It's actually living up on the counter, holding our current loaf of bread. I've been using old breadboxes for almost as long as I've been making our family bread--fifteen years! They do a good job, with just the right amount of air circulation. I like to line the bottom with a fresh piece of parchment paper every few days, and keep the crumbs cleaned out.
This box is particularly nice because it has a handy hinged lid, and also because it says "Bread" in case someone was wondering.
I am just enchanted with your home (school) well... you know what I mean :D I always feel like I just got a big breath of fresh air when I stop over. Positively refreshing.
ReplyDeleteOh, how I wish I could find a copper bread box! I happen to like decorating my kitchen with copper knick knacks. I wish I could find a copper colored fridge, instead of the stainless finish!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the breadbox idea. I store my homemade bread in plastic tupperware type box and it always molds on me, if we don't eat it quickly enough. Maybe a bread box would be a solution(after all that must be why it is called a bread box!)
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I've just spent LOTS ;) of time just reading your archives. What a beautiful family and home! We also make our own bread, (and grind the grain fresh). Thanks for sharing a glimpse into a simpler time I so envy!
ReplyDeleteYour house always seems to be fresh and breathing.... Simplicity at its best.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a breadbox like that. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have a white one on my counter. :)
I'll be the first to admit of never thinking to put that shade of blue on walls...but it works so well!! I absolutely love the breadbox as well. I'm never able to find great things like that when I go thrifting.
ReplyDeleteI am tossing around the idea of painting our walls that blue color...what is the name of it?
ReplyDeleteYour walls are lovely. And I love the contrast of the white, blue, and wood floors.
I, like Leah above, am planning a blue kitchen and I stopped by today to see if you mentioned the exact color/brand on your post of Giles painting and here is this post with a shot of your pretty blue walls. Do you remember/would you share the color/name/number and brand you used in your kitchen...it's perfect!
ReplyDeleteThe paint is Benjamin Moore "Blue Angel".
ReplyDeleteWould you be willing to share your bread recipe? Do you use a bread machine?
ReplyDeleteWould you be willing to share your bread recipe? Do you use a bread machine?
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I just donated one of those to Goodwill. Would you like the matching saute pans and saucepans--never used, no lids??
ReplyDeleteOh, I so want to go get the one donated to Goodwill. I am laughing at myself because what a novel idea of lining the bread box and swapping out the paper every few days. The many crumbs I have at the bottom of mine I don't even want to think about.:)
ReplyDeleteI agree the blue and brown are delightful!
ReplyDeleteI just saw all the pics of you and the girls over at S&S patterns. Absolutly beautiful! Once again you have made me wish I had the opprontunity to take some sewing classes.
Carmen
Haven't seen a copper one before! Very pretty and elegantly refreshing.
ReplyDeleteI know this post was done a few years ago, but I just wanted to say that I finally got a vintage bread box. Yeah! Mine is copper,also, but it has a door that folds down with a cutting board on it. What a novelty. I keep the bread knife in there, too. Our bread no longer molds and we now have plenty of bread and milk, bread pudding and steamed bread(courtesy of GLH)made out of our old bread. And thank you for the tip on using a piece of parchment paper on the bottom. It seems to keep things much nicer. I must say that those "vintage" housekeepers sure knew how to do things right.
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