I’ve wanted to blog about simple living for quite a while now but with the start of my Oahu furniture refinishing business, moving to Hawaii and switching over from the military spouse blogging community I haven’t had time to do so. With that said, I know that I love gathering ideas for simple living, for boundaries and for intentionally focusing on faith and family. If you work for yourself or if you have a job that you take home with you, you know how hard it is to put up boundaries between work and family.
Today I want to share my kitchen food wire basket idea.
Now that we’ve gone gluten-free, we are eating a lot more fresh fruit and vegetables. I cook almost every night and use garlic and onions (and avocados) at least three times a week when cooking.
I found this wire basket at T.J. Maxx for under $20. All I did to make this food basket was place a vintage white colored kitchen towel at the bottom. Just make sure to check the veggies once and a while to make sure they are still fresh and rotate the old ones with the new ones.
Each week, I fill the basket with fresh vegetables that I use to cook dinner. It’s so nice and convenient to just grab and onion and some garlic right from the counter. Plus I have more room in my refrigerator.
I also look how it gives the kitchen a fresh, farmhouse feel.
Is simplifying your life a goal? Would you care to join me in my Simple Living Thursday blog link-up to share ideas for making it more simple?
Inspiring each other to lives with less media, less drama and less commercialism are my goals in hosting this link party.
Here are a few link-up guidelines.
- If you link up, thank you! Please include a direct link back to my blog on your post and/or place a button of mine on your sidebar or post (see below).
- Please only link up posts that include creative ideas that are your own. Linked up posts can be for sale items but be sure to still link back to my page somehow on your for sale page.
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I can’t wait to see everyone’s ideas! Link up below and email me if you have any questions of problems linking up (mydearolympia@gmail.com).
Thank you for hosting! I love the idea of the food basket.
Thank you Lisa!
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Jason and I started reading this book called “Living in Focus” by Arthur Boers, that I think would be right up your alley re: simplicity
Just ordered it on Kindle – thanks for the recommendation. Maybe I’ll review it next week. Have you every thought about blogging? You’d be good at it!
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What a great idea with the basket!
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Thank you : )
I have a basket of veggies in my pantry and my potatoes kept sprouting after only a few days. I finally went online and determined that onions and potatoes should not be stored together. (The reason was something science-y that the two components blended to speed the ripening process.)
Anyway…I love your idea! Fresh fruits and veggies bring an instant facelift to a kitchen. I just wanted to share in case you found yourself in the same situation.
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Good to know! Mine haven’t had a problem – I wonder if its because they are in the bright sunlight. Thank you for the comment Mel : ))
Great idea! This would work in all season but summer, where I live it can get to 105-115* Not my favorite time of year! Hope your having a great week & see you soon. Thanks for sharing @ Inspiration Spotlight link-up!
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Thank you! Yes, I totally understand (grew up in AZ) it would be too hot if we weren’t in Hawaii. Thank you for hosting and commenting : )
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