Day 6 of KITCHEN WEEK on COCOCOZY!
Today…open shelving in modern open kitchens. I like the use of open shelving in these two sleek kitchens…the shelves are more like cubbies and are used to store and display.
Functional and decorative at the same time. I am particularly loving the open nooks in the dark wood kitchen island above…perfect storage for cookbooks and more.
Do you like open shelving or do you like to keep your goods hidden. In my small house in the Hollywood Hills it is a necessity to keep things hidden but if I had a bigger space…who knows? What do you think…let it all hang out in your kitchen…or keep it private…?
Happy Saturday!
xo
Coco
I adore open shelving. In my new kitchen, I designed just one-third of the uppers along one wall to be open. My friends were horrified, but now they’re jealous. lol
I am planning on putting open shelving in my guest house. I think keeping things easy to find is a great way to say welcome to your guests.
I am a fan of letting it all hang out!! While I love pristine, beautiful kitchens, those aren’t for people who cook a lot. I cook a lot and am in the middle of redsigning my kitchen to function like a restaurant kitchen – everything out in the open for a busy cook! (My glass door fridge just came in yesterday too!!)
Oh and I love the island in pic #1 as well!!
Not me. I’ve had open shelving for four years and I’m tired of constantly dusting. I SO look forward to my new ikea cabinets with doors! Open looks groovy, but just not practical.
I love the idea and look of open shelving, I think my next kitchen I my do some glass front cabinets .
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Gorgeous Coco! I loved kitchen week…what a great post!
I have an old retro kitchen which had upper cabinets with glass doors. To open it up a little I pulled the glass out of two of them and I love it. They are dishes we use every day so they don’t have time to get dusty. But I did leave two others with glass doors so it doesn’t get too dusty!
I love the look of it in small doses, where things can be well organized so it doesn’t look too cluttered. In my dream kitchen I hope to have one accent wall with some open shelves for my prettiest things, and the rest closed for ease!
My kitchen designer would not let me do open shelving or glass front cabinets in the main area of the kitchen – she came to my house and saw that putting things behind closed doors seems to work better for me, and I agreed!
I LOVE the way it looks, but it is so not Los Angeles friendly.
I love open shelving in kitchens! I hope one day my life will be in order enough that I can do this in my own home… here is to hoping!
I had open shelving in my everyday kitchen in my last house I loved it BUT you can only have out what you use constantly and wash and put back …otherwise it could be a real mess…
everything just gets dusty and you have to re-wash everything before you use it