what’s on your window sill?
i think i’m on a kitchen binge today. i just really love a pretty window sill. there’s nothing like cooking, or doing dishes with a lovely view. okay, maybe i could do without the dirty dishes, but you catch my drift. what do you like to keep or grow on your window sill? anything special?
i love a big picture window streaming hazy sunlight through some gauzy curtains, peeking out to nature. i like bringing nature indoors too, with little herb pots or plants growing happily in a window, or treasured collections gathering light in a cozy corner, perfect for displaying treasured objects.
I am so with you, Victoria! Having a sink by the window is a kitchen must. When I’m washing my salad leaves for dinner (I know, so glam!) I like watching the world go by. I’d like to get a window box to grow some fresh herbs, too.
P.S. The ginger cat is too cute!
I usually put on my window sill pots with flowers, small, big – not important! Their green fresh color is what makes me happy whenever I look at them :)
There’s nothing on my windowsill…well, except dust. But these have inspired me to prettify them :)
i have a combo of a few herbs/plants, a ceramic “B” from Anthropologie, (our suite is B and my last name is baker), and cute little pitchers!
i use my deep windowsills for anything that’s inspiring me at the moment. right there’s my white pottery collection, some collected leaves, and my growing vintage mug collection.
and, oh my, i love that chemex drip coffee maker in the first photo. my mom always used those when i was growing up and now my brother uses one i found him at a thrift store.
Plants are what I love the most on my window sill. Especially in my kitchen and bathroom…makes me smile! Have a lovely day!!
Julie xo
I just love your blog! I have a big windowsill that looks out onto the fields and off in the distance you can see the Alps….I stand there and dream many a time………the other windowsill is filled with cacti…reminds me of the desert and all the other windowsills in the house are empty so that I can open all the windows and get the great views of the outdoors…heaven on earth.
I have six little ceramic elephants that were a recent gift from my friends Jay & Rosa in Seattle.
They are on my kitchen windowsill with the oak trees just outside on the hillside behind them.
Oh, I long for a kitchen windowsill! Sadly, apartment living doesn’t offer it. I’ve made up for it by the multiple succulents and trinkets adorning all my other ones!
I just did a post about my windowsill! I like to keep my flowers in Diet Coke glass bottles near the window because I just love how the light hits them… Oh, and I love Diet Coke too :) Happy Monday!
very pretty window sills, indeed! :) Question…how do you use these photos that are ‘all rights reserved’ without getting into trouble from their original owners? Does linking them back do the trick? Share, please, I don’t like being nosy but I really need to know. Thanks!
tina – no i didn’t think you were nosy. most folks are happy to be featured (at least in my experience) as long as there is a photo credit and link back to their original image. but i take them down if asked (i’ve only be asked 2-3 times in 4 years, though!).
Oh I’m glad Tina asked that question! I’ve wondered about the etiquette of using others’ photos. As far as my windowsill goes, I love plants but my current sill is too tiny. So I am growing a collection of heart shaped stones. They are fun to look at while I’m doing dishes:)
Let’s see, I like to perch a few things on sills around the apartment: a collection of shells and rocks from beaches from Maine to California, an old ink well that holds my incense, a slender vase of lavender, matryoshkas dolls from Portugal, a crystal…hopefully not too much dust!
Oh wow… if I ever have a sink with a little window I so want some little plants to put there! Thanks for sharing!
Hello! New reader here!
I really love those little pots in the window. Maybe I should make better use of my window sill and get some plants to go in it..
I love that jar with the feather! I wish I had a deep window-sill, but on my regular sill sits a vintage black and cream pot with a little basil plant. Sitting beside it is always an antique bottle with a little bouquet, whatever is blooming outside at the time, wild or cultivated.
Great and inspiring pictures. Love the picture with the kitty. Every window needs a cat!
My kitchen window sill has my small, but growing collection of retro floral thermos flasks. I’ve bought one more since I took this picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9342148@N06/4834356203/
The rest of the sills in my house are kept clear for the sake of the cat. She loves to sit in the windows and watch the world.
I have small granite windowsills. Sometimes I’ll put small potted plants or flowers on them (and most always a vintage rabbit something or other!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltandfrolic/389660210/in/set-72157604104216966/
Flowers in wine bottle vases!
http://theoneinpink.com/2010/07/08/windowsill-flowers-in-wine-bottle-vases/
Gorgeous! I especially love the plants in terra cotta pots.