Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Open Shelving Adventure

Not long after we moved in to the new house we decided to get rid of the upper kitchen cabinets and try something new. As always, we were super slow with the process so our kitchen ended up looking like this for a while until we saved up the money for the supplies we needed.


To draw the eye upward with vertical lines (and because it's pretty) we decided to use bead board behind our open shelving area.




We (Dave) put wood strips on the walls and screwed them into the studs. That way we could place our brackets where we wanted and screw them into the wood. Otherwise we would be limited to mounting them at the odd stud locations.


We looked around at shelf brackets but didn't find anything we really liked. It was also hard to find anything under around $6.00, and we were working on a tight budget. I showed Dave a photo of the look I liked and he thought he could re-create it. He made a jig (he'll have to post on how to do this) and ended up making our brackets for under $1.50 each. I love this man.


I also love the herb nesting crates that my mother-in-law gave me for Christmas. We, of course, got that idea from The Lettered Cottage.


...and here is the somewhat finished product.


We painted the lower cabinets black and took the doors off to re-style them. I will post on that soon!

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39 comments:

  1. it's looking wonderful! you have one talented man there...the brackets are perfect...can't wait to see the finished space.

    blessings,

    alison

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  2. Looks beautiful!!! I added some open shelves and I love them!!! The bead board really adds to the wall and gives it some pop!!!

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  3. This is beautiful! You bot have a gift for remodeling!

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  4. Gorgeous! That is some serious talent that you all have.

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  5. I love it! I can't wait to see it all done. And dream about what it would look like in my house... :)

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  6. Amazing! looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product! :)

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  7. Your shelves look wonderful! I have those little crates myself and love them.

    So nice to visit with you.

    Happy Easter. Amy

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  8. They look great! I love the beadboard and the open shelves. The dark lower cabinets look great too!

    Happy Easter!
    Pam

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  9. It looks great! I have shelf envy *winks* Vanna

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  10. Your man is one talented guy to create those shelves! Love the beadboard and the herb boxes with the plates inside them. Your kitchen is going to look fantastic. I can't wait to see it finished.

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  11. Looking wonderful. I really love the look of open shelving. Just wish I could convince my Hubby!

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  12. Really looks like a french country kitchen! your hubs is awesome to help make your dream come true.

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  13. Oh wow!!!!! This looks sooooo good. The beadboard behind the shelving is a really nice touch.

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  14. Looking good! Lucky to have such a handy man (wish I had one ). New to your blog, gonna go look around :)
    mickey

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  15. Looks great so far! Love beadboard and the open shelving. really opens up the kitchen.

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  16. Oh my goodness, this is fabulous, I can't wait to see it all finished, already love it!
    I tried to talk my hubby into the open shelving and that didn't work out too well but at least I got the glass :)
    XO

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  17. So Beautiful! I LOVE it! I totally want open shelves like this! I hope you are loving them!

    I would love to have you come do a special guest post about this project on Remodelaholic if you are interested please let me know! Thanks! Cassity

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  18. Can't wait to see how the rest of the kitchen turns out because it looks gorgeous so far! I have a handy husband, too, and I wouldn't trade him for anything. :)

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  19. Oh, I forgot to say that I found you through Feathered Nest Friday!

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  20. This looks absolutely gorgeous~ I love your open shelves and your black bottom cabinets are looking wonderful already!! Can't wait to see the finished product! Btw- FANTASTIC job on cutting the outlet holes out of the beadboard!!! Looks like they lined up perfectly!! Thanks for sharing at FNF! :)

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  21. Love it Rachel! You all are just one talented couple I tell ya! Making your own brackets was ingenious! It is all looking beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us at Inspiration Friday!

    Heather

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  22. Awesome project! I have open shelving in my country kitchen too. I love having everything in the open and it opens up my small kitchen.

    Please stop and see my entry for At the Picket Fence.

    Teresa
    http://creativecowgirl.co/

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  23. Hi, friend! I'm admiring all your creative posts here so can you please share them with us at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop? The link is at http://www.homemakeronadime.com/2011/04/creative-bloggers-party-hop-042411.html. Thank you so much :)

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  24. Wow thanks so much for all the love people! We are about to finish the kitchen and will be posting photos soon!

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  25. Perfect!!!
    I want to see more!
    Get some stuff on those shelves!!

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  26. Oops I got so excited I followed you again!! ha

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  27. This looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the finished kitchen:)

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  28. Can't wait to see the finished product, it is looking fabulous already!! Thanks for linking Flaunt it Friday!

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  29. I really love how things are coming out! If you haven't seen it, I just did a very similar beadboard/open shelving thing in my kitchen as part of a $1,200 overhaul! New cabinets, a dishwasher (other than me), and lots of pretty! Now following! I hope you'll pop over!

    ~Mikey @ Shabby French Cottage
    www.shabbyfrenchcottage.com

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  30. I love the open shelves and beadboard and...I can't decide if I like them painted or natural!
    I think it looks great!

    Pat

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  31. Wow, thanks for the comments everyone! We have had family in town and I haven't been able to respond as much as I'd like but I really appreciate the feedback!

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  32. love the open shelves, I need something like this!

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  33. Oh this is awesome!!! I looks soooooo good! I saw lettered cottage's FB post about you :) Good to meet you ! Just followed ya on google friend connect :)

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  34. Wow. I didn't even notice that they had linked to us. That's super cool!

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