tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post7593352982109900161..comments2023-10-14T08:27:27.676-07:00Comments on ~~~ Sharon Lovejoy: Another Honest Cottage KitchenSharon Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-41112251696067353072010-09-04T14:01:07.550-07:002010-09-04T14:01:07.550-07:00My kitchen isn't even mine because I rent so I...My kitchen isn't even mine because I rent so I don't care about it much... but I have to tell you this!!!!!! I have that book... The cookbook for children that is in your very first picture!! It was my mother's when she was young. I just thought that was pretty cool.. you have a lovely place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-24410390881595952112010-09-02T08:09:45.524-07:002010-09-02T08:09:45.524-07:00well for pity sake, i had NO idea you had a blog u...well for pity sake, i had NO idea you had a blog until reading about it on Brenda's blog (Coffee, tea and books). i'm here. gonna stay a while and soak it all in while i rummage through your cupboards for a tea bag - but i much prefer strong coffee if'n ya don't mind. have you a comfy chair in the kitchen? perhaps a stool for my little feet? there. that's better. okay - i'm all tucked in for a perusal of your on-line cottage. thank you! your hospitality is peachy. :o)sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869744622519612793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-67833138199147214052010-08-31T22:17:21.323-07:002010-08-31T22:17:21.323-07:00The soft colors in your charming kitchen seem perf...The soft colors in your charming kitchen seem perfect for a place by the sea coast...had to chuckle at your mortar & pestle. I also lugged a very heavy brass bell(which was purchased at the Sunday market in Arezzo, Tuscany)through the Rome airport & hauled all the way back to the US. I bet you look at your piece with fond memories as I do the bell...<br />Have a good week.<br />Pat - on the road in AlaskaPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395890193161794631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-47394970272720358392010-08-29T19:49:35.041-07:002010-08-29T19:49:35.041-07:00Sharon - what a wonderful visit to your beautiful ...Sharon - what a wonderful visit to your beautiful and practical kitchen! I am in love with that sailboat pitcher~~<br /><br />Your photos are wonderful and It is almost like we are having a little chat sitting in your sweet kitchen --'Thanks so much for sharing these with us all.<br /><br />VickiVicki Bosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130335934867523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-57673324182668044482010-08-29T12:58:32.583-07:002010-08-29T12:58:32.583-07:00I adore your kitchen. Like you it is cozy and cha...I adore your kitchen. Like you it is cozy and charming. :)<br /><br />My sister compared my charming (but humble) kitchen to the house we had to sell a few years ago when my husband was out of work for so long.<br /><br />She felt sorry for me but I LOVE my kitchen here, even if I don't have a dishwasher (well, it is me).<br /><br />I may be visiting New England in October but I have a feeling this year the leaves will be GONE.Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-70776903368431660082010-08-28T12:25:57.071-07:002010-08-28T12:25:57.071-07:00Dear friends,
In the past week I've received ...Dear friends,<br /><br />In the past week I've received so many e-mails, lovely letters, and also some blog awards. I want to answer all your questions and comments, but it is easier to do it here, where one comment may answer questions for many. Regarding the awards, well, though I am honored I just do not want to post awards. I rather like being an "award free blog." Also, I have been asked to support/endorse commercial sites (.coms) and I am not interested in doing so. <br /><br />I did work for Land's End this year and traveled, spoke, and made television appearances on their behalf, but they were involved in a MILLION DOLLAR GIVEAWAY to schools for science and garden projects, two things I endorse wholeheartedly.<br /><br />Thanks for your understanding. Please note: I ALWAYS answer letters from children via real mail, that good, old-fashioned, and lasting way to communicate.<br /><br />All joys,<br /><br />SharonSharon Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-17626717167353689312010-08-28T05:03:52.601-07:002010-08-28T05:03:52.601-07:00Dear Sharon, I am back from my travels trying to c...Dear Sharon, I am back from my travels trying to catch up.;)<br />I guess my kitchen can only be called honest as I honestly do not cook in it a lot, which is a great shame. But I am trying to improve on it.<br />LOVE all the pictures here. As a child, I would visit my aunt and spend a few week at her tiny cottage outside Prague, during the summers. She had the smallest kitchen one can imagine there; with only a gas stove and no running water: we had to get that from a nearby well. But my oh my the cooking she would do there! The taste of the fresh produce and the simple cooking made with love and care. It is all now in the distant past now, but thank you for bringing back that recollection...<br />Hope you have been well, have a splendid weekend:)<br />xoxoZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-53716898373834900432010-08-28T01:00:32.260-07:002010-08-28T01:00:32.260-07:00My goodness that was a long post. There is a lot t...My goodness that was a long post. There is a lot to comment on, but my favorite part was the totting back of heavy and awkward treasures from France. Your husband loves you ;) It is all extremely charming, and so are you!a woman who ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136374470040601602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-53547753331352789432010-08-27T10:16:57.427-07:002010-08-27T10:16:57.427-07:00An honest kitchen...definitely. An old farmhouse k...An honest kitchen...definitely. An old farmhouse kitchen (as part of an old farmhouse), with plywood cupboards that need repainting (this time, in reverse of what they are now, pale sunflower yellow with sage green trim), a wood stove, lots of garden-themed stuff...and cats. Real cats that sit on counters, get up in cupboards even though there are doors on the cupboards...so all these wonderful things that you and your friend have in your cupboards wouldn't work for me, as Mungus would invariably put them on the floor in one of his naughty moods. <br />I love the lobster dishes! My hubby is a retired lobster fisherman so we have a few whimsical things around here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-5916663049490554252010-08-26T20:01:22.953-07:002010-08-26T20:01:22.953-07:00I dearly love your honest kitchen my friend. I lov...I dearly love your honest kitchen my friend. I love the sunshine plates and glassware in the cabinet at the end. I also love the dishtowel curtains. They are precious. I don't think my kitchen is quite as honest, but it does its best. Glad I made you smile with my lovely lady today. Someone in Oklahoma must tell people these things.~~DeeDee @ Red Dirt Ramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-5603376319210302792010-08-26T07:51:28.847-07:002010-08-26T07:51:28.847-07:00Oh Sharon I have just had such a giggle about will...Oh Sharon I have just had such a giggle about will-o-the-wisp~! You are right,... a fragile willow branch swaying through life simply. Having watched her life, I have no doubt she had strong opinions. I think I would have loved to have met her. I do tend to gravitate towards different souls.<br /><br />You live in a very inviting little village..I shall visit in my dreams~<br /><br />Warm regards<br />Suzannesuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879667220536539227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-11637944551855921152010-08-26T03:20:14.007-07:002010-08-26T03:20:14.007-07:00Dear Sharon
This is my kind of kitchen...I just l...Dear Sharon<br /><br />This is my kind of kitchen...I just love it. I just know you are the person who would appreciate these to dvd's(hope you have a tv somewhere in that little cottage~!)<br /><br />The one is 'take joy' and 'take peace'..by Tasha Tudor . Life can be so simple ...<br /><br />A happy day to you Sharon<br />Warm regards<br />Suzannesuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879667220536539227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-85824219171037494652010-08-25T22:21:01.221-07:002010-08-25T22:21:01.221-07:00hi sharon, wow, this was fun. your kitchen is cozy...hi sharon, wow, this was fun. your kitchen is cozy lovely.<br /><br />MY kitchen is small with insufficient counter space and steel cabinets from the 50's, but is is cozy lovely too in its own way. i will not be home from provincetown until sunday, but some time soon i will try to send you a picture of it.<br /><br />what fun. <br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-12129001051409633832010-08-25T14:48:47.789-07:002010-08-25T14:48:47.789-07:00Sharon, I have an honest kitchen here in our 1921 ...Sharon, I have an honest kitchen here in our 1921 arts and crafts bungalow. The pantry in my former home was as large as my present kitchen. In my present kitchen, I can do everything I did in that large Charleston kitchen and more. I utilize every space. In our previous kitchen, the home buyer was impressed because that kitchen had twenty-six cabinets (one for every letter of the alphabet!). And, I wash the dishes and Mother Nature dries them for me and I'm quite happy with the relationship! <br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-3086066646120181152010-08-25T08:17:38.476-07:002010-08-25T08:17:38.476-07:00Sharon,
I have an honest kitchen in the cabin in ...Sharon,<br /><br />I have an honest kitchen in the cabin in Maine. There is microwave but I use it to store casseroles. The counters are red linoleum.<br /><br />CarolCarol at Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693184377823215010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-21789825045600310892010-08-25T06:30:28.699-07:002010-08-25T06:30:28.699-07:00I loved your tour, Sharon. Your kitchen is wonderf...I loved your tour, Sharon. Your kitchen is wonderful!<br /><br />Yes, I do have an honest kitchen! It's U-shaped, has a 4' tall 12-volt refigerator that sits on a drawer-thingy to raise it up. The sink is 15"x15", one drawer holds my knives, recipe box & hand-embroidered kitchen towels. The range is an RV range (we had to measure the turkey in the store at Thanksgiving to ensure it would fit in our oven), there isn't a disposal or dishwashwer, and the only appliance I have is a blender. There's open shelving above the sink and a French Baker's rack for the dishes and pots&pans. Under the 4' window is a farmtable w/ wheatback chairs.<br /><br />I love it. I chop, mix, whip everything up by hand - I think using our hands makes everything taste better - and when I'm not cooking or eating in the kitchen, it is also my art studio. :)<br /><br />Hugs,<br />ZuzuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-74330275923113574272010-08-24T18:10:28.241-07:002010-08-24T18:10:28.241-07:00I so enjoyed your kitchen tour. I am sure good fo...I so enjoyed your kitchen tour. I am sure good food is served with love when people come to call at your bright door.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-48410635950438742872010-08-24T11:54:52.265-07:002010-08-24T11:54:52.265-07:00What a wonderful, honest and simple kitchen!! Thou...What a wonderful, honest and simple kitchen!! Though modern life has taken over Guatemala's kitchens and houses in general, I think there is still something simple and honest in most of them. At home, for instance, my mother doesn't like to use many appliances. She likes to do it "old school" :-), and except for the blender, the other appliances are kept away (yet she likes to buy them!). Not even a microwave is used. Incredible how different food tastes when not using the microwave!!<br />I love the yellows in your kitchen and the little touches (signs) that give the environment a special look and feeling.<br />Thank you for stopping by at my little corner! It's an honor to have you around. <br />have a lovely day!!!Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06803540562431030465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-61534861783965568152010-08-24T11:39:47.414-07:002010-08-24T11:39:47.414-07:00I love simple. I have my silverware in crocks. Bro...I love simple. I have my silverware in crocks. Broken down into spoons in one, forks in another, etc. It makes it so easy to put away. <br />BrendaBrenda Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544794729410559072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-69456594334526596612010-08-24T10:59:30.666-07:002010-08-24T10:59:30.666-07:00That was a visit to the kitchens of my Cape Breton...That was a visit to the kitchens of my Cape Breton childhood. I have a modern kitchen, but it is honest and simple, by today's standardsPondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-4137168696002633752010-08-24T10:48:18.242-07:002010-08-24T10:48:18.242-07:00I really like Your kitchen! I will have to do some...I really like Your kitchen! I will have to do something about my kitchen soon and This inspired me a lot! Those wooden signs and the apple cutting board!<br /><br />But I don´t have to brush my teeth in frogwater :-) and I do have a coffee machine and water visible. But I only use these at summer. In winter I use my fire heated stove :-)<br /><br />Have a great day now!<br />Christer.The cottage by the Cranelakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521318192039394408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-55502860812246382442010-08-24T09:58:08.686-07:002010-08-24T09:58:08.686-07:00we can't get a break here with the weather. w...we can't get a break here with the weather. we are stuck in perpetual hot hot hot summer. love the kitchen. i had my stationary tub in the basement custom made by vermont soapstone. those guys are the best and i love their soapstone cookware. i bought all of it! i found a guy in irelnd that grew his own willow, took custom orders and made the most wonderful baskets. i think i custom ordered 20 from him. i have them all over the house and gardens. he told me to put them outside when it rains to rehydrate them. i also collect old embroidered day of the week towels and have used them as curtains in my bathrooms. i love the amish ones. i do not have a garde manger but it is now on my list!jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-47606466909122628652010-08-24T09:47:28.772-07:002010-08-24T09:47:28.772-07:00What a simply lovely kitchen!
Thank you for sharin...What a simply lovely kitchen!<br />Thank you for sharing it with us :) .<br />Blessings,<br />Catherine ... off to take a look at her own kitchenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556890643837806571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-472642051455203982010-08-24T09:41:08.944-07:002010-08-24T09:41:08.944-07:00Hi Sharon! I have an "honest kitchen" t...Hi Sharon! I have an "honest kitchen" too. My house was built in 1903. There is one original wall cabinet hanging above the stove and there is the original stove pipe as well. I removed the doors from the cabinets (newer ones from a previous owner) and painted them white to showcase the vintage black stove pipe going up through the center. I painted the other cabinets the same blue as yours! We installed absolute black granite counters because at the time we could not find a dealer with soapstone in Idaho. I don't own a microwave (by choice) and I wash the dishes by hand and mine are dried by nature too, and the occasional towel. I will post some pics one day soon on my blog. Yes ... I love an honest kitchen too!<br /><br />Love,<br />Susan and Bentley<br />xxooSusan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434499602695302521.post-62073247686352736592010-08-24T08:15:08.981-07:002010-08-24T08:15:08.981-07:00Thanks for visiting my blog - you must come to our...Thanks for visiting my blog - you must come to our neck of the woods if you want to see badgers there is a big sett in the woods behind our house and the badgers are everywhere at night - I was woken at 1.30 this morning by badgers having an argument in our driveway! People round here laugh when we see ads for badger watching since we can do it from the comfort of our own homes!! <br /><br />Loved your post - had to smile at that comment about bathing oftener than once a week if you read my memory posts you'll see why that might not normally be the case and also find mention of the wire fronted food storage cupboards too!<br /><br />Do come again soon<br /><br />JaneMarigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.com