Pots and Pops, on Met and Mosaic Monday

It's Monday!



I'm sharing a simple but oh-so-important metamorphosis here at That Old House, joining Metamorphosis Monday, hosted by Susan at Between Naps On The Porch (go visit!) and joining Mary at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday (click! visit!).


Inspired by Mary's own mosaic for today, honoring Father's Day (which is a delicate way of admitting I totally copied her idea), I rummaged through my photo files and came up with some pictures of my Dad, my husband, and my husband's Dad.

So, Herb, Howard and Milt... great Dads, all ... this one's for you!

I have lots of pictures of my Dad, but I only had two of my father-in-law -- one from Alida's college graduation last year, another from going out to dinner after Annie's college graduation this year. See what happens when Zayde lives in Florida, but Pop-Pop is just 6 minutes away? A serious imbalance in camera time!

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And now.... pssst. Pssssttt.... You! Yeah, you. C'mere. Lean in, I gotta question for you. . . You got any pots? No! Not that stuff! Pots, pots, like you cook in. Pots! Yeah, me too.

I like pots. I like to see them out and populating (potulating?) a kitchen, not hidden in dark cabinets, stacked in untidy piles, getting banged up and scratched. I don't think there is any finer kitchen decor than pots and pans. They belong.

I have always managed to hang our pots in our kitchens, no matter how tiny or goofy
that kitchen may otherwise have been (and we've had our share of tiny or goofy).

For a whole year I've been trying to find the right spot. With 4 doorways, a stair case,
counters, cupboards, freestanding storage -- a big-enough kitchen can seem too-small.

Then ... inspiration. At our last house, we hung pots from a shelf above a window.
We only have one window in this kitchen, and it's over the sink. But, why not?

Whatcha think?


Howard anchored a 4 x 4 between the two cabinets, and screwed in great big stainless steel hooks:

Ta-Da! I can hang enough pots to free up space in my corner cabinet to house the gorgeous stainless steel roasting pan
I bought on sale at Macy's on Friday, and still have room for more stuff!

More stuff . . . was there ever a lovelier phrase? Plus, we already had the 4 x 4 from a previous metamorphosis that
I haven't blogged about yet (not quite complete) so the pot rack was nearly free as well . . . leaving more money for more stuff!

Thanks Howard! (Don't hit your head too hard on your desk when you read this at your office.)

Happy Monday! I'm off to Princeton soon with Anne; she has an interview there,
so I am tagging along to shop, and maybe find (say it with me)... more stuff! -- Cass

P.S. Dion can't do a thing with his hair this morning! Time to go back to sleep.