Letting it all out!

After this post, in which I revealed our freshly primed kitchen cabinets, I have been contemplating the idea of open cabinetry. 

I mean look at the curves and the simple beauty of those babies! I don't know about you, but there is just something that is speaking to me. It's telling me to leave those upper cabinets alone and just fill 'em up with all of my kitchen loot. The only problem is, I'm not sure if it's the designer in me gently nudging or the worker in me crying out for a break! ha! Either way, I thought I would look to Pinterest for some inspiration. (Don't you just love that someone created this website?!)

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After doing some research, I am loving the look of the open cabinets. My only concern was the issue of grease and grime build up. I am no stranger to having my stuff hang out...kitchen stuff that is! Take a look at our current set up...

These cabinets, while making me nervous at first, have been a true love of mine. I love that I can see where everything is and it makes searching for a misplaced item so much easier. Yes, it happens pretty regularly around here. So, suffice it to say, I'm not worried about everyone seeing what we have. 

Yet, the issue of grease kept gnawing at me. But a solution was placed right in my lap! As I was venturing around Pinterest, I came across this blog post. It was a simple and straight forward post on the ins and outs of open shelving! Basically she said that you don't need to worry about a dirty build up as long as you display things that are used frequently! Since you will use them and then wash them on a regular basis, the dirt and grime doesn't have a chance to get really bad. 

This made complete sense to me and now I'm a bit less worried about the whole idea. Plus, in reality, I can just slap up those cabinet doors if I decide the open shelving isn't for me. 

Now, just to clarify, we won't be leaving all of the cabinets open. I decided that I am going to put the doors back on the lower cabinets

just because I figure no one really wants to see all of my pots and pans. So that will eliminate some of the display worries. Oh and I am also opting to put the doors back on all of these cabinets because of their proximity to the stove. 

Plus, I really don't want to display our lovely duct for the world to see. It's not really the 'in' thing to do! And the larger cabinet to the left is going to become our pantry and will eventually be filled with all sorts of food items, so that is getting covered up as well. It's not exactly what you would call 'eye candy.'

Oh and for those of you who may be wondering about the cabinet under the sink (please ignore the unpainted walls in this picture, its just an old one),

I plan on leaving the doors off of that too. I would love to make some cute curtains to cover up the unpleasant-ness of its underside. I think the curtains will lend themselves to the 'cute country' feel that I'm going for in here. Also, I'm hoping it will help to open up the space. 

So, that's the cabinet 411. I would love to hear what y'all are thinking! I want to make sure that the side of me that is tired of sanding cabinetry isn't making the call on this one. Please back me up here people!