Looks fabulous! So fabulous that I'd be jealous if it wasn't for the fact that you're such a nice person and deserve such a lovely set up. Your canned goods also look terrific. The new kitchen & pantry will see a lot of good cooking, eating, and storing up. Congratulations!

That looks really nice and so handy to the kitchen I think
the floors look great. Does the new house have a basement? So happy for you and
Elery to finally have a home that’s both of you not his and hers.

Claudia

Wow Annie. So much space. Just what you needed. And I see colour. Which by the way looks great with all your canned goods.

They *do* look like library shelves! In a good way. Mason jar library. :) And the trim is delightful. I like the tiles too, and there are no straight lines in nature. :) The best part, however, is the product of your industry. The jars are just gorgeous!

Having seen the "before" I am very impressed with the new look. Now can we please see the kitchen? Pretty please?

Thanks, Shambo, it's coming along, but I'm so darned tired of remodeling I could just retch. Next up? Bathrooms. Ugh.

Claudia, no basement, we have a 4 acre pond right outside our West facing windows, the water table is too high for a basement. No upstairs either, Elery says having everything on one floor is important as we "get older". Ahem. He's right, though.

Ann T, that color is Elery's input, not mine, LOL. I was prepared to paint everything white, and have white kitchen cabinets, but Elery really, really, really did NOT want white. So we compromised with light beige walls and chrome shelves for me, cherry stain for his wooden shelves. It's all about compromise. (grin) He agrees to live on the farm and I agree to let him do ALL the decorating!

There's actually less space than there was at my White Cloud house, and about half as much as his house in Jackson. So, we have a barn full of "stuff" that's just not going to fit, we're trickling it down to the kids and will sell what's left over. Elery says we have about 1500 square feet here, but it's plenty for us, we have two pole barns, a garage, a tool shed and a barn, plus two corn cribs if we really need storage. We'd have a small barn too, except that Ashley and Kevin parked their boat in there!

Plllog, thank you. Canning is something I enjoy, I used to take vacation days to can before I retired. Now I'm teaching the Monkey Princess. As for the lines, Bud very gently pointed them out, and then said "I guess the lines don't HAVE to be straight. It's YOUR house". Yeah...

I told him I'd do a better job on the bathroom.

Peppi, I knew you'd be impressed. The kitchen, however, isn't done. The ugly battleship shaped island is still there and untouched, and there's no backsplash because I'm waiting for the contractor to replace the windows. He doesn't want to rip out my windows when it's below zero outdoors and I don't really want him to either, so I guess that'll wait. I'm going to have to take some new pictures, I guess. I put them all onto Photobucket and posted them at the "old" Gardenweb, and Photobucket pictures won't post here. (sigh)

Annie

It all looks fabulous. A very exciting project! And I agree that your jars of preserves are a work of art in themselves!

How wonderful for you and Elery, Annie! I'm actually bilious with envy over that pantry - a cook's paradise indeed!

Teresa

Looks great!

Oh Annie I love the library shelves and filled with canning instead of books...even better! I know it's a lot of work but what fun you and the kids must be having and learning at the same time.

Annie, it looks fantastic. What I wouldn't do for a pantry like this. My canning is relegated to the garage, in a pantry cupboard. Extra storage for my larger appliances, like my electric roaster, large stock pots and such in another. I would love for everything to be in one area in the house. (Like you, no basement). I am soooo jealous!!

Lovely, good helper too and smart husband. Your shelves are perfect for storing your canned goods. Loved the tile work too. Great idea having everything on one level. As we get older in life it is hard to go up and down stairs. I haven't been in my basement for years. lol wonder what is still down there.

Mary

That pantry is gorgeous. Looks like a great country store find where you have to look at everything because you just know you can't leave without some very yummy things to bring home! What a great job on both pantry and tile. Congratulations.

That is a lovely, drool-worthy pantry and good job on Monkey Princess for learning the table saw. That was/is one of my New Year's goals, to swallow my fear and use the table saw. I have 9 more months to get up my nerve. Wonderful job by all involved!

Annie, you don't need to host your photos any more. You can now post from your files.

Yeah, but if your photos are online you have to download them to your computer and then upload them to Houzz. I can't be bothered. Houzz can get their own illustrations as far as I'm concerned.

I'll be the first to admit that watching Makayla with a table.saw gives me the Heebie jeebie TVs x infinity.

Aside from that, I am thrilled with the size of the pantry. It'll hold everything your heart desires, and then some.

I posted on the WFD thread regarding your new kitchen, but I believe I deleted it while cleaning . . . Houzz. Ha.ha. But it was there for quite a while, before it was accidentally deleted, so I hope you caught it

In any case, I know you'll enjoy your new kitchen. And so will your sous chefs

BTW, I believe you can still use Photo bucket to post photos. But I need to post some pictures myself before I can show others how. I'll test. It as soon as I get a chance. As I'm not home right now (there's a joke in there, somewhere), and being on my phone, you'll probably find a plethora of typos, in which case, enjoy!

Sol

Please do, Sol. When we first got here we could, but as far as I can tell, we can't anymore.

I get the heebie jeebies, by the way, but properly instructed and supervised kids are generally fine with power tools. My father showed me how to use the table saw at a similar age. The problem comes in, whether they're kids or full grown, when they lose the fear and respect.

I've been trying and trying to post Photobucket pictures here, but just can's figure it out. Unfortunately, I don't keep the files, I load them to Photobucket and delete them from my computer, so they are no longer on my computer. (sigh) Yeah, that's what I get for trying to be organized and making files to keep them all in one place, sheesh.

Sol, I never saw your reply on the WFD thread at GW, and it appears to be lost forever now. Kind of like my memory. (grin)

Thanks, everyone, I'm learning as I go, LOL. My Dad made furniture and I was the first female to take wood shop at Big Rapids High School, so I'm comfortable with power tools, but was watchful while the Princess worked. Note the "pusher" that she's using to rip the trim, her fingers aren't close to the blade, and Elery is on the right, just out of the picture, holding the other end steady. The brad nailer is so easy, it's better than a hammer, no whacking your own fingers! I like that a LOT.

OMigosh, your pantry makes me think of my Mom's "fruit cellar" when I was growing up, though hers was not as fancy )

Home cooked food, with home grown food from your home garden, in your home built kitchen.

There is a TV show right there.

dcarch

I am so excited to see these photos! Part of the long awaited reveal-- LOL

These pantry is fabulous! As scary as it seems, Bravo for allowing Makayla to participate in the build. You have more guts than me, but we already knew that! LOL I can't wait to see all the photos. You have my email!

:-D

A-may-zing

I agree Plllog. I know Makayla is in good hands. I mean, look at her. She's wearing eye protection, feet are far enough apart for balance, and sleeves are not in the way of the blade. Her ears are probably protected as well.


But I should elaborate. My fears stem from the day my BIL (a woodworker with many years of experience under his toolbelt) sliced his thumb off. He's always been a pretty tough guy, and the incident never kept him from doing what he loved best. But I'll never forget the look on his face when he came home from the E.R. Pobrecito.

I've worked with power tools, except for table saws. Admittedly, the latter still makes me cringe. That said, (at about 8 or 9 yrs. of age) I was taught how to load and shoot a firearm by a family member who's a highly-skilled markswoman.
I learned quite a bit from her, which is probably why I'm still around. And, while the experience never turned me into a "Michiganster," I can assure you, I have a lot of respect for firearms. Just as I'm sure Makayla has been taught the same, in regards to power tools.
However, for me, quailing is inevitable.


Sol

Ah Ha! You all thought I had lost my way and could not find you. I have been busy otherwise or would have been here before now.

Annie.....you pantry is out of this world, what I would give to have one like it. When we moved into this house 25 yrs ago (leaving the farm) we had a small pantry, gave it up for a laundry room to keep washer/dryer out of the basement. Still dream of a pantry, but good for you!!

All your canned food looks so nice too. Reminds me of my canning days. Lots of hard work, but worth every minute spent. Shirl36

I have also always craved a huge pantry, but it looks like I will never have one :(, but I can enjoy looking at yours. The decorative trim reminds me of furniture that my Alsatian great grandfather made in Germany - he brought some of it with him when he immigrated. I like the colors you are using as well.

Your pantry looks like a grocery store! You look very prepared.

I've never had a basement and have only seen one house (in Vancouver) that had one. I thought it was scary - I find them disorienting.

I was terrible with power tools when I was young, except for sewing machines, but I did manage to get better when I got older and was more motivated.

Lars

Lars, I hate to shop and I love to garden, so I have to have a big pantry. Since I grow about 80% of my groceries and only have a few months out of the year to grow fruits and vegetables, I have to have storage. That's my excuse, anyway.

Ellen, stay tuned, next are bathrooms, LOL.

Shirl, you stopped canning?

Sol, she's already proficient with a gun, she shot her first deer last year, so now it's time to learn to build things!

Claire, ours was a "fruit cellar" too, but it was just a dirt floor and cement block walls, a double duty root cellar/storage for canned goods with space for crocks of pickles and sauerkraut. It wasn't this pretty, but it worked!

dedtired, it's amazing, all right. Amazing that it got done, LOL.

Dcarch, don't mention TV shows, the Princess is ready to start filming NOW. (grin)

Annie

Yeah....but....Annie's Farm Kitchen is one show that would have pride of place on my DVR!

Annie your new pantry is beautiful! I was not aware you were so far along in your new home adventure. Have you sold/moved?

I am so far removed from what's happening around here what with getting our house ready to put on the market. It's a lot of work.

You've really done a great job, and I think it's great and amazing that Makayla is learning to (properly) use power tools at a young age! I love the tile, too!
Linda

Niiiiice. I'd like to have shelves that nice in my library. (Note to self: clean the pantry)

Another here who's envious of your big pantry.

Nice job with your projects that you've shown us so far! Hope your new kitchen serves you as well as Old Orange did all those years.

I have to admit I grinned in a "misery loves company" kind of way when I first saw your stainless fridge and thought about all the kiddies you always have coming to visit. I've tried all the advice I've read on GW and elsewhere (Pledge, vinegar, microfiber, mineral oil, blah bla blah) but the only success I've had removing fingerprints is with a damp paper towel, a light sprinkle of BKF, lightly rub with the grain, rinse and dry thoroughly and immediately. Then, make it a point to stare at and admire your appliances as much as possible, obsessively clean of the first prints and remind the kids how critical it is to ONLY touch handles, then eventually tire of that and ignore the smudges for a month or so. Repeat.

But I digress. Can't wait to see more progress and more pictures. As always, totally impressed with your energy!

Now, now, FOAS... A good layer of car wax will make cleaning up the fingerprints a lot easier.

Now that's one I hadn't heard! I'm a little scared to try.

Hey. If it works on your Delorean...

I love your pantry, Annie. I've been out of touch, too, so I was unaware of your project. It's so satisfying to see something you've done yourself come together nicely. Great job.

Hi Annie! It's great to see that you are coming along so well on the house. I was also wondering if you have moved in for good.... I hadn't heard that you sold your WC house.
I can't wait for the whole reveal!
Nancy

It proves the visibility of this new HOUZZ format is not too good.

Some one passed behind me while I was reading this thread and asked about the title of the thread, "My New Panty With Pictures"

dcarch

FOAS and Annie try Sheila Shine to clean the fingerprints. My fridge is integrated with a wood panel covering all but the handles, however that leaves the cooktop, dishwasher control panel and microwave as fingerprint gatherers. My microfiber cloths and some Sheila shine usually do the trick.

LOL, dcarch, at least it go someone's attention, I guess!

Ellen, I've never heard of Sheila Shine, I'll have to go look it up. I did just buy some stainless steel cleaner at Costco, we'll see how it works.

Annie