the other night, I spent a long time just sitting and looking at this new edition to my kitchen.
To me it's a perfect blend of form and function, utility and style.
Some shelves are workhorses and others are display cases.
It's all practical.
Do I even need to tell you that nearly every single container and tool was handed down, found or thrifted?
This structure is going to get a lot of use. It will change and shift with the days and seasons. Some months the shelves will be fat, some will be lean. Items will be taken down, used, cleaned and returned. Repeat.
I can already sense the rhythm of its use and it feels so good. Like a heartbeat or breathing. Is that weird?
How 'bout this? I kinda feel like I've staked the centre of my universe. I've found my axis mundi, the central mountain of my life around which I'll revolve, swinging in and out of orbit, creating, tending, preserving, storing, eating, feeding, healing.
Not bad for someone else's discarded Ikea shelves and some empty jars eh?
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Comment by Amber Westfall on April 12, 2010 at 11:46am -
Hi Katherine. Thanks so much!
The more I reduce my consumption overall and of new things specifically, the more I appreciate the little things. When I'm not continually wanting more stuff or wishing for the next new thing, the more grateful I am for what I have. I love the sense of abundance that comes from this.
Your blog is great and what an awesome storage find!
Just Food offers canning workshops in the summer and fall and I'm hoping to organise some workshops in the future, as part of Transition Ottawa's reskilling initiative, so please stay tuned!
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Comment by Katherine Forster on April 11, 2010 at 11:23am -
Hi Amber!
Before I joined Transitions, I was reading your blog - found it through Experiments in Efficiencies. Very great resources and inspiration.
Really love this pantry! I wonder if T.O. will have some get togethers - learning gatherings on canning this year - I'd love to learn more! I totally agree with you on how much fun it is to reuse something - I got an old media centre from Freecycle and am using it in one of my rooms: http://greeneststuff.blogspot.com/2010/03/freecycled.html (Funny how little things like that can make you so happy!) : )
- katherine
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