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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