collections: kitchen + pantry

Collecting     is     one     of     life's     great     pleasures!

AND    so    many    collections    are    associated    with    food, 
be    it    storage  . . .  preparation . . .presentation,    or    consumption!

 
Mason and Ball jars have seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years.

Inexpensive glass jars store almost anything (IKEA and Target carry them).
They make for attractive display and easily-identified contents!

Combinations of flatware and cutlery can also create easy and inexpensive displays.

Pantries, butler's pantries and the like have become showplaces...and why not?

It's  great  to  collect  items  that  serve  an  every  day  or  special  occasion  purpose.  Why  keep  them  hidden  in  the  cabinet  all  year ? 

Over the years I've accrued quite a few "cookie tins" in France.  They're all over the airport...inexpensive and easy to pick up before the flight home.  In any case, I recently used them to organize all of my pens, pencils and art supplies...I love it!

My collection looks nothing like this real vintage tin collection above, 
or the one in the kitchen below.

Collections of pots and pans often make for attractive kitchen decoration.

Teapots and pitchers are other every day items

that make up some of THE most special collections!

The above collection of teapots is STUNNING! I wouldn't mind having just a
tiny slice of it for my own display area!   Pieces include Deshoulières, Limoges, Bernardaud, Gien and Middle Kingdom, just for starters.

I can only guess as to the origins of the pieces above; perhaps a mix of English and American pieces, including Bennington or Rockingham glaze ware and Majolica?

Many of the above pieces are likely Staffordshire Transferware platters; 
an exceptional collection by all means!

 
 Several collections are represented around this cook top; the tone-on-tone palette keeps it from feeling too busy or cluttered.  I especially love white pitchers on the shelf above!

Above is one of the most attractive and creative dish displays I've seen!  


Why not take a second look at what's in your cabinets?


PHOTOS:  via  1. gingerella, 2. aubrey road, 3.  apartment therapy, 4., 9. not my beautiful house, 5. country lifestyle magazine, 6. hotblog2, 7. persephone's box, 8. interior alchemy, 10. habitually chic,  11. james radin, 12. keltainen talo rannalla, 13. todd gribben, 14. jackye lanham, 15. a life of ?, 16. unknown


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