27.4.2008

story of boxes


before i got sick (the famous watershed) one project was this: a kitchen shelf. here the boxes are outside to be dusted. they have been waiting upstairs since K & D left. they found all these wooden boxes in the trash in Helsinki (very close to our old place) when they were still living in finland. they wanted to take them back to germany, but we got to keep them if we use them well. hope this will do... in the background V is playing with her new friend, 4 years older H from across the street. H is staying at her father's just on weekends.


step 2: a housing complex for toys. step 3: all dry food stuff + kettles + towels + cooking books fit in. i was happy to notice almost everything is organic! (i can't seem to take a straight picture.) step 4 would be to change the handles. Y has found very nice ones, but maybe the heavy boxes need to keep these handles; not nice but fitting for their purpose.

this was a weekend of visitors, dear friend V from Marseille and C and baby M. C has been here many times, since the very beginning, but for V it was the first time, she was acting super nice! amazing, amazing!

new week starts with lots of tasks.

12 kommenttia:

Ungt blod kirjoitti...

wow i love how those boxes look!

Palaeontologist Mum with Babies kirjoitti...

Love the boxes
I think you have come up with an ingenious use of them and they fit perfectly in the metal book shelf.
Is that part of your kitchen?

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Hi Hanna. Wow the things you do with boxes, such fun. And looks so good. We've decided to give you an award (Blog with a purpose). Please check it out on our blog. Hope you like it.
I very very much like your wonderful blog!
Lies

hannna kirjoitti...

thanks! and for the award! how do i find the blog?

the shelf is standing in one corner of kitchen.
one corner is occupied by the wood oven,
one by refrigerator (future place of stairs to upstairs)
one WILL be dishwashing table/gas stove/electric oven/dishwashing machine corner. well, the gas stove is already in use (we'd be eating quite cold food if it wasn't) and a beautiful oven arrived last week! now "someone" has to build a system for all these things...

Esti kirjoitti...

the boxes are great! and I like the handles!

terry kirjoitti...

I love the boxes and the handles are them are great! You came up with such a wonderful way to use them and I can't believe how beautifully they fit on the metal shelves!!

hannna kirjoitti...

i have to say this is all Y's idea and project. i should have a side blog "heroic actions of Y". he's the best.

Line kirjoitti...

I like the rough look very much, so excited to see how you proceed with the kitchen as we are in the same process too at the moment - putting the kitchen pieces together. Painting the ceiling today! Keep up the good work!

Lori kirjoitti...

i love those handles! and fantastic reuse of the boxes - wonderful! :^D

yasu kirjoitti...

nice use of the boxes. I would love to be a visitor of your house someday;)

marie kirjoitti...

they are beautiful! it sounds like you are making a very nice home!

emma kirjoitti...

those boxes look great, and so much storage! I like the handles.