DETAILS: SHAPES AROUND THE HOUSE

    It's winter here, oh yes, it's REALLY winter! The snow is coming down once again. This morning I made it out to the gym before the white stuff started: thank goodness! Have to get the treadmill and weight work in or else I feel...well, what? Lethargic? Lumpy? No, just kind of stuck. Exercise is a very important part of my life and my weekly routine! 

    So, here I am, exercised and showered, with a cup of tea and my NEW (almost) MacBook, in my office at home, ready to work. ( By the time you read this, it will be later in the day, or even the next day....) But I started looking around the kitchen, in the drying rack to be specific, and spied this very wonderful shape!

 

In general, I love jam jars: for their recycl-ability but also for their shape. Some, not all, have great lines. This one is from Le Pain Quotidien in Georgetown. At least, that's the one I go to when I'm down there; there are others, to be sure. 

I really like that restaurant. It has the great "communal" table on the main floor, with small tables around the sides of the room. It has FABULOUS food, good service and oh the pastries to buy on the way out...

 

Then, there is the wall of syrups and jams. All I can say is: buy some next time you go!  

 

Here's the tea service for one:

Then, I began looking further around my kitchen. 

Egg cups: these are wonderful shapes too! So smooth and put together... 

 

And this cutie: it's a gelatto dish from Florence, Italy! Love the shape, love the color, love the usefulness of it...
    

And here, my all time favorite in shape and feel. These salad servers were bought by my mother-in-law in New York in the '50's at George Jensen. My sister in law very, very kindly let us have these a year ago: thank you! They have the most wonderful weight and shine and feel. They are also NOT oversized, as are so many things today...these are small in comparison and suit us just fine

   

 
 What do you have to say about shapes?

 

Comments

[kathysue]

Hi, I wanted to come by and thank you for commenting on my Frigescaping post. I had another reader read your comment about wanting a butter dish and she had a suggestion. I told her I would make sure you got it. She loves her butter boat and says her hubby also likes it , so she thought maybe it would work for you, Here is the link she gave me, Let me know what you think ,good luck, Kathysue

http://www.silvermk.com/product_detail.cfm?id=21

[kathysue]

Hi, I got your comment and was so excited that the butter dish will work for you. I let the other reader know, I am sure that it made her feel good to help someone. Don't you just love blogland and all the wonderful readers. To answer your question I live in Calif and we use our pool usually from April until Oct. It gets over 100 degrees here in the summer months so a pool is a necessary luxury. Have a wonderful weekend and thank your for always leaving such nice comments, I love seeing you there, Kathysue

[Lydia, Clueless Crafter]

Libby, we went to Sciaccia, Sicily for our honeymoon. The town is known for its patterned ceramics, especially the motifs like the one above from Florence.

We bought 6 egg holders, almost identical to the above, from a lovely shop on the water's edge. Such sweet memories!

[Lindaraxa]

This blog is getting better everyday!

[aneyefordetail]

Lydia: Oh, lucky you, to have the REAL thing! Ceramics is my first love, so I'm always on the lookout for unusual shapes and designs...