Hanging shelves for the kitchen

Hang­ing shelves for the kitchen allow you to avoid clut­ter and opti­mal­ly orga­nize the sur­round­ing space. Thanks to the open shelves for the kitchen, the room will seem more spa­cious, and the beau­ti­ful design will give an aes­thet­ic look.

What can replace wall cabinets

Habit­u­al wall-mount­ed kitchen cab­i­nets are not always con­ve­nient, because they take up a lot of space, and in order to take the right thing or prod­uct, you need to open the doors. Replac­ing cab­i­nets with shelves instead of wall cab­i­nets can help save space, as kitchen shelves can be used to place items so they’re always in plain sight.

Advantages and disadvantages of such a solution

The advan­tages of using kitchen hang­ing shelves include:

1. Capac­i­ty.
2. Depend­ing on the mate­r­i­al of man­u­fac­ture, kitchen shelves can with­stand quite a lot of weight, even pots and pans can be stored.
3. Instal­la­tion does not require spe­cial skills, because the shelf fas­ten­ings are easy to use.
4. Every­thing is in plain sight.
5. Fits well with kitchen design.

The dis­ad­van­tages of using it include:

1. Per­haps it is more aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing to store some prod­ucts or items in closed cab­i­nets.
2. Defi­cien­cies may relate to the mate­r­i­al. Plas­tic ones can not with­stand a lot of weight and break, while wood­en ones can swell with fre­quent con­tact with water.

And yet, giv­ing pref­er­ence to kitchen shelves or kitchen cab­i­nets is a mat­ter of per­son­al taste, because both options, with the right design, can look beau­ti­ful and styl­ish. An inter­est­ing option could be a com­bi­na­tion of kitchen cab­i­nets and shelves in the inte­ri­or.

Shelf materials

Kitchen wall shelves can be made from a vari­ety of mate­ri­als, allow­ing them to be used for dif­fer­ent pur­pos­es and in dif­fer­ent design styles. The cost of such fur­ni­ture also depends on the mate­r­i­al of man­u­fac­ture. For exam­ple, plas­tic ones belong to the econ­o­my class, while stone or acrylic ones are a more expen­sive option. There are plas­tic, wood­en, met­al, glass, stone shelves.

Wooden

Wood­en ones are envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly, high strength and light weight. And if they are treat­ed with a spe­cial solu­tion that will pro­tect them from decay, mois­ture and insects, they will serve you for a long time.

metal

Met­al kitchen prod­ucts with thin fix­tures, bronze or steel grates, chrome-plat­ed details look beau­ti­ful and ele­gant. At the same time, they are dis­tin­guished by strength, light­ness of con­struc­tion and dura­bil­i­ty. Unlike wood, met­al prod­ucts do not deform from high humid­i­ty and high tem­per­a­tures. When using a hang­ing mount, they can be removed for wet clean­ing.

glass

They give the impres­sion of fragili­ty and grace, although they can be quite strong. Visu­al­ly enlarge the space, fill it with light. Artis­tic paint­ing or built-in light­ing from mul­ti-col­ored light bulbs looks beau­ti­ful on them.

For kitchen shelves to be durable, the thick­ness of the glass must be at least 8–10 mm.

Stone

They look beau­ti­ful, give the inte­ri­or charm and solid­i­ty. The strongest and most durable of all. They can accom­mo­date espe­cial­ly heavy things and objects.

When installing, you need to take into account the sever­i­ty of the mate­r­i­al and the fea­tures of the walls. Such fur­ni­ture can­not be attached to plas­ter­board walls.

Shelf design and options

For dif­fer­ent types of design, kitchen shelves made of dif­fer­ent mate­ri­als and in var­i­ous ver­sions are suit­able. White shelves will suit the Provence style, a kitchen shelf for plates made of wood — to the coun­try style, etc.

Provence style

Hinged kitchen shelves in the style of Provence, or in the style of the French vil­lage, should be open, light col­ors. Wood prod­ucts paint­ed in light col­ors with artis­tic carv­ings will fit well into this style. White dish­es, pot­tery, small vas­es with bou­quets of laven­der or oth­er dried flow­ers are per­fect for white shelves. You can also arrange bas­kets with fruits and veg­eta­bles.

Country style kitchen

The kitchen inte­ri­or in coun­try style should reflect the sim­plic­i­ty of rur­al life. There­fore, glass, met­al and plas­tic kitchen fur­ni­ture will not work here.

Coun­try style is wood­en kitchen fur­ni­ture in light and dark col­ors, or at least imi­ta­tion wood. Shelves should be open, unpre­ten­tious, with­out any spe­cial dec­o­ra­tions. Such a kitchen shelf is per­fect for plates and oth­er uten­sils. One of their appear­ance should cre­ate a cozy and home­ly atmos­phere. Some shelves can be dec­o­rat­ed with light cot­ton cur­tains.

Angle shapes

A spe­cial place in the inte­ri­or is occu­pied by cor­ner kitchen shelves. They allow you to make the most effi­cient use of the kitchen space and dec­o­rate the cor­ners dec­o­ra­tive­ly. They are well suit­ed for small rooms, because such fur­ni­ture is com­pact and takes up lit­tle space. Open cor­ner hang­ing shelves can be two-lev­el. They will look great indoor plants in flower pots or planters, ele­gant vas­es. The shelf mate­r­i­al should match the over­all inte­ri­or.

Place for installing shelves as storage systems and a decorative element of the kitchen interior

Kitchen shelves can be installed:

• in the same place where the hang­ing cab­i­nets were. By replac­ing bulky wall cab­i­nets with shelves, you will free up space, the kitchen will visu­al­ly become larg­er;
• as ele­ments con­nect­ing cab­i­nets;
• in a niche: short shelves in a niche will help to per­fect­ly orga­nize the space and give addi­tion­al com­fort;
• above the table: it is con­ve­nient to store spices, sea­son­ings, bread and oth­er prod­ucts on nar­row shelves above the table;
• they can fill the space between the wall and the clos­et.
• Such a wall shelf can be used for inte­ri­or dec­o­ra­tion: as coast­ers for flower pots, can­dles, table lamps, etc.

Kitchen hang­ing shelves can be a great alter­na­tive to hang­ing cab­i­nets and a design ele­ment of the entire room. They will help free up space and cre­ate a cozy atmos­phere.