Inspiration Friday - the Welsh touch

If you enjoy reading international magazines such as UK Country Living or, like most of us, anxiously await the return of Victoria which hopefully will have pages of British/European country style homes - you will be familiar with the Welsh Dresser. This sometimes built in, or otherwise free standing "hutch", was used in country kitchens before cabinetry was discovered. The daily china was stored on open shelves, cutlery in the drawers, food prepared on the wider shelf, and often cookware was kept on the "potboard" at the bottom.

These first two beauties are authentic antique free standing Welsh dressers.

This pine version was probably purpose built for this English kitchen and to house this fabulous china collection.

This one, also in an English kitchen, was obviously built-in to fit the available wall space. My sister-in-law had one similar to this in her Edwardian period London house. Longing to have a baby, she found a photo tucked in the back of one of the dresser's drawers. It showed a Mum holding her infant taken on the front steps of the house. Feeling this was a good omen, it was not surprising that she conceived a year or so later and presented me with a beautiful niece - who is now almost 16. They now live in the South of France - their fabulous kitchen there is a whole other story.

......................and here's my version, which some of you have viewed before, just right for my cottage dining room...............waiting for a good Fall spruce up, cleaning, and decorating with some white pumpkins, and perhaps my new Halloween witch a bit later.

Enjoy your Friday and be inspired to do something Fall-ish over the weekend.