new home, new pyrex displays

hello everyone!

 haven't posted lately

turns out having a baby, going back to work five months later,

moving into a new home, and finishing my masters [in june!]

can make for fewer pyrex posts - mostly because I'm still not on a regular hunting schedule

but, I do have something to share

a new home means displaying the pyrex collection in new ways

this corner window ledge is one of my favorite places in my new home

and as you maybe can tell, our new home was actually built right around 1950

so vintage pyrex was meant for this ledge!

I love having a dining room for my hutch

it seems quite small now that it is in a room, and not a hallway

I also love that I can see the majority of my collection from the main living space

something that was not true in our other home

even so, I still have a few pieces I cannot display

we lost three very large open shelves that our old kitchen had

and I'm really hating that our china and a few other pieces are hidden

I'll have to work on something for that soon

but for now, I can officially say I have moved my ninety+ piece collection 

with no breaks, chips, or cracks

[I did spend a good penny on packing supplies however]

miss macri @ educated...not so domesticated

major pyrex page update

hey folks - hope everyone is enjoying summer

maybe some extra thrifting time?!?

just wanted to share that I've done a major update on my pyrex page 

and have added oh so many photos

happy hunting

miss macri @ educated...not so domesticated

Pink & Aqua for summer!

Today I picked up my first two pieces of pink daisy Pyrex from a friend here in my city who sells Pyrex, as well as collects it. I found a pink scroll dish last summer, and have two dishes in pink gooseberry, but two weeks ago I did buy the three stacked gooseberry dishes from this same friend. Today, in a lovely gesture, she gave me the Ovaltine Mixer glass/pitcher, as she knows my husband and I love Ovaltine. (I'm British and got him hooked on it a long time ago...) :-)

I took some time this week to put away most of my Pyrex into two cupboards after deciding to just display the pinks and turquoise/aqua colours for the summer - not that I have many, by any stretch of the imagination. So, today I took some photos for my own blog and for this one.

This is also my official thank you to whoever owned these lovely pieces and kept them in mint condition for the last fifty years or so!

I've also put up a photo of my late mother-in-law's Pyrex dish in the starburst pattern, which sat in our cupboard for years, until I started collecting Pyrex about two years ago and realized what I had... along with a 1940s full set of the primary bowls. Yikes. It sort of scares me to think of what I might have tossed or given away in the past, not knowing what I had. Thankfully, I saved the primaries and the starburst!