Open Kitchen Shelf Styling
Adding open shelving to our kitchen is still one of my favorite projects we’ve completed so far. It’s such a fun way to add personality into your space, and it’s incredibly easy to change how the whole room feels just by swapping a few pieces around. If you missed my post from last June sharing our plan for the kitchen, you can see how the space used to look before Zach ripped out the upper cabinets and installed four floating shelves in their place.
We got our shelves from Brian Hughes Design on Etsy. For our space we went with two 48 inch shelves for the main area next to the sink and two 36 inch shelves for the coffee bar. They aren’t a small investment, but quality shelves that can hold a lot of weight are so important for an area like your kitchen. Stacking bowls and plates can get heavy, and the last thing you want is for everything to come crashing down. Each of our shelves can hold approximately 100 pounds, so I’m never worried about our favorite things breaking.
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Main Shelves
On our main kitchen shelves we keep plates, bowls, and water glasses easily within reach on the lower level. Up above we have serving bowls, a few cookbooks, and our mortar and pestle. We use and wash everything regularly, so dust isn’t a problem. To avoid overloading the shelves with too much weight, we keep additional plates and bowls in the cabinet just below, next to the dishwasher. They’re still easily within reach, it just didn’t seem necessary to have that many stacked on our shelves when it’s just the two of us using them.
Shop Main Shelves
Coffee Bar
Our coffee bar area serves as three spaces in one with all of our breakfast and dessert essentials within reach. On the lower shelf we keep our coffee cups, dessert plates, and french press for times when we aren’t using our coffee maker. Above we have Zach’s moka pots (something he introduced me to) and my favorite pantry bowl for making pancakes and waffles on the weekend.
