T Stands for kitchen cabinets

First, first, thanks for understanding my lateness.  Thanks to Sharon who took my call yesterday evening (we live in the same town) and spread the word that T would be late.  And thanks to Susi for also getting the word out.

First, if you only visit once a week, you will notice how much quicker my right sidebar seems to load.  It's because I've moved my blogger gratitude to the very end.  It is definitely slow loading and I'm glad I finally figured a way to make that sidebar load faster.

Second, I apologize for the photo overload today, but I got a bit carried away.  Our dear T Tuesday friend Kathy in the Ozarks is moving and shared her kitchen cabinets she is getting ready to move.  If you have not seen her post, I suggest you visit here.  In addition to sharing her cabinets, she also provided a link for how to date your cabinet.

I spent HOURS looking at different kitchen cabinets (many called Hoosier), trying to identify mine.

I purchased this one from the estate of my next door neighbor in Webb City, MO. It had like (quoting the Trout Town Tabbies), 984 coats of paint on it when I tried to strip it.  I never got it completely stripped before I moved to Wichita.  I learned that some of the cabinets came painted, but I have no idea if it had been painted before my neighbor took a paint brush to it.  

The metal is what came with the cabinet and I added the glass pulls when I stripped the cabinet.  The cutting board seems to have disappeared before I purchased it, too.

There are two glass inserts and six drawers. 

On the left is where the flour bin sits.  There is also a door in the lower cabinet.  The roll top is missing, so I added the light.

Apparently this is another way you can date your cabinet.  The black metal slide dates it to the 1920s.  Both of my cabinets have this design.  The white metal slides out for more surface space.  Believe it or not, this is the better side, because I switched it when I moved.

These are really bad photos, because of the warm lighting I chose to use in the case.  Some of my favorite rocks and objects are held here.

I think the sugar bowl was here, or maybe a shelf like in my other cabinet.

My friend Joseph gave me this print.   It is possibly Seurat's most well known work, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

This is my other kitchen cabinet.  They are very different. This one has four doors and three drawers.  All are solid.

In the bottom drawer is a pull back metal insert.  I have no idea what it was for, but I suspect it was for flour.

The roll top on this one works flawlessly.

It was incredibly difficult to get far enough back to take a good photo of these cabinets, since the dining area is rather small.

It may be even harder to see what is inside,

since I have so much junk memorabilia in front.  Yes, I have copper everywhere!  Don't ask me to give it up, either, please.  OR my rocking horses.

It appears there may have been two cutting boards 

originally in this cabinet.  All the metal came with it.  I didn't change a thing.

This cabinet is rare, according to some information.  Instead of a flour bin, the insert is a pie safe.

This cabinet holds my grandmother's crystal, some of the smaller pieces from my Princess House Princess Heritage collection, and a one person tea pot and cup.  That's my T reference this week.

Although it's not the best mosaic, here are the two cabinets side by side.

It's now time for you to share your own drink related post.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.