I will be honest that when I began putting items
on my open shelves in the kitchen, I was a little nervous.
5 Keep everyday items
on open shelves for easy access (but only if they're attractive and kept tidy).
In addition, you get to arrange
items on an open shelf in a systematic order to effortlessly locate what you need.
One wall of the family room is dedicated to a home office area, where the children can do homework, with plenty of storage for toys in
baskets on open shelves above.
, and I thought it would be a fun pop of color to sprinkle some happy spring blue in with my vintage book collection
on the open shelves above our TV.
Just like I've always said, pretty white dishes always look
good on open shelves or behind glass even if they aren't perfectly styled.
Some home designs go as far as
relying on open shelves for kitchen storage, getting rid of upper kitchen cabinets altogether.
Rather than hiding items away in drawers and cupboards, you keep them at your fingertips: dishes stored
neatly on open shelves, pots displayed on attractive wall racks.
Give your country kitchen storage a contemporary twist by freeing up base cupboard space and displaying pretty ceramic
pieces on open shelving.
And now that the games are
on open shelves in plain sight, the kids have been playing them more often.
That way I can just bring out certain colors of dishes or seasonal items to
use on my open shelves and keep others in drawers.
Just like I've always said, pretty white dishes always look
good on open shelves or behind glass even if they aren't perfectly styled.
Do you have any tips / tricks for stabilizing
items on open shelving, or just cross your fingers and hope for the best?
Joanne keeps many of her flea - market finds displayed
on open shelving so they're in constant sight.
We love the selection of bright glassware displayed proudly
on open shelves on the dining room wall.
Melissa, as someone who has happily created a successful heart - of - the - home kitchen more than once for her family and who is in the processing of doing it again, I would like to ask about your
thoughts on open shelving for placing dinnerware, glassware, bowls, serving dishes, cups etc..
Mark Twain's response to this criticism, in his Autobiography, was that children were already routinely damaged by a book the library
kept on open shelves — the Bible:
You can choose to put cute
things on open shelves, you don't have to throw your Cheerios boxes and plastic bowls there.
Team with furniture in retro, rustic, Shaker, pared - down prairie style or painted English country styles, and add patterned
crockery on open shelves.