Sunday, December 02, 2012

Sunday Night Kitchen Post



It has been almost two months since we left our old kitchen and moved into the current one and slowly I am settling into its ways. I still get confused that the cutlery drawer is not to my right when I am making tea but on the left. On the right is the spice drawer which I keep opening absent minded looking for the odd spoon.

Also the sink faucet is the exact opposite of the standard for hot and cold. We can change it but haven't yet and once in a while I am thrown off by the left which is cold while right is hot ! This has helped me get further confused when I am visiting friend's where the faucet has the standard setting. So officially my brain is addled with which is which and now I can never trust myself to open a faucet and get water at the temperature I want.



But there are things I love about this new kitchen. The first is of course the sun, the sun which this side of the house gets in plenty, all through the day. Next is the lazy susan in the corner cabinet.I have always loved that arrangement in other homes and I really like it filled with all my spices.Also the fact that now I have an ample pantry right in the kitchen is a big bonus.


The kitchen as always is not entirely mine and shared by everyone. The girls do their homework and painting/coloring on the kitchen island all the time. I had this blank wall which I thought I would set up as a display of the girls' art work. Whatever picture they draw can be put into those frames and we can have fresh new art on the wall every week almost.Don't you think that is a great idea ? I am planning to do the same for their bedroom too. Earlier I had a cork board and the refrigerator was the major place for all art display. But the framing fills my walls and so serves double purpose.



As we put in our own touches and cook more I will post more pictures and I am sure you will grow to love this kitchen as will I.

Leaving you today with some links to enjoy

I loved this post of Pia's so much that her statement "Creativity is Subtraction" is etched in my mind.

This holiday I want to try my hand at baking cookies, simple ones, even probably nankhatai or nankatai. We will see.

A friend who is a talented designer, has worked with the weavers of South 24 Parganas to design and create a new line of sarees. Each of those pieces are so beautiful and the color palette is so rich and striking that you must take a look at her Facebook Page. Since the sarees are designed by her, each is a unique piece. You can e-mail her with questions about the sarees.

See you all soon with an easy Tomato soup just right for the cold weather here.
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36 comments:

  1. LOVE the cup 'hanger'.
    your kitchen looks like such a happy place!

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    1. Thanks manasi. Guess what ? That cup hanger was actually one of those picture or something hangers

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  2. I love those cups from Anthropologie!

    Sowmya

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    1. No Anthropologie ! Which ones are you talking about ?

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    2. Oops sorry! I was pretty sure I saw the cups in the first picture in Anthropologie :)

      -Sowmya

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  3. I love the hanger too. I leave all my mugs inside a cupboard which is such a shame.

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    1. Nags, I love collecting mugs if/when I can. Don't have too many but this acts like a rotating mug place !! BTW I had seen a home where the lady collected all charlie brown themed mugs and she had a special arrangement to hang them all along the wall. Super cute

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  4. Love the cup hanger and the frames for the kids' artwork. We have something by our niece which we want to frame, haven't got around to it yet. I wish we found something like this.

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    1. Sra

      These are IKEA frames which I buy whenever I am there and stack. Cheap and easy to use. If you want some and your aunt is traveling, let me know, I will pick some for you and drop-off at her place.

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    2. Hey, thanks, if I can't find them here, I'll tell my aunt to look for them, she usually shops in NJ as it's just 20 mins away!

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  6. I am in lobe with those color full cups and how the hanger, i only wish i had a big kitchen.

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    1. Love European kitchens Fin. Not big but very charming

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  7. Sunlight makes or breaks a house. I like your kitchen at least from what I see in the pictures.
    Those kitchen islands serve so many purposes it is hard to count. Yes homework table is definitely one of them,

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    1. I think it is a major factor for us Indians. Even with my old house, the kitchen always got a lot of sunlight. Some people thought I was crazy that I still asked after sunlight in houses with huge trees in the backyard that blocked the light. I love trees but I also love my light.

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  8. The kids art work idea is cool, I should apt ur idea of framing in my son's room, got enough of art works all over his wall :) I can see the home is really shaping up :)

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    1. yes, isn't this a neater way instead of taping them on walls ? Or get one of those cor boards

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  9. Everything is so cute... the cups.. the hanger.. the paintings.. the homework...

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  11. Lovely... Wish you and family a lot of happy cooking in your new kitchen.

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  12. Very cozy, love the warm colours

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    1. Thanks Sharmila. Glad you liked the colors

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  13. Lovely kitchen Sandeepa! congrats :)

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  14. Your kitchen looks lovely and lived-in already. LOVE the kids' art, the mugs and the warm peachy walls! We both moved houses at around the same time, didn't we? And now we've both done a 'home' post on the same week - so that's how long it takes for the walls to feel like home :)
    Glad you liked that line, Sandeepa.

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    1. Just got a peek of your home on my Reader, so charming and olde worlde (probably because of instagram ?) Will see on blog again. And your entire house is set up so nice, mine the less said the better

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  15. Looks like you are already making the kitchen your own with your touch. Love the kids art and wishing you many happy cooking times there :)

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    1. Thanks Mandira. I liked the kids art framing too, originally had thought it for their room but I am now extending it all over and spreading art and saving money ;-)

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  16. It seems you have already decked up your home ...Love the girl's art work . and the best part is you can change it every week ..Frame ta kisher ? The cups and hangers are looking so good..

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  17. Na re Deepasri, ektu ektu kore hoche. The frames are like wood, maybe fiberboard and glass, IKEA, very light so easily changeable

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  18. Am taking heart from this post. Hope I'll start to love my new kitchen just as much. It does not have much sunlight which I sorely miss these days. Cups hanger ta ki shundor! Ar LS ki shundor 'g' lekhe! :-)

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  19. Greetings fom Oman!!!Sandeepa, I just love you blog and have tied out quite a few of you recipes(BTW my husband is a bong)and loved it...I have been thinking to thanking you for getting me started with bong recipes:)but have been very lazy:)I will be back again.Thanks once again and a joy to be visiting your blog.
    The cup hanger is lovely and so is the kitchen.

    So long...

    Shantana

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  20. I love the mug holder! Both a kitchen convenience and a decoration.

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