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Homemaking Series: The Joy of the Kitchen

       On the wall at the right a strip of  board  ran the whole length and in it were driven nails on which to hang dishpans, dish towels, colanders and other kitchen utensils....The wall was shelved the whole length. The top shelf was only a short space from the ceiling, and from it down, spaces between the shelves were wider until there was room for tall pitchers and other dishes to stand on the lower shelf. Beneath the lowest shelf was a row of drawers as well made and fitted as boughten furniture. There was a large wide drawer that already held a sack of white flour, a smaller on with graham flour, another with corn meal, a large shallow one for packages, and two others: one already filled with white sugar and the other with brown.                                             The First Four Years - Laura Ingalls Wilder In a h...