Kitchen Cabinets With Open Shelves Above

What s better than one shelf.

Kitchen cabinets with open shelves above.

Thanks for the idea one kings lane. Enhance a kitchen s usefulness by including surfaces designed for stowing and showing off essentials. Open shelves are in another category entirely. No doors no smoked glass no barriers whatsoever.

Standard kitchen wall cabinets have solid doors for the primary reason of hiding the contents inside. In this charming kitchen pottery accessories and rarely used serving ware are kept safe above a lovely cabinet with glass doors. Some cabinets skirt convention and have opaque glass doors permitting a fuzzy view of stored contents. 1 16 of over 10 000 results for open shelves for kitchen industrial floating shelves wall shelf floating shelves wood wall mounted hanging shelves floating shelves rustic with pipe hardware brackets set of 3 1 5 x 7 25 espresso 24 4 6 out of 5 stars 77.

Excellent lighting and the warm neutral color of the walls and cabinets help to keep everything above the cabinet in sight and in mind. So when we installed the bigger window i removed the apron and shelf above the sink and i boarded up the opening above the cabinet. This area is an ideal storage space for dish soaps and anything you don t mind being exposed to humidity from the sink. May 14 2020 open shelves in the kitchen.

If your above cabinet space is tall enough add an extra shelf above your cabinets by stacking a board atop three small wine racks. I wasn t a fan of that either. These open shelves could look like cabinets or made to look in contrast with them. See more ideas about kitchen inspirations kitchen design home kitchens.

Even if you re not handy you can get a hardware store to cut the lumber for you. Although if your cabinets have glossy bright finish wall shelves made of natural wood or covered with copper might become a great addition to them. Dark stained shelves convert a small kitchen desk alcove into a home office while a large open nook above neighboring cabinets displays colorful cookbooks. For example if you have cabinets made of wood you can use shelves painted in some bright color.

From an appearance perspective having open shelves allows your kitchen to showcase more personality than wall to wall monotone cabinets. I wasn t in love with the space above the cabinets but i tried to make it work by decorating with vintage mason jars. When we moved into our house this is what the kitchen looked like. To create a more airy feel remove that cabinet and opt for a couple of well placed shelves instead.

More than any color style or even sink shape open shelving is arguably the biggest trend in kitchen design right now.