![]() *Editing to add a link to pics of open shelves, just because they're purty. :)Ī second set of the vintage cabinets is in the dining room, being used as open shelving (no doors were available), but I'm considering converting one of the shelves to a plate rack, and eventually having glass doors made for one side. It was fate-those cabinets and I were meant for each other. I had big plans to have a long open shelf on the other side of the kitchen, over the baking counter, but found some vintage glass-front cabinets instead. In my kitchen it looked like a cabinet with no doors, so after a few weeks I replaced the doors. I took off a couple of doors, and painted the insides of an upper cabinet to see if I liked the open storage. No problem with grease with current vented hood, but in the old kitchen with recirculating hood, I had to wash the jars every few months. There is a 'cup rail' next to the stove-it holds pint jars with herbs and spices, but would be perfect for often-used cups and glasses since it is also over the DW. A couple of them are old end-cabinet rounded-edge style for display of cookbooks and vintage pottery. If you're Howard Hughes, open shelves are definitely not for you. If you live on a farm, or where there is lots of dry dust, open shelves might not be for you. If you don't have adequate ventilation, open shelves might not be for you. If you don't have items that see regular daily use, open shelves might not be for you. If you're OCD, open shelves might not be for you. If you're the kind of person who wants "display" in your kitchen, open shelves might not be for you. (Not that they're mutually exclusive, and some of us find stacks or rows of beloved dishware quite attractive no matter how asymmetrical or un-color-matched they may be.) Open shelves are for real daily use, not for pretty ordered display. Don't think I'd put the Christmas Stollen pans on an open shelf. We found the open shelves particularly useful for glasses and coffeemaking supplies. Hard as that was, with all the various emotional layers we tend to attach to our things, I'm so glad I did it. When I moved in with my minimalist partner, I had to bite the bullet and really get rid of duplicates, extraneous and purely sentimental items. I do heartily agree with the points made above about editing one's collection of stuff. The shelves get no dirtier or dustier than the back 6" of your countertop. We kept glasses there, and it's surprisingly more functional without doors, since you are often reaching for a glass with the other hand full of whatever it is you're going to pour. In our last kitchen we actually removed the doors to an upper cabinet to achieve open shelves, so it was a great test case for doors/no doors. ![]() People who have never actually had and used open shelves need not submit their opinion, thanks.
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