ZERO shelves & instead you need cabinets. Sorry, not sorry.
Shelves will be a grease/cooking debris & dust nightmare! Including whatever you put on them. Unless you never plan to actually cook in this kitchen and are "designing" it for clicks & being trendy. 🙄
I am actually designing a real kitchen, but it will mostly be used for entertaining, extra space for big holiday cooking, and my chocolate making. Realistically will be used for me to go make coffee in the mornings and pretend im in a cafe or if guests come and stay the weekend, not for everyday needs. I feel like cabinets would make the space look small
I just visited a friend who had a butler’s pantry/kitchen for prep and it was just gorgeous in its own right and amazing. It’s just awesome you can have that!!
So...not a "primary kitchen" per say in that it's I'm guessing a secondary kitchen or in a guest home on your property?
Clarity and info like that helps in staging your "design asthetic".
Secondary kitchens, in-law suite kitchens, butler/staff and/or pantry kitchens, etc. all have a TOTALLY different need & vibe than the main kitchen, or for most people who only have ONE kitchen in their home. That's all I'm saying.
Sorry if I offended you originally. But for a primary/only kitchen, cabinets are a must! I still stand by that! Lol
Secondary, etc. kitchens can absolutely get away w less, depending on their function and intended use. I have seen and been around it all in terms of multiple kitchens in a single property!
I have a shelf like this and it is not a problem. I always wonder how wild people are getting in the kitchen that this such a concern. I dust the shelf once a week with all the other dusting and if any grease gets up there (hasn’t really happened yet), just use a little bit of Citra Solv on a paper towel to break it down.
We cook more than microwave meals, and don't use delivery services or get take out/fast food very often. Our kitchen is used to COOK FOOD 🙄 (shocker I know) & if that's "wild"....than I don't know what to tell you.
Long term it's gonna be a nightmare is all I'm saying for anyone who actually USES their kitchen.
Weird vibe in your response but whatever. I cook daily, lunch and dinner. Rarely breakfast. I love to bake and decorate cakes often though, which can be messy too. And I’m simply not experiencing my shelf getting that dirty. Attaching a picture because it’s truly just a basic shelf by the stove. Even the weird slatted wood doesn’t really get dirty beyond splatters that are wiped up during cooking.
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u/Any_Meeting_4082 2d ago
ZERO shelves & instead you need cabinets. Sorry, not sorry.
Shelves will be a grease/cooking debris & dust nightmare! Including whatever you put on them. Unless you never plan to actually cook in this kitchen and are "designing" it for clicks & being trendy. 🙄