Nov 30, 2009

Bossy’s Favorite Things

Lamps on kitchen counters.

You’re going to think Bossy is totally making up this Favorite Thing because she is so tired and barely took any interesting photos this past week, and you would be entirely wrong right.

But, it actually is a favorite thing. Bossy has all of the proper lighting in her kitchen, where proper lighting equals gah don’t stand there, you’re casting a shadow on the stove — but there is something about the coziness of a real lamp with a shade that cheers Bossy up every time she sees it.

It’s all about the glowy.

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24 comments

1. 1
   on November 30th, 2009 at 8:42 am
   Junkyard Dog said:

   I look at this photo and think of the Suddenly Tammy song “lamp”……….


2. 2
   on November 30th, 2009 at 9:06 am
   krg said:

   that is one of my favorite things too. give me ambient light over task lighting any time.


3. 3
   on November 30th, 2009 at 9:35 am
   Martha in Kansas said:

   I agree. Also on my office desk. People say how cozy the room feels. (And look at the wine on Bossy’s counter, nearly outnumbering the cookbooks!)


4. 4
   on November 30th, 2009 at 9:37 am
   WebSavyMom said:

   –>I’m just glad it was the lamp and not the flexible straws.
   


5. 5
   on November 30th, 2009 at 10:03 am
   hulagirlatheart said:

   Hula likes lighting on the counter to help with her eyesight which is apparently moving to another city.


6. 6
   on November 30th, 2009 at 10:27 am
   Chookooloonks said:

   I SO agree. There’s just SOMETHING about a lamp in a kitchen.


7. 7
   on November 30th, 2009 at 10:31 am
   Mary@Holy Mackerel said:

   I totally agree. Makes the home so much more homey.


8. 8
   on November 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am
   lora said:

   I had a lamp in my kitchen forever, and loved it dearly until it broke. Now I need a new one, but it has to be absolutely perfect.

   I gave a friend one of my absolutely perfect lamps right before my kitchen one broke. And it would have been really absolutely perfect in my kitchen now that it is redone. White milkglass and everything. Darnit. The world hates me. Lamps hate me.

   So sad.


9. 9
   on November 30th, 2009 at 10:52 am
   Audubon Ron said:

   I noticed Bossy uses those rubber thingies to re cork her wine bottles too. Cool.


10. 10
    on November 30th, 2009 at 11:27 am
    Lara said:

    Bossy! I totally agree! My daughter was doing her Geometry homework at our breakfast bar a week or two, but discovered that she left her calculator in her locker, so I retrieved my old scientific calculator from the back of the junk drawer, but it was ancient (seriously, it’s been 25 years since I took Geometry) and the solar cell didn’t work well, so I moved a little lamp from a nearby bookshelf to the bar where she was working so that she could hold the calculator up to it for more light (poor kid.) I loved the way it looked so much, that I left it there. When the kids sit down at the bar for breakfast each morning, it looks like they’re eating at a little French bistro. Tres charmant!


11. 11
    on November 30th, 2009 at 11:29 am
    Julie said:

    I’m pretty sure those wine bottles on the counter are helping with the glowy.

    Well, anyway, they help me…


12. 12
    on November 30th, 2009 at 11:36 am
    Jenn @ Juggling LIfe said:

    I never realized that is why I love Bossy’s entertaining photos so much–the glowy. I have been emulating that myself.


13. 13
    on November 30th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
    Meg at the Members Lounge said:

    Bossy has the glowiest following. Lovin’ me some mood lighting in my kitchen.


14. 14
    on November 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
    BossysMom said:

    I suspect we love the glowy lighting because it is as close to a fire and hearth as most of us will come in our kitchens.
    We humans gravitate to that.


15. 15
    on November 30th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
    Suzanne said:

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE lamps on kitchen counters. It’s so cozy.


16. 16
    on November 30th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
    BossysMom said:

    ehhh…most of us will have in our kitchens.


17. 17
    on November 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
    Ms. Cranky Pants said:

    I completely agree. I’ve been looking for the perfect counter lamp for over a year!


18. 18
    on November 30th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
    La Suzette said:

    Well, I’ll be the one dissenting vote then. Any additional item on the counter = clutter. I get my glowy from mini light strung over the sink, changed out seasonally of course!


19. 19
    on November 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
    reen said:

    I’ve been procrastinating with installing the puck lights under the cabinets…when all I have to do is stick a lamp there! And keeping the flexible straws next to the wine…also a good strategy. Thanks Bossy!


20. 20
    on November 30th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
    Brava97 said:

    How do you not knock it off the counter and onto the floor into a billion pieces? Because that is my history with anything small and movable on the countertop. (RIP glass votive holder in a cute “watering can” stand.)


21. 21
    on November 30th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
    cynthiagirl said:

    For the longest time, the lamp on my kitchen counter was a blue lava lamp which I ran night and day until the little blobs inside stopped floating. That was such a sad day.


22. 22
    on November 30th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
    Liz O. said:

    I agree. Can’t remember when I first saw it but fell in love with lamps on kitchen counters. Cozy, homey..the whole nine yards.


23. 23
    on November 30th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
    Cupcake Murphy said:

    You can’t see me but I’m saluting you and, as soon as my husband gets all the neighbors lined up, we’re giving you a 21 gun salute.


24. 24
    on December 1st, 2009 at 12:58 am
    Lis said:

    How funny! I was just thinking, over Thanksgiving weekend, about how I’ve always wanted to have a lamp on my kitchen counter. Love it.