Hello and welcome to NatashaInOz.com I'm so glad you have found time in your busy day to spend some time with me in my little corner of the world!
Today I am so excited to be sharing some pictures of my pantry with you! I know people don't normally get excited about pantries but, well, I am so in love with mine!
Today I am so excited to be sharing some pictures of my pantry with you! I know people don't normally get excited about pantries but, well, I am so in love with mine!
According to Wikipedia, a pantry is a room where food, provisions
or dishes are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. The derivation of the
word is from the same source as the Old French term paneterie; that is from
pain, the French form of the Latin pan for bread.
Pantries can be big....
Apartment Therapy
Or they can be Petite.
They can be neat,
Paradise Closets
And they can be well-used and piled high with stuff!
HGTV
She says...“Unlike the sterile Victorian workrooms and their even smaller successors, today’s kitchen—whether large or small—is the deliberate center of the American home…According to a 2005 National Association of Home Builders survey, walk-in pantries are the most requested feature in kitchens today. Perhaps it is the popular return of home cooking and baking. Perhaps it stems from the 1990s trend of nesting and stockpiling for the ‘new millennium,’ world disaster, or a cozy blizzard. Perhaps it is because a good pantry makes sense.”
From The Pantry—Its History and Modern Uses by Catherine Seiberling PondGibbs Smith, Publisher—2007
I think our Pantry is Perfect for our family home!
It is not too big yet it's not too small...
It has Pull -out drawers so I can see everything, well almost everything...I think it needs a bit of a clean up!
I can see all of my spices, including my Paprika, Piri Piri,
and Pepper! I can even see some Pillsbury Pumpkin Bread!
I can see all of my Pastes, my Pancake mix, some Pizza bases and some yummy Pralines!
I also have a Plethora of Plastic Tupperware containers from attending so many Tupperware Parties! Everything is labelled, like my Plain Flour and my Popcorn!
I have lots of Pink things in my Pantry! What is inside this
Pink lunch box?
Choc-chip cookies...Yum!
(Click here for the best recipe I have ever used!)
We drink lots of Pink milk in our house! We even have Pink frosting...in a can
and Pataks Tikka Paste!
and Pataks Tikka Paste!
Now, since this is a Hodgepodge post, here is a shameless plug for my
Sunday Songs Meme each Sunday!
Please enjoy the quiet and relaxing music of the Panpipes!
Ride On.
Ah...how peaceful!
It is always such a Pleasure to Participate in
and
Congratulations to Beverly, the Queen of Pink Saturday, who has been featured in the Summer issue of Artful Blogging!
Thank you so much for having me Ladies!
Thank you so much for having me Ladies!
Thank you so much, my dear Bloggy friends, for visiting me! I hope you will be able to pop in for 5 minutes tomorrow as I will be joining Sheila for her Daring Darling Bathroom Snapping Divas Party!
Natasha In Oz
Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. Julia Childs.
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PS I have had SERIOUS issues with Blogger this week and I had to delete and repost this. AARRGGGHHH....
Thank you so much to the sweet people who visited and posted comments even though the post was CRAZY!
60 comments:
now i'm hungry :)
I like the new look of your blog. I need to add one of those pantries to my dream list. Agree, your pantry is perfect size! Have a great weekend!!
Wendy
thanks for sharing your pantry! I have the same set of tupperware, except my lids are navy blue!
I definitely love those pull-out drawers! They are so convenient.
I love organization and storage. Those pantry photos literally quickened my pulse!
I don't have one of those fabulous walk-in pantries--just a "reach-in" pantry that is not near as organized as yours. You've inspired me though--think I'll go move a few things around before I lose this feeling!
Cheers,
Debi
Your delight in details tickles me - I am not so detailed and I appreciate it in you...
I have a very small pantry. I wish it was much larger. Yours looks just about the right size. Good P post for Alphabe-Thursday.
What a well-organized Pantry!
The Great Dane built me a pantry, but it goes through phases and right now is in the messy phase, which comes right before the wild-organizing-spree phase. No photos of the pantry as it is!
Hello Natasha,
I love a well organized pantry. I love your pull out drawers. Your pantry looks great! Read your response to someone's inquiry about them and I am going to check out IKEA to see if they have some pull outs I can use for my pantry. I started to remodel mine last year but still have a few changes I would like to make. I used to have a whole lot of Tupperware but now I use a lot of glass containers I found while thrifting.
~ Tracy
Oh thanks for sharing.
I already commented earlier, but I'm back to let you know I gave you an award! Come and get it!
http://purple-hippie.blogspot.com/2010/05/youcapture-spring-part-2.html
Hello there dearest Natasha!
Thanks ever so much for joining in once again with this week's,as well as with many other week's blog tea parties;such fun)!~ I loved having you join me for my 29th,'Tuesday Tea For Two' and especially also for my 20th, 'Wednesday Tea For Me And Thee', blog party!..,
..,I am having a little contest in celebration of my 20th, 'Wednesday Tea' Natasha, if you would care to take part; (you already have two entries for participating, as well as for leaving a comment)!
~ The award/prize will be the winners choice of a set of four of my art cards to b e selected form my Wanda Lee art website, and yes I will mail to Australia if you win!.., Best of luck!
..,The contest is open until Sunday night at midnight, our EST time HERE IN Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada and involves the correct determining, through observation, 'the correct amount of diffferences between two similar pictures of my Wanda Lee digital art;(the contest guidelines are located in the post before last)..,
I love, love, love this last post about your pantry and all of those other yummy panries and that marvelous book; your blog looks fantastic also by the way!
Cheers from Wanda Lee @ The Plumed Pen
Hi Natasha, I am still making PS rounds, it is fun to do them all week. My pantry is half cleaned up now, it shares the room with the laundry and freezer. I also have been storing my fabric, soap, herb, and scrapbooking supplies in there, now the fabric and scrapbooking have mover out, wahoo...more room. The room is 8 by 30. Oh and my fridge is in there, too. Welcome to PS.
I would love your pantry. My pantry is puny.
Oh, I'd like to have a couple of those big one. I'm always needing more storage. I love your tupperware, so organized.
wish i had a bigger better pantry after reading your post :D
We have the same pantry Natasha. It is scary. Unfortunately mine is not so neat!!xx
I loved having a pantry. No pantry at this house. I hate pink milk, though, bleargh!
Natasha, thank you for joining my party! I love your pantry. I only wish mine was stocked so well. Hope to see you again.
~Gay~
itsahodgepodgelife.blogspot.com
Natasha - I love your pantry and the color of you kitchen cabinets is beautiful. All the pictures you posted make me want to run to my kitchen, throw everything out of my cabinets, and organize!
Your pantry is perfect. But what, pray tell is piri pin? I was very intriqued with that.
Those super organized pantries scare me just a bit.
How much pressure is there to maintain that?
Too much for me obviously!
Thanks for this fun post on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "P"!
A+
Hi Natasha,
I love the look of your pantry. I too have done some make over work to my pantry but then I didnt store any food there. Instead I place my vintagey porcelain in there. Thanks for sharing.
That is a great pantry, but man that is a LOT of tupperware! But it is good inspiration to get organized.
- The Tablescaper
You certainly have a lovely kitchen and a wonderful pantry. I love having a place for everything, don't you? Hugs, Cindy S
Makes me want a pantry now! Love the pictures of pantries, yours is great.
Wow - I'm inspired to clean out my pantry this weekend and make it look like one of those babies! I don't even know what's in the back anymore....thanks for sharing great pics!
I love this pantry post Natasha. Gorgeous.
my pantry is nonexistant ... i really wish i had one!
Our kitchen does have a pantry, but I believe that it was an after thought and not well planned. The makeover is on the we'll-never-get-to-it-list.
For Sunday I thought I might post my recorder music by Panero to go along with your panpipes. If it is not a pleasing pick for placement, please prune it - I will not pout.
Thanks so much for visiting Mya! I am still not sure what song I will be posting on Sunday...I am now thinking of posting something my Mum will like for Mother's day! Decisions Decisions...
Best wishes,
Natasha.
What a Perfect Post, Natasha!! I'm envious of your beautifully functional Pantry!
Fun post...makes me think I need to organize our pantry...again!
Perfect P Post! When I saw that firs photo I went WOW. To have a pantry like that would be amazing. I'd use it for storing dishes! LOL
Our pantry is more like yours, only half the size. We have a narrow cabinet with pull out shelves. My dream is to have a butler's pantry.
Thanks for sharing the pantry photos. Great post!
Gotta' love a great pantry!
good morning, natasha!
i loved your pantry party. some of
the extremely beautiful and organized
pantries are lovelier than my living
room!
I am getting ready to build a pantry off my kitchen, thanks for the info, I'll have to look for the Pantry book...
I'm sort of ashamed to admit that my pantry resembles the messy, cluttered ones more than the organized ones. Every time (and I do, literally, mean every single time) I go in there, I think "boy, I really need to clean this up". And if it were up to me, it would stay that way. Sadly, as we all know, that's not the case!
Great Foodie Friday AND Alphabe-Thursday post!
i wish i had a nice big pantry organized to the hilt....but alas, i don't...i just have a box filled with stuff. ugh
I have a nice big pantry........but you would not know it because it is so unorgainized.
Hello Natasha and welcome to Pink Saturday.
I don't have a pantry at all, just 2 little shelves LOL. Ahhhhh now I'm dreaming, maybe it will come true.
Hugs and love, joey
My pantry is so full.. I did take out all the 'wire racks' and put in proper wood shelving.. it's so much better now...
Yours is the perfect size.. if mine was larger, more space to keep clean...
I enjoyed your post!
Sandy
http://thewondersofdoing.blogspot.com/
Wow! I would love to be so organized! Maybe a new goal to reach for?!
Great post!
Katherine
Hi Natasha,
I love pantries! Especially that one from Country Living. I have been oohing and aahing over that one since I first saw it.
Have a great weekend,
Kate
Natasha, your pantry is so neat and organized. Love those pull out drawers. I think that would be such a wonderful way to store things. You also posted some fab inspiration photos. That music was haunting and beautiful. laurie
Love your pantry! I recently posted about my pantry too. I'd love to have you come link up to my Home and Family Friday linky party.
Becca
becca-homeiswheremystorybegins@blogspot.com
too organized - I'd never find anything - LOL
Welcome to Pink Saturday - Happy Mother's Day
Hi Natasha,
You have a wonderful and well organized pantry! Happy Pink Saturday~Mother's Day weekend. Hope to see you on Tuesday for tea.
Blessings,
Sandi
I love your pantry, Natasha. It's got both accessibility and organization.....Christine
Oh Wow...was this fun seeing all the Pantries around the world! My hubby just made me a new one..first step in our redesigned kitchen. Soooo excited. I also love your quote from Julia Childs. Sooo neat!
Happy Mother's Day in America. Do you do this is Aussieland?
Happy PINK Saturday and thanks for visiting! A joy!
xoRebecca
Those are fabulous pantries! Have a blessed weekend.
Back Porch Blessings,
Rebecca
I have an old fashioned pantry under our staircase. Now you have inspired me to get busy and freshen up a few things. Lovely blog.... cheers!! Susan :)
There must be something wrong with me, I don't have a pantry :) Happy Pink Saturday and Happy Mother's Day I just noticed the beautiful pink rose from your dad's garden
Very fun P post!
You're right, pull-out shelves are life-savers...
Now I think I'm in love with pantries!
Happy Pink Saturday!
I like your pantry post. I think the book may make me very jealous. I have a bit of a small pantry. :( I really like your pull out drawers!!
Our pantry is very small, and I'm short and have a hard time reaching the top shelf. I've been considering installing the pull out drawers, such a great idea. This was a fun post. Can you imagine having a pantry like that first one? I'm afraid I'd get lost :) Kathy
I loved the peek into your pantry. I always want to take a look when I visit a friends home. I am always intrigued by the different foods we have.
Love all the photos of the pantries! Great blog.
Hi Natasha-
I love to see an organized pantry. I used to have mine in a small closet, but then we took a closet in my mudroom and expanded it. I love it now. It is interesting how many staples in your pantry look the same as mine and others with different packaging for Australia brands. I never saw the book. I am going to go to Amazon and see if I can still order it - I know I will love it.
My best- Diane
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