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Jennifer Morgan

HISTORICAL FACTS: Open shelves vs wall cabinets expert explain which is best for your kitchen | History Defined

Pink kitchen with wooden cabinets

So, you’re at the planning stage for your ‘kitchen of dreams’ and your Pinterest boards are full of beautiful kitchens without wall cabinets showing curated storage jars, piles of tableware and sparkling glassware. 

But, before you approve the design and commit to your kitchen without wall cabinet ideas, there are a few nagging doubts at the back of your mind: would you be able to reach things? Won’t things get dirty? Are you sacrificing storage for style? All valid points in the great open-shelves-v-wall-cabinets debate. Ultimately, when it comes to open shelves versus wall cabinets it’s a choice that only you can make, but to help you on your way, we asked some kitchen experts for their advice.

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