Possum Belly Wha????

I never thought I would have anything with the name possum in my kitchen. The thought of possum soup turns me green but sure enough there IS a possum in my kitchen. 

Well not EXACTLY......

Here's the kind of possum I'm talking about.........WARNING UGLY FLOOR ALERT! Viewing the following floor may disturb you and cause nightmares, I know it does me. Lol, now you will look for sure, oh well just  keepin' it real

This is a Possum Belly Cabinet, it gets it's name from the way the bottom drawers are shaped. It was handed down from my Gramma and it saw many a pies make on it.

They were meant to hold flour and sugar back in the day when women baked ALOT!

These wonderful possum belly drawers now hold dish towels and coffee fixin's.

The glass front cabinet holds all of my spices and a few cuties like the yellow cow creamer and polka dot chicken measuring spoon holder. I used risers for the spices so they would all be visible at a glance. 

The main working area holds some of my favorite cookbooks, an old creamer holds my utensils, a crock with sweet and low and  my old percolator coffee pot, (in my opinion no coffee maker can make coffee taste like my old percolator makes it taste, super yummy!) The pull out cutting board comes in handy for chopping and the enamel top is so durable.

The top shelf holds more cookbooks, some old and new scales.  In it's day this cabinet was considered state of the art, guaranteed to help the busy homemaker by saving steps. She had everything she needed for baking right in this one cabinet.  I love this old cabinet, it makes me feel connected to the way things used to be, I love the cozy kitchen feeling it gives me. I think maybe I was born out of time or something lol. Happy Baking! I'll be sharing this post atSunny Simple Sunday & Kim's Wow Us Wednesdays

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