We love it. Inspired by our recent email, How To: Open Your Kitchen Shelving and Not Screw it Up, a few readers got to work and sent up pictures of their own open situations. If you have one, please send it in and we'll post it as well (to maxwell @ apartmenttherapy . com)....
FROM KYLIE:
Hi there,
Feeling inspired by your post titled 'How To: Open Your Kitchen Shelving and Not Screw it Up Email from 5.14.08' I removed my kitchen doors today. Before and after shots are attached. My before shot is from before we purchased the house. After shot is nearly our 1 year anniversary.
Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Kylie B.
Sydney, Australia
FROM ANNA:
Hi Maxwell,
I have a combination of open (for dishes) and closed (for food) shelving in my kitchen, and I think it looks pretty swell. You probably saw it in my AT home tour earlier this year, but here are links to the photos:
Looking forward to the feature -- I'm a big fan of open shelving (for attractive things, at least)!
Take care, Anna
http://www.doorsixteen.com/
FROM JAY:
An open kitchen in our West Village duplex... stainless steel shelving on mini subway tiles. (photo attached)
We love it!
Thanks,
Jay G.
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All of you did a fantastic job!
view Seaside's profile
All of these are stunning!
view Anokha's profile
I love the way this looks, but no-one needs to see the sheer mess that lies behind my own cupboard doors!
view nadyamadrid's profile
I love the look - fine if you don't cook much - because when I do, I can see the film on the cupboards -- and can only imagine that all over the dishes, etc. if I didn't have everything in a closed cupboard.
view AT4H's profile
I'm starting to dislike open shelving a little bit less. Well done!
view jooly's profile
I really love this. They all did an awesome job!! :) love love love
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AT4H, I'm actually an avid cook (that's my kitchen up there with the pale blue walls and the stainless steel countertops), and use my kitchen and stove all the time. I honestly haven't noticed a "film" on anything, and I've had open shelving for over two years now. I do have high ceilings (10'), though, so maybe that has something to do with it.
view Anna at D16's profile
seems to me that in most situations this would just lead to a lot of dusty dishes
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Yeah, always nice to incorporate a mixture of open and closed storage units in my opinion. Plates, bowls etc should be put away somewhere, but knives, pots and other such stuff can easily be kept on display with neat kitchen design solutions like these.
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