Hi Lyfia and brickeyee, Thanks for your ideas. Yes, if the stairs were built similar to open stairs that would give us lots of under stair options. I believe the stairs are well built. Can anyone elaborate as to how to best support these stairs, and still make use of under the stair storage? Thanks. Carol

I just used little rubber pads that you use on the bottom of chairs and such. They are those round things that you put down to keep things from sliding. They are about 1/2 inch in diameter. The inside of my cabinet is white as are the pads. I just stuck it to the edge of the plate and they haven't moved at all. The two plates I have standing up are actually platters, so they are bigger and heavier than the average plate. I thought about the molding, but I was afraid of putting it in and messing up the cabinet. I waited two years for that thing to go on sale. I wasn't going to add anything to it that I could mess up. :) Hope that helps!

Don't have any photos... but.... I collect blue & white china and have a large plate rack on the wall in the DR where I have displayed many of the plates. None of them match, but they all are b/w so they all look great together. Some are antique flow blue & some are more contemporary. The other thing they have in common is that I love them all. I don't buy something just because it is the right color or I think it will look good... I have to love it & want/need to have it. For Christmas, I remove the b/w ones & have displayed my set of Lennox Winter Greetings bird plates. Each plate has a different bird on it & I love the bring them out for the holidays. I'm sure there are lots who will be posting pios. The main thing is to use pieces that you love. That way you are sure to be happy whether they "match" or not.

I have something similar except the bottom portion in my setup is doors. i struggled as well and looked at lots of examples in houzz to help me. I think though some of the things i did apply for you. I would first probably try and keep all the shelves the same across to keep it as clean as possible. it looks like you may have a maybe a 12piece set of dishes with cups and saucers or even more. i put a set of dishes to show in each cubby. i placed the large plate on a plate stand so there is height and then set the cup and saucer like they would be when you set the table. i had a water glass for the place setting to add as well to each place setting. example below. i would try and do that on the bottom half of your cabinet. I would also put platters on a stand so they can be seen easier and take up the room of one of the cubbies. then the top half add all your glasses. i like how you have them just in a line setup within each cubby. I would go all the way across the cabinet in a horizontal fashion with each style of wine glass, depending on how many styles you have. I would probably out them on the bottom shelf all the way across. they are used probably more often so put them in an easier place to grab. then you have other objects that you can put in the other cubbies. some pics to hopefully help show what I mean.