Celebrating & Gathering Tools of the Farmgirl Trade

I am so excited…not just because my favorite legal site, ABAJournal.com is up for a Webby (have I not mentioned that) and not because my favorite publisher was named one of the Folio40 for being one of the most influential “doers” in magazine media.

No, I’m excited because we took delivery today of a completely restored Napanee double wide kitchen cabinet. I’ve still only seen it in pix, but Hoosier Outsider tells me it’s in excellent condition.

We’ve been on the hunt for a Hoosier Kitchen for quite some time now. My mother-in-law had a very beautiful one that’s been in the family for ages. And, of course, Reba had one in her TV kitchen.

These cabinets were essential Farmgirl tools, helping to keep a Farmgirl’s kitchen organized and always ready for heavy use.

Indeed, according to Napanee lore, Harrington Emerson, the “father of efficiency engineers,” found that if the average housewife had Napanee Dutch Kitchenet cabinets installed in her kitchen she would reduce her meal preparation time by more than half.

That endorsement followed by positive press attention supposedly propelled the cabinetmaker’s operation into the national market, with department stores including Macy’s and Gimble’s selling the time savers.

So anyway, I have a new piece of furniture and I hope it will mean less clutter in my kitchen! And, bonus, I get more counter space.

Now if I can only get it to my current abode. It’s at The Farm now, where I dare not leave it long, considering the ooo’s and ahhh’s it’s getting there.