Aspasia Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yesterday I had the following exchange with my 4-year-old ds (who was talking in his usual, matter-of-fact tone): Ds: What are you making, Mom? Me: I'm making a sign to hang above the pantry door. Ds: What is it going to say? Me: It's going to say, "Pantry." Ds: But Mom--everyone already knows there's a pantry right there. Me: True. Ds: So why do we need a sign? Me (feeling a little foolish): I don't know, buddy. I guess I thought it would be cute. It was mostly cute and funny, an anecdote to share with dh. But now it's bugging me. I used to be perplexed by these really obvious signs in people's houses. What's the point? And now I'm doing it??? I really like word art, but I like for the words to have some meaning beyond labeling the parts of my house. I want a sign up there (and I already have the board distressed and stained and I love it), but I don't know what word to put on it. What's a good word for a kitchen? I don't like the obvious, like "pantry" or "eat". Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hmm. Not a fan of the obvious word signs, either. "Dine in"? I saw that once in a magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Cucina Culinary Arts Dept. Mess Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well, we have a wooden "eat" (in cursive! and red!) over the refrigerator... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Ideas? http://www.etsy.com/market/kitchen_signs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Ideas? http://www.etsy.com/market/kitchen_signs I love that one of these ideas is actually "pantry." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toawh Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I agree with your son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Yesterday I had the following exchange with my 4-year-old ds (who was talking in his usual, matter-of-fact tone): Ds: What are you making, Mom? Me: I'm making a sign to hang above the pantry door. Ds: What is it going to say? Me: It's going to say, "Pantry." Ds: But Mom--everyone already knows there's a pantry right there. Me: True. Ds: So why do we need a sign? Me (feeling a little foolish): I don't know, buddy. I guess I thought it would be cute. It was mostly cute and funny, an anecdote to share with dh. But now it's bugging me. I used to be perplexed by these really obvious signs in people's houses. What's the point? And now I'm doing it??? I really like word art, but I like for the words to have some meaning beyond labeling the parts of my house. I want a sign up there (and I already have the board distressed and stained and I love it), but I don't know what word to put on it. What's a good word for a kitchen? I don't like the obvious, like "pantry" or "eat". Ideas? How about "food closet"? : D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 In a few years you may want a sign that says "Keep Out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I like the word pantry. Sometimes we just do things to make ourselves happy--not to please the kiddoes. I see this as a decorating lesson for him to learn. Think of how much his wife will appreciate that. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I'd ask DS his opinion on the matter. If he doesn't like Plan A, let him propose Plan B! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Well, I have big letters on top of a bookcase spelling out the word books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 "Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here?" (Mine is a bit messy and disorganized...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I have a sign above the pantry which says, "All Because Two People Fell in Love". It's not so much pantry-related. We're kinda random like that. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I actually need those obvious signs, and have only one, and that one is out in the chicken house to inform the children that the chickens have one door and the humans use another. The obvious to me is not so obvious to all the male beasts in my house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 "Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here?" (Mine is a bit messy and disorganized...) Oh my gosh. I need this sign for my pantry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Put quotations around it "Pantry" then people will be bewildered by the sign and not sure if it really is a pantry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieMarie Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I am too overcome by petty jealousy of people who have pantries to offer anything constructive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 "Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here?" (Mine is a bit messy and disorganized...) I need that on the door to the basement. I put this on an index card on my fridge, modified from Homer. "And when they had put away their desire for eating and drinking, they put their dishes in the dishwasher." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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