It isn`t tough for us. We are OS and we COPE

kezlou

ceridwen wrote: »

Crikey - at places having signs up saying that the loos are for customers only!! .

Its quite common where i am,think its a case of not letting people take advantage of the facilities.

It is so organised, everything has its place and it made to fit the jars, tubs etc. I'm still amazed now. Still trying to get to figure how i can do it myself. They both lovely and the cats are gorgeous!

Ah Jen thanks , i'm just making plans of converting part of the extension into a larder, i.e stealing J's workshop:rotfl:. Yes i know i'm shocking hahaha. But needs must and i'm selfish! Already been pricing up the wood for it!

Definitely regarding the candles, i'm going to have a go at making them next . Would save money on the electric as well as being nicer to look at. I still have two large candles in the kitchen in case the power goes out again.

As for giving aid, yes i think we should still give it, even when i'm short of cash, i still give to charity. I mean look at Haiti, completely in ruins, cholera rampant and shanty towns galore ad if we stop all assistance then more people will suffer and die. Maybe i'm being selfish but at least we have a FREE health and education service.

HariboJunkie

Grey Queen I notice you just joined MSE a few weeks ago but your posting style is really familiar to me. Don't mean to be nosy but can I ask if you posted on Old Style with another name? Sorry to be nosy.

Pantry remodelling is on our agenda for the Spring. I currently have my white goods in there plus some decent shelving, worksurface and a 1950s original kitchen cabinet which doubles as my larder and has a pull out shelf which I use for baking. My OH is planning to rejig the worksurface so I can get narrow floor to ceiling shelving in as I keep all my dried goods and preserves in 40 or more kilner jars which at present are doubled up and hard to see. Can't wait to get going with it soon.

JenniO

I do have my 'kilner jar / le parfait jars' doubled on my shelves because I felt I was getting double the amount of space. But I do keep like things together. For example, jars of dried beans are doubled but are all together so if I need a bean and I don't see it, I can just pull out a few jars till I find what I'm looking for. I keep my flours the same and with the flour I have white sugar/ brown sugar, milk powder so it becomes a 'baking' shelf. HTH.

HariboJunkie

JenniO wrote: »

I do have my 'kilner jar / le parfait jars' doubled on my shelves because I felt I was getting double the amount of space. But I do keep like things together. For example, jars of dried beans are doubled but are all together so if I need a bean and I don't see it, I can just pull out a few jars till I find what I'm looking for. I keep my flours the same and with the flour I have white sugar/ brown sugar, milk powder so it becomes a 'baking' shelf. HTH.

Thanks Jenni.

It's ok for me to find stuff as there is method to my organisation, Beans with beans, sugar with sugar etc but it remains a problem for my OH who is incapable of finding sugar unless it jumps out to him and shouts "hello! I am sugar!"
I figure if I make the shelves narrow but bigger (as they are currently only above workshelf level) I will have the same storage space and also more floor space for some of my bigger baskets and enamel ware. I don't think the worksurface is necessary in there as it becomes a dumping ground for the recycling atm and there is plenty of surface space in the kitchen.
I'm keen on something like THIS as it offers the chance to adjust the shelves. This would just be in one corner with the washer/dishwasher topped with work bench and shelves with undershelf baskets on the other side and the larder unit in the opposite corner. The room isn't purpose built as when we moved in it was a loo, understairs cupboard and back hall but we knocked it all through. It works well and I have a place for everything (OCD? Moi? ) but I do think that if it was more "purpose built" it would be more efficient.

mardatha

I feel that as well, Greyqueen, am sure I know you from somewhere ?
Maybe we have a parallel universe with another MSE .. wonder if that one is better ?:D

JenniO

HJ - that pic looked fantastic!

for anyone wondering what my larder looks like, this is a pic of it before a wall was built to cover it. It's long but it is now 6 feet wide and a false wall now separates it from my dining room.

I've never added a pic on MSE before but here it goes:

laineyc_2

JenniO, I am suitably jealous. Your larder looks wonderful.

ChocClare

JenniO, I am green with envy.

Off to look at my poky kitchen and see whether taking a sledgehammer to the back wall might do wonders for my happiness...

ChocClare

GreyQueen wrote: »

Apparently we send milllions to India, a country which can afford to pay for nuclear weapons and is a major world economic power. Surely that can't be justifable?

Well, I do know what you mean about nuclear power, and it's true that India is an emerging power.

However, having seen for myself the horrific level of poverty in India, I'd say we do need to be giving them aid. It may well be in a few years' time they'll be sending us aid, but there you go!!!

ceridwen

JenniO wrote: »

HJ - that pic looked fantastic!

for anyone wondering what my larder looks like, this is a pic of it before a wall was built to cover it. It's long but it is now 6 feet wide and a false wall now separates it from my dining room.

I've never added a pic on MSE before but here it goes:

:D - and I've just "sent" this post over to my personal cooking blog - for when I redesign my kitchen at some point:D. So thanks for that - it will help me explain what sort of thing I'm after:T

I'd love two "sides" to a kitchen fitted out like that - as I'm such an experimenter with food that I have quite a lot of different ingredients - but the size of kitchen doesnt allow for that. So - will have to "double up" things on shelves as you do Jenni. (Thinks....one thing that strikes me here is best utilisation for me personally would be if Kilner type jars were straight-sided rather than round. In a kitchen as small as mine one "guards" literally every inch of space and I've got an eye out even for suitable square plates, rather than round ones, to help with getting everything into it...).