Homemaking Mondays: Homemade and a Spot of Tea

 

Hello! 

Today I'd like to share with you a bit more of my kitchen. 

For my birthday I received this delightful 

homemade sign from my daughters. 

It really fit nicely and brightened that empty space above

the kitchen sink.  

Yes, my kitchen sink looks pretty much the same 

as it usually does.  With a mixture

of dirty glasses and tea strainers scattered about it. 

Here is the lovely view from my kitchen window.  

The fall colours are starting to deepen and the leaves are coming off the trees.  

It's hard to see in the picture, 

but there is mist rising from the water. 

It's been below freezing for a few mornings and 

the frost is quite lovely. 

With the coolness I have been drinking more tea.

I had also realized that my tea cupboard

was in need of some tidying up. 

I found a 2x6 board in the yard and 

tucked that in the second shelf under some doilies. 

I thought it would help to be able to the tea pots better. 

Then I also moved all the tea cups to the top shelf.  

This is the hutch that stands in my kitchen and I love it! 

It is where I keep my tea things as I use them a lot. 

Then the cupboard at the bottom is where I store my flour and sugar.

The cookbooks are at hand when they're needed. 

Plus I received a lovely new 

proofing basket for my birthday. 

Just need to wake up my sourdough starter

and try it out.

I keep my cast iron griddles against the hutch to. 

They are pretty and easy to get to when I need them. 

I put up a command non marking hook for 

some of our aprons.  

With organizing the tea pots, 

I thought I should contain some of the tea strainers. 

Now they have their own little basket 

that I found in my crafting room. 

I pulled out a little pot that my children 

brought me one day. 

It holds the tea spoons nicely. 

There was some tea in the cupboard with the tea cups....

but here is my tea cupboard 

where I keep the rest of our tea and 

the cookie jars. :) 

So all in all.... I kind of have a tea station.  

I thought about doing it all on the hutch with the kettle and all. 

Then I thought it would function a bit better this way for the needs of my family. 

The kettle is always on the counter close to the tea...

and then the teapots and cups are all in one place to. 

So....if any of you would love to come for a cup of tea? 

You would be most welcome to come and pick out 

a tea pot and a cup to use.

Thank you so much for dropping by! 

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer