Dish Displays

Hello everyone!

I can't believe that it is almost the middle of the week already.  Where does the time go?

   I decided to share something with you that I've had in my kitchen for quite a while now, but never posted. It's something that enabled me to display dishes while using them and added some personality to what would've been a standard builder grade kitchen.  I don't know about you, but that is just not my favorite style kitchen!

This is probably my favorite part of my kitchen.  I simply removed the cabinet doors (some even had glass) and painted out the cabinets to look like a hutch.  I chose black because of the other black accents in the room and I wanted a classic black and white kitchen with touches of warm wood and burlap.  This jump started the whole thing! 

  The only way for this to work was to keep all of the dishes white against the black cabinets and they had to usable too.  So, I have my everyday dishes in here as well as my china.  Our glasses are in here too.  I can't tell you how much easier it is to put dishes away from the dishwasher now!  I attached clamp lights above the cabinets to showcase the dishes at night as well provide task lighting while cooking.  I like these even better than the under cabinet lights!  The under cabinet lights quit working and needed to be replaced anyway. 

The stove area was no exception.  I removed the cabinet doors and painted the interior black.  This works more as a display area.  There is a light above it too.

   I used the space above the stove for pitchers, creamers and a soup tureen.  Again, I stayed with the black and white color scheme.

This is something that anyone can do in their own kitchen to give it some personality. It basically only costs a can of paint (a quart).

Now you know an inexpensive way to change the look of your kitchen without having to buy new cabinets!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Kelly ~

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