A "Canning Kitchen" in the Basement

 Ah. I did have a photo of the "canning kitchen" I built in the basement a couple of years ago.

I had bought these cabinets (and more I've not used yet) from a neighbor a few years ago, as I couldn't bear the thought of them sitting out in the rain and being ruined. Someone made these cabinets by hand from quality plywood, possibly as long ago as the 1950s, and certainly before the end of the 1970s. They're far better quality than anything regular people can afford these days.

I'd been thinking for some time that it would be nice to have a "canning kitchen" in the basement. So, after I replaced the kitchen cooktop, I decided that rather than tossing the old one, I'd use it and these cabinets to make a kitchen in the basement.

It has occurred to me that this "spare" kitchen is nicer than any kitchen my mother ever had.