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| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 03 2013 : 08:28:11 AM
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Farmgirls, I am just curious about what is on your kitchen table right now. I know I always have something or some project I am working on. This weekend it is sewing french cut pantaloons, and paracord bracelets. I usually keep my great Aunt Jeans silver candlesticks, silver plate salt and pepper caddy, 4 placemats with knapkins, and under one placemat my mail or most recent paperwork I'm working on. At the end of the weekend I will clear away my project and start again. All my friends in the neighborhood come to the backdoor right into the kitchen. So...always something on the table. Whats on your table?
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Marigold |
Posted - Feb 12 2013 : 8:49:49 PM
At the end of the day all that is on the table is vitamins. I like to have all my surfaces cleaned off at the end of the day. Now if only people would visit after 9pm. :) |
| windypines |
Posted - Feb 08 2013 : 12:55:28 PM
I have on my kitchen table, a doily and a colorful pitcher, with a bunch of silk flowers in. Hoping to brighten my life!
Michele |
| HemetGardener |
Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 7:07:11 PM
Hey Tiana,
Great question. I don't have a kitchen table or even a dining room table (they are on the wish list since I just moved last October). My problem is the coffee table in the living room. It collects (all by itself) magazines, nail files, books, the newspaper, paper clips, tissues and tons of pens to do the crossword puzzle with.
I usually eat on the couch and I am fortunate enough to have a desk to keep my sewing machine on all the time.
I have an easel in my dining room since I am taking watercolor classes.
I am positive that when I get a table, I will load it up with the same things that are on the coffee table and the sewing machine desk.
Thanks for asking,
Terri |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 6:23:22 PM
Now on my table after breakfast are two blooming paper whites in containers; a 14" rock that looks like landscape: two name tags from a bonsai dinner and the morning newspaper. That artifacts on that table changes several times a day adding one or two cats, delicious food or tea. Out my window I see my barn and barn quilt and any birds visiting the heated cement bird bath.
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| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 08:28:38 AM
It rained yesterday and I haven't had a chance to clean the coops or put shavings down. So, the eggs I've collected have muddy chicken footprints on them. The buckets of eggs are on the table waiting to be washed.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Feb 07 2013 : 08:14:47 AM
Katlady-lol My cat MiMi loves to sleep on my fleece jacket which is on the table. So much craft/rubber stamping/card stock and mail covers the table. I jut walk by it and frown. Hubby wants the table back. although we always eat in front of tv. If I had room for all this stuff.
Find something beautiful in everyday!
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Feb 06 2013 : 6:40:51 PM
a sleeping cat, hand lotions, lip balm, laundry that is folded, but not put away, magazines, books, newspapers, a basket for the mail, with mail in it, eyeglasses, cell phone, crumbs from who knows what,lol, and my purse...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| Katlady93 |
Posted - Feb 06 2013 : 11:38:10 AM
most days i am lucky to even find the table top, becaue it is almost always covered w/ stuff, projects, mail, and a cat or two. DH suffers from empty surface syndrone. he simply can't leave a clean table top clean. he is alwasy piling stuff here and there, to get to later as he claims.....
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Feb 06 2013 : 09:20:28 AM
Dirty dishes, my dd's college notebooks etc., dd's binder that contains her horse info she keeps, folded laundry, a newspaper, sharpies the kids got out of my closet for a school project and didn't return them, flash cards, an oil lamp, and an empty napkin holder.
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| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 06 2013 : 05:01:39 AM
Today, my table will be covered with paperwork....time to do the taxes. Ugh!
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 6:52:59 PM
Nancy my kitchen table was from the thriftstore too. I love it, it was a pier 1 import. It sounds really beautiful in addition to the stuff on it. Love braided rugs.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| CarpentersDau |
Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 4:18:38 PM
We eat and work at our table too! Heavy wood "harvest" table (we found it at a thrift shop this fall -- been wanting a bigger table for a long time!) with a pretty calico table cloth at one end, and the braided rug I am working on this winter at the other. I also have an old painted wooden tool box with sections that I use for silverware. Very handy!
Am always clearing it off, as life seems to center around our kitchen table!
IReckonSo |
| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 10:39:29 AM
I got such a wonderfull vision of that Catherine. :)nice
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 05:56:40 AM
One side has soap making supplies. Another side has my daughter's homeschool work. Another portion has empty egg cartons waiting to be filled. The table changes from hour to hour depending on who is home and what needs to be done. It's almost always cleaned up by evening for suppertime.
When it's totally clear of projects, it is covered with a pretty red and white checkered table cloth. In the center is usually a stack of books with chicken figurines sitting atop.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 05 2013 : 04:10:31 AM
Thanks for sharing ladies, it seems we do alot of sewing at the kitchen table.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 10:38:09 PM
I have several blooming orchids, because my kitchen get cools and I have a east facing window, but I have done a lot of sewing projects there and tons of tie-dying. Roxanna |
| shanda |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 7:23:29 PM
I have a small round table, like café size. There is a knitted table topper in shades of lavender, greens, and pale yellows. Two pewter candle holders with white candle sticks. a basket with apples, and a Christmas Cactus.
Shanda
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 5:31:29 PM
Well, our table is a round one that is just there and currently it is decorated with Valentine themed items. Red quilted placemats, doilies, red napkins, white cups and saucers and some themed wine glasses and other decoration items.
It is because I have a HUGE counter in my kitchen that I work on that my little dining table stays pretty much uncluttered. On the counter is my laptop, and whatever I need for cutting aprons, which is what I do a LOT of. When there is a meal to eat we move all that around to eat and then it gets spread all around again.
I was fortunate enough when we had to rebuild our house to say I want a HUGE counter for my projects. It has a "hangover" on one side that we can put stools up to for eating. Glad I have it!
CJ
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 4:24:56 PM
Fun post Tiana!
Right now, it's a mess :) Laptop :), homemade soaps made by my honey (just sold some!), a vintage oil lamp on a doily, oh and some raffle tickets from our local Cowbelles for a 'brand' quilt.
Nini, I have never tried Panettone but was checking it out the other day and found this recipe:
http://www.food.com/recipe/panettone-french-toast-200571
By His Grace, For His Glory
~Sharon
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 3:52:47 PM
Let's see... a lovely old tablecloth, a few Salmon Falls pottery pieces - sugar, creamer, butter, salt & pepper shakers and a big Salmon Falls pottery chip and dip server resting on its side in a wrought iron bird plate stand (it's all about the tablescaping!), a couple of ripening bananas, my husband's cell phone charging, and a box of Italian Panetone with a big bow on top - a Christmas gift from our neighbor that we just haven't gotten to yet! :)
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 11:51:49 AM
Agreed Linda about the heart of the family. It's where everything takes place.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| sissarge |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 10:10:36 AM
My purse, as I am getting ready to leave, 2 mug mats from the hot tea this morning (that hubby makes, then texts me that my tea is poured) (yes I am spoiled). there is the daily Bible that we are reading thru for the second year, some batteries, we are changing on the cameras that go in the chicken yard, and a mary maxim catalog. oh yep, my laptop which I am typing on and my cell phone. Yesterday I removed the poinsettias left from the holidays and now to figure out what will take its place. Not quite ready for spring flowers.
My table seats 12 people, there is 11 in my immediate family, so we all have a place to sit. This is where they gather to play games, and to all be on there cell or IPad when they are here. I love my table, My hubby and I made it in 1999, to me it is the heart of the family, so to speak. It is 10ft long. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 10:03:36 AM
A 1950's tablecloth that is a map of Germany, 3 Longaberger baskets (one, bread, two produce filled with yams and onions), 5 cork hot pads for dinner plates.
If I would have answered this yesterday at about....3 pm, you gals would have to get out your vitamins and reading glasses. I could have filled this space completely.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 09:58:00 AM
place mats, and sadly, a cat. Who will not be there in 2 seconds.
....it's what's inside a women, when she's up against the land.
Farmgirl #680!
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| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 04 2013 : 04:17:38 AM
I know the feeling Suzanne,nice.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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