The center of our home was – and always has been – the kitchen. The above pictures (photographer: Gene Amore, held privately by Wendy Littrell) show the eat-in kitchen of the house I grew up in. This was where smaller, family birthdays were celebrated; where the holiday meal preparations were done; where my dad marked the heights of me and my niece and nephew on the recessed door; where we’d sit at the table while talking on the telephone; and where I’d spend my meal times.
The kitchen was the place I could find my mom if she wasn’t at her sewing machine or out in her flower beds. She liked to cook and bake. She taught me how to cook in this kitchen.
On one side the kitchen was accessed by an open doorway that led into the formal dining area and on the other side it led into the living area – a recessed wooden door could close it off.
This was not the kitchen my mom used for the last 32 years of her life but it was the kitchen I’ll always think of when remembering childhood meals and ocassions.
Hi Wendy!
I don’t remember being in your mother’s kitchen, but I think I remember your dog Heidi’s bed being by the kitchen. Am I right? Love the pictures.
yes, you were in my kitchen! My dog, Gretel’s, bed was in the “mudroom” just off the kitchen – by basement door. Heidi was my brother’s dog – but she’s the one who got away & I found her on Grange Hall – some man had caught her & tied her up so she wouldn’t get hit.