Shopping and Reorganizing

Monday is a triple post day for me. Three awesome ladies are hosting 3 wonderful memes.

To see some pretty blues, go see Sally for Blue Monday at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

To see some great transformations, go see Susan for Metamorphosis Monday at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

To see some creative mosaics, go see Mary for Mosaic Monday at http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

My friends and I went to Baton Rouge to go shopping. And did I really go shopping! LOL! This was how our kitchen counter looked like after I brought in everything I bought. We went early so the first store we went to, which was TJ Maxx, was fully stocked. You should have seen all the Polish Pottery there. My friend, who also collects them, and I hit the jackpot. Just look at all what I unpacked. Aside from dishes, I bought a set of 12 crystal ice beverage goblets and a few jewelry. I also bought some baby clothes for my grandson who is coming out in a few weeks and just a few for me but I don't think you would be interested in seeing those. We also bought groceries from the Vietnamese store.

A friend of mine, knowing that I am running out of storage space, challenged me if I will be able to put everything away.

So, the following morning, I got up early excited about reorganizing. Do you ever get excited about more work to do? LOL!

I decided to move my Johnson Brothers "Friendly Village" set somewhere else so I can make room for my ever growing Polish pottery collection in the kitchen china cabinet. I took some of the dishes out already before I began taking pictures but this is pretty much how it used to be.

Of course, it was more full before I moved some plates out.
And here is "Now" with the Polish pottery inside and under the hutch. Sorry, the light bulb on the left is burnt out. I need to buy a replacement. Here is a close up.
More details of what is inside the glass.

And here is what I put in the drawers under the buffet. Aren't those little vases cute? I also really like the fish dish which I got from Ebay.

I always get inquiries as to where I store all my dishes. One of these days, I will show you. But in this particular cabinet, I am able to store more than 3 sets, the Polish pottery on top, Princess House Pavillion on the left 2 shelves of the bottom cabinet (more are stored under the kitchen counter) and a set of 12 Cameo Florals (71 pieces) in the right bottom cabinet with some other miscellaneous salad plates and bowls on the shelf above them. Some of the Cameo Florals coffee cups are in the right and left drawers below the hutch. I also keep a lot of salt cellars in the middle drawer.

Here is a close up of the dishes in the bottom cabinet.

If you are wondering where I moved the Johnson Bros. Friendly Village set, they are now in the cabinet under my coffee nook.

Here they are with other miscellaneous stuff. Do you like my new Tirschenreuth coffee pot with the creamer and sugar server? It's the one with olive green flowers. I just got the set from Ebay and I could not believe the price (something like $13.99) and it looks new. Tirschenreuth is a company in Germany but it does not exist anymore.

I use a lot of these wire organizers in kitchen cabinets because it doubles up my space.

Lastly, I want to show you my Polish pottery wall clock.

I hope you enjoyed my reorganization. I think these dishes look better in this china cabinet, don't you? Thanks for your visit. I always appreciate it, especially when you leave me a comment.

Thanks Sally, Susan and Mary for hosting these fun blog parties.

Th