Kitchen Open Shelving Reveal

We recently took down our upper cabinets and replaced them with kitchen open shelving and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.  I tried to make do with the upper cabinets in our new home, but I was constantly losing everything in them.  It also felt like they were hung too high and I wasn’t able to reach anything on the top shelf.  And even though the square footage of our kitchen is pretty big, the upper cabinets in my face made the room feel small and claustrophobic.

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Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going to do with this kitchen when we moved in.  My goal had been to live with it for a little while before making any decisions.  Does 3 months count as “a little while?”  I spent some time on Pinterest and found a constant theme from my inspiration photos: kitchen open shelving!

HOW WE ADDED KITCHEN OPEN SHELVING:

We easily took the upper cabinets down with just a drill.  Oh and it turns out that each cabinet section was only being held in place by 2 screws!  Yikes!

In old homes, you never know what you may find behind things.  Apparently this room used to be mustard yellow and I am wondering if it originally had kitchen open shelving by the look of those brown lines!

I cannot believe I’m about to show this next photo, but I will anyway.  Why?  Because we’re friends and friends share real life. {And if you’re grossed out easily, turn away!}

Because the plan was to paint over this teal color with a lighter color, I covered the entire kitchen with 2 coats of primer.

Followed by 2 coats of my new favorite off-white/cream: Behr Swiss Coffee.

TIME TO ADD THE SHELVES:

We purchased some “common boards” from The Home Depot and I stained them with Minwax Early American.  Once those were ready, James stepped in and hung the 3 kitchen open shelving units.  We spaced the bottom shelf 19″ above the countertop and allowed almost 12″ between the other shelves.

And then it was time for some kitchen open shelving fun: styling!  My goal in our home is functional beauty and that carries into the kitchen as well.  I wanted my most frequently used ingredients to be on hand at all times.  Thus, functional.  But I also wanted them to look nice.  And that’s where the beauty comes in.

I loaded up all of my jars and placed the plates and bowls that we use every day on our new kitchen open shelving.  And then I had a little fun adding some pretty items to the tippy top shelf.  Stepping back, realized that this is what our kitchen needed all along: open shelving!

BEHIND THE SCENES

OUR NEW KITCHEN OPEN SHELVING:

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I also repainted the window frame a clean crisp white and added some simple white curtains to cozy up the space.

I absolutely love having all of our every day dishes easily accessible.

And just in case you were wondering what the next step in our kitchen makeover will be, here’s  a sneak peek:

I am so happy with our kitchen open shelving and if you ever think about doing this project in your home and need a little encouragement, here it is: GO FOR IT!

Have you ever stepped back and taken a good look at your Pinterest board?  And then realized a common theme?  What was it?  And did you carry through on the project?

♥

Leigh

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Our “Toilet Closet” is Now…an Actual Closet!

I Refinished Our Hardwood Floors in More Than Half Our House in ONE WEEK!

A Full Bathroom Makeover with a $100 Budget

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