Comments on: Timeless or Trendy? Open Shelving in Kitchens

By: Inspire Me Heather

Inspire Me Heather — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:16:26 +0000

Fabulous post and interesting poll results! I’ve got this linked to my open shelving post as well today, for inspiration.

By: kAY

kAY — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:17:51 +0000

Love the look of open shelving but what if a fly slips in the door as you are going out the door. A single fly drives me up the wall and I’ll lurk for as long as it takes flyswatter in hand until I nail it.

By: Cleo B

Cleo B — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:57:19 +0000

I hate the open shelving concept. To much of a dust collector and quite frankly, I don’t want to spend my time cleaning. I have better things to do.

By: karenr

karenr — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:28:38 +0000

i’m an American living in Sweden. Courtesy of the fact that EVERYONE has an IKEA kitchen-this look is soooooo prevalent over here as to be dominant- expected and rather dull- looking for new interpretations, frankly. Over here- on some level this has always been the look in an older home. None of that wall-to-wall walnut cabinets like we are more used to in the States….
I DO have to say, NOT having big old heavy cabinets on walls is soooooo REFRESHING! a combo of both is nice- mixes the textural appearance of the wall and provides visual variation. Keep the open shelving AWAY from places that might get grease accumulation- and it’s not nearly as difficult or challenging as you might think!