As I mentioned recently I really love dishes. I have quite a few sets (which I will be doing a post on as soon as I get photos taken of them) that I really enjoy using. Whenever I go to the thrift store or the sale section in stores I'm always looking out for pretty sets of plates or bowls. However along with the thrill of finding new dishes comes the problem of where to store them. Several of you commented in my last post that you were fast running out of places to keep your china.
I did a Google search and apparently there are many people who enjoy collecting china. In looking at all the lovely collections, I was impressed with some of the beautiful images of cupboards and shelves full of dishes. Seeing shelves filled with pretty dishes makes me want to get them out and play with them - to set a pretty table, arrange different colours and patterns together, examine them up close...
Here are some of the pretty ways I found to store dishes:
Some people stored dishes on open shelves,
or in a slotted plate rack on the wall,
or in a zinc-lined pharmaceutical cabinet,
or in cupboards with glass doors,
or wooden doors.
Some dishes were stored on open shelves in the kitchen,
or in kitchen cabinets,
or in kitchen drawers,
or in closets or rooms devoted entirely to storing china (for more photos and a great post about butler's pantries and china closets see
here),
or in hutches or china cabinets in the dining room.
Some collections included complete sets of dishes with bowls, side plates, dinner plates, cups, and serving pieces,
and others were specialized, like this amazing collection of cafe au lait bowls,
or this impressive collection of Pyrex bowls.
Some displayed only neutral-coloured dishes,
some pastel dishes,
and some were a rainbow of bright colours.
I keep mine on open shelves in the kitchen and in an over-flowing china cabinet. What about you? How do you store your dishes?
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right now, under beds, in closets and any spare place I can find. I am working on refinishing a hutch, and this year I want some shelves made to house them all.....yes, I have a small problem!
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful dishes! I especially like the use of a butler pantry. I use my vintage white kitchen cabinets and a shelf in my kitchen for my specialty pattern. Kit
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen some really beautiful inspiration photos for this post! Honestly I'm a one set of dishes kind of girl...just a space thing really. Oh and three kids. Lol.
ReplyDeleteShannon
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I like collecting Shelley English Bone China. Especially anything from their Dainty or Art Deco series.
ReplyDeleteSo many fantastic display ideas... Aren't they like little works of art?
Kelly
I wish when I was picking out a china cabinet that I would have gotten one of those modular ones from Pottery Barn that you can just keep adding on to as your collection grows...I ran out of space a looong time ago :)
ReplyDeleteI adore this post, Grace!!! I store my dishes in a Welsh Cupboard, kitchen cabinets with wood doors, kitchen cabinets with glass doors, a hanging plate rack on the wall, and an antique ship's captain armoire.
ReplyDelete....and I still do not have enough storage, LOL! I wish I had a nice butler's pantry between my kitchen and dining room, but instead, I have a tiny laundry room. But a girl can dream, I guess....
xoxoxo,
Ricki Jill
I would love to see your storage Grace! As I mentioned, I don't have very many, and part of the reason is because I fear clutter and don't know where I'd put them. But this is an AWESOME post . . . there are so many good ideas here, so thank you! I keep mine in a China cabinet and in cabinets in the kitchen, but I think I might have to start searching for some open shelving. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI have quite a few sets of china. I love dishes, too!! This is one of those moments when I really, really wish I had a butler's pantry for storage!
ReplyDelete~ Elizabeth
Great post, Grace! I store mine in our china cabinet, a smaller pie safe, and on an open shelf in the kitchen. I too would love a huge butler's pantry.
ReplyDeletei am in love with all of those dishes! They different ways they are displayed are awesome! My dishes are stored in an old antique cabinet. they are just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI keep mine in kitchen cupboards with glass fronts and in an antique armoire my husband converted into a storage unit. However, I am fast running out of room...
ReplyDeleteThat was a lovely bunch of eye candy! All those dishes made my heart skip a beat or two. I'm planning on removing a few cabinet doors so I can show off some dishes. Otherwise I only have the hutch in the dining room to hold my pretty stuff.
ReplyDeleteWow,,that is a lot of dishes! Who knew that pyrex could look so great when put in a colorful collection! Thanks for sharing
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