Open shelving on wall instead of uppers

13 years ago

I searched a bit thru the FKB and know I have seen some before, but I can't find it now. Does anyone have a photo of kitchen shelving? I am especially trying to get ideas for ones that wrap a corner...

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sabjimata
13 years ago
I have stainless steel open shelving in between two doorways and it works out well for us...and saved us money on uppers!

Here is a link that might be useful:
chicagoans
13 years ago
Here are a few pics of open shelves continuing around a corner:

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Rococogirl--I do plan to figure out the hood height and oven top alignment to see if it makes sense to do something with that line. I'm not sure I understand what a utensil rail is. Lavender--Thanks for that photo. I never took a good look at the fabrics there before. Jilly--that space has bugged me for a long time. It's a 3/4" thick end cabinet panel so my options are somewhat limited. There will only be crown molding at the top. That's it. It needs something there. I'm planning to hang 2 pendants over the 50" long, 44" wide peninsula in front of the wall. That'll cover part of the blankness. I need the counterspace too much on the peninsula for buffet service to wrap the cabinets from the dining room around on that wall. Some shelves might work there, depending on the pendants I choose. I don't want the area to be too busy. Here's the view of the peninsula and DR cabs from the DR. The artwork on the DR wall is just simulated for rendering purposes. I don't have anything planned to go on that wall yet. The counterspace under that wall is about 13.5" deep so I can't put anything with too much depth on the wall or it'll hit people in the head. The counterspace on the left with the uppers above is about 26" deep and will be used as the beverage area during parties. Does that help answer your question? Have any ideas for that space?
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Blue222q i love my full height pantry without pullouts. I don't like the 2 step drawer door thing, I feel like they take up more space and I feel like they are a little wimpy compared to a solid shelf (no tracks etc.) with that said I feel like it depends on what you store there. it works well for us because I can really stock it up with my big stuff ... it's like my after Costco shopping place :) big box stuff like cereals, chips, snacks, bars, paper goods, extra case of drinks, and large container items. I would think if you plan to put a lot of cans, jars, bottles in there then maybe yes rollouts. You won't be able to see that kind of small stuff very well without it. I use both my lazy suzans for that kind of stuff easy to see and spin around. I like your layout. My mom had that angled counter with sink like you have, but her's was bar height so you couldn't the see sink from great room but it was always a big hangout spot to grab a stool and visit with people working in the kitchen.
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jodeby
13 years ago
Here's a picture of a wrap-around shelf from my inspiration file. I'm hoping to put something like this in my kitchen in place of an upper cab. Not sitting on the counter like this one, but that would be nice too ...
sandlll
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13 years ago
thanks for the pics all!

Sabjimata, I love your kitchen. Stainless steel shelves were an option, but I think wooden is winning out since our gc can build them for cheap :-)
Chicagoans, those white wooden shelves are exactly what I was looking for to show our contractor.
allison1888
13 years ago
Just one thought on the open shelving...you have to be neat and organized. All those open shelves could be very messy, otherwise!
willowdecor
13 years ago
I recently did a post on no upper cabinets as a new design trend. There are several picitures all with kitchens that have no upper cabinets and most have shelves. I love the openess no uppers bring to the space. Also most kitchens had extra windows in place of the cabinetry and the light is wonderful.

Here is a link that might be useful: No upper cabinet photos
plllog
13 years ago
Had some open shelves in the old kitchen. Have a couple in the new kitchen. One word warning:

Dust.
artemis78
13 years ago
What we're trying to combat the dust issue is a box mounted to the wall (kind of like a cabinet with no doors, but not even quite that involved)---I saw a kitchen in Sunset that did something similar, and it seemed like a great way to put a buffer both between our shelves and our stove and to have a "top" to the shelf to keep dust from above out. Theirs was actually custom designed to have "cubbies" the right size for each type of dish, which was a neat idea. No clue if it will work or not, though...
sandlll
Original Author
13 years ago
Oh yes, dust! I will be having uppers too, since I don't have the lifestyle to have lots of open shelving. But, on my window wall I am adding two shelves, one for plants and the other as a display space. So just a bit of shelving...

Willowdecor, just read thru your blog post, it was great. Loved seeing all the beautiful kitchens. Wish I had the views for no uppers. I think large kitchen windows look so nice instead of cabinets.
sabjimata
13 years ago
Wood sounds great!
marcydc
13 years ago
Well, I'll post back in a week. My backsplash (brick style 3x12 crema marfil marble) is in, but the shelves are not yet. I think I'm going to like it. Each shelf opening is about 10.5 inches.
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