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What's behind the glass doors 

in your kitchen?

(If you have them.)

Love the vintage silver meat cloches/domes on the wall in the background,  via Pinterest.

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Glass door kitchen cabinets.

How do you feel about them?

Do you like them, or not?
Do they stress out your need for neatness?

I went back and forth 
on having glass doors in our kitchen

a few years ago when we were ready 
to tackle the kitchen remodel.

I love the look, but I am not terribly organized

and I live with a family who is even less -- 
so that was just not going to work,
at least for the day to day constantly used items.

Since the most frequently used cabinets 
run from counter top to ceiling,

we added small glass doors at the top

 for display since they require a ladder to access them.

The glass door cabinets flanking the hood hold less used items.

I knew I would be mainly storing 

a collection of white ironstone 
so I added a dark stained wood

wide bead board backing to the sections with glass doors 
so the white ceramics would have contrast again the wood.

I'm happy with the results.
But I did make one huge mistake.
We added two towers of cabinets 
that sit back on the counter top on either side of the sink.

Well ... I did not even think about it
from a storage standpoint. You lose
a lot of depth when you do this,
and on the day 
that I was finally given the 
green light
to begin putting my things 
into the new cabinets after the remodel,
I realized in an instant that our large dinner plates
would not fit into the new shallow cabinets!!!
Ugh!

So I ran to the shop and pulled out a stack of old
vintage white ironstone oval shaped diner plates
to use for our everyday instead.
How did I not think about this!?

It's fine. It all worked and it's probably better
that we are not using the extra large WS Home plates anymore.
I think the bigger the plate, the more you eat
so there! I did us all a favor.
;)

 Recently, my client/friend asked me 
to help her arrange her things 
in her glass door kitchen cabinets.

Her cabinets are off white, formal, and dressy
with an off white backboard.
 She has white dishes and clear glasses.
These cabinets flank her sink and store her everyday pieces
and with 10-foot ceilings, there are a lot of shelves up high that will
need to be staged and more decorative.

 So I have been looking for ideas on how to 
arrange things for her with these specific factors. 

She does like vintage white ironstone,
and we found a few new pieces to add 
like this gravy boat from
Arte Italica.




We fell in love with these little guys
from Juliska. They have lion's heads on them.

Juliska

More of the same set from Juliska. It has a metallic brown/pewter glaze. Love this stuff!

We are not yet done collecting and have to find 

some additional pieces to fill the spaces.

Maybe some pitchers and platters, lidded tureens or pedestals? 

Will have to buy and try things to see what ultimately works.

 

A lovely vintage collection.

I'm hoping she will let me photograph it 

and share it when we are done!

I will keep you posted.

xoxox~

A

My love of tortoiseshell has trickled down to even this level,  :)

Tomorrow is 

Favorites on the First!

Get your 

favorite artwork 

ready to share,  ok?

See you then.