A NEW NOTE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 10

A NEW NOTE

THE MODERN PANTRY. SAVING SPACE AND LABOUR. ' Less attention than it deserves ii given to that most necessary of institutions in the home—the pantry. If it is properly arranged it can add considerably to the charm and laboursaving devices of the house. Very often, even in the modern borne, with its many improvements, the pantry is built in the old-fashioned wayjust a pokey little room with a few shelves and a tiny ‘window or ventilator. Yet, even with an up-to-date kitchen, the pantry can be a decidedly helpful factor in the housework if given the right thought. The ideal pantry is that which acts also as a servery, built between kitchen and breakfast or dining-room, and forming a handy place not only for kitchen ingredients but for crockery | cutlery, glassware, and so on. But. j wherever it is placed in the lay-out of the kitchen, it should be well-lit, day | and night, and well-ventilated. The modern pantry has many features that delight the eye of the housewife. For instance, running around the walls, at a convenient height—about three feet from the ground, is a table, on which dishes can he prepared Above are glass-fronted cupboards, and below are drawers, varying in size. The object is to do away with the continual reaching for canisters, screwing off lids, putting them back, and lifting flour and sugar bins, tea caddies, and ill the hundred and one things which :an be much better tucked away ic drawers. With large drawers, near the ground, for things kept in fairly big quantities, such as flour and sugar, quite an amount of work is save *J; Above these could be smdller drawers ! for smaller quantities—tea, coffee, rai sins, sultanas. Then in the cupboar ibove the bench could be stacked t jrockerv, glassware and other utensils ill within easy reach. With a pantry arranged in this way. i the greatest care must be taken, j :ourse, to see that each separate ID B rc ~‘ ent is kept as it should be. The drawc--1 should run smoothly, but must be ve . well fitted so that each bin is as co - pact as a canister, keeping the f° stuffs dry. For preference, of cOU , ( the fittings would be of metal, h where this is too costly, drawers co he of wood, well finished and enam ailed. They should be made so ’hey can be taken out and cleaned required. When wood is used, give two . of ordinary w hite paint, and " .j with a coat of white enamel, lh l * keep the woodwork fresh and hyg • and will make cleaning an easy _/ Such drawers are featured in man * the most up-to-date grocery stores, . mean speedy work and less labour, if carried into the ordinary’ rjj should prove an original ant * b "