Wooden shelves: a rustic touch in your kitchen

Wooden shelves

In a kitchen, storage space it's never enough. In addition to low cabinets, there are many other ways to make the most of the available space. For example, it is very convenient to be able to have all the cooking utensils on the countertop, especially when space is particularly limited. One of the best resources we have for this purpose are the wooden shelves.

It is true that closed cabinets are probably more practical, but they also offer an inferior aesthetic result. This is not the case with shelves or shelvesmore pleasing to the eye. On the other hand, as a material, wood is much more decorative. In other words, in addition to providing extra storage space, they will also bring warmth and a rustic touch to our kitchen.

The kitchen It is the room of the house to which we allocate a greater investment. We also pay special attention to its decoration. Choosing furniture, countertops and appliances, as well as wall and floor coverings, is not a matter of a single day. The same thing happens with the shelves.

Advantages of shelves in the kitchen

Wooden kitchen shelves

If there's one thing we all agree on, it's that in the kitchen order is essential. Therefore, if shelves and racks have as their main function to offer spaces so that everything is where it should be, they will always be welcome elements. Moreover, one could almost say that essential.

Kitchen cabinets do not always have enough capacity for us to store crockery, cutlery or those small appliances that we all have at home for cooking and we do not know where to put them. This discomfort is further accentuated if the kitchen is not very spacious, becoming a problem. And the shelves can be the ideal solution.

We analyze below what are the advantages of having wooden shelves in our kitchen:

More storage possibilities

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It could be said that this is the main quality of shelves and shelves in a kitchen. They provide us with an interesting additional storage space, which is also essential to maintain order and cleanliness.

A tall wooden shelf can be the perfect resource to place the juicer or the blender, or to store those plates or bowls that do not fit in the cabinets. Another very practical idea is to place small pots on them where you can grow our own small orchard of aromatic plants: parsley, thyme, rosemary, mint... Who wouldn't want to have them in their kitchen?

Less feeling of lack of space

Wooden kitchen shelves

If our kitchen is small, it is not a good idea to cover its walls with tall and bulky closed cabinets. By doing that, we will only increase the feeling of reduced space. On the contrary, the shelves will offer us an open aesthetic, much more pleasant. The space will be the same, but it will look better, with proper visual balance.

In this way, converted into another decorative element, wooden shelves can play an important role in the look of our kitchen, especially if we combine them intelligently with the furniture and appliances intended to rest on them.

In addition to this, the use of shelves allows us to take advantage of all the corners of the kitchen, corners, angles and nooks and crannies that are generally empty and poorly used.

Comfort and practicality

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Since everything is visible, the shelves in the kitchen They save us time when cooking, since there is no need to open and close cabinets and drawers to find what we need. That is why it is a good idea to use the shelves and open shelves to store the kitchen utensils that we use most frequently.

For aesthetic reasons, it may be more advisable to store pots and pans in the cupboards, but everything else can be kept within easy reach: kitchen knives, condiments, strainers, ladles, spices...

A cheaper solution

Wooden kitchen shelves

This is an aspect that is by no means less important than the others: buying and installing shelves is always cheaper than putting cabinets. In addition, they are very easy to install. In general, conventional furniture has a higher cost, although it is an expense that is often unavoidable when dressing a kitchen.

Open shelves and shelves, even when we talk about exclusive models made with quality wood, are better suited to the budget of those people who want to give their kitchen a new look, but who at the same time do not want the final price to be too high. .

Charming rustic touch

rustic kitchen

Finally, in the specific case of the wooden shelves, we will find them in our kitchen that special touch of traditional cuisine, the one in which all the dishes taste better. Natural wood shelves can help us achieve that rustic air What are we looking for.

Some ideas: we can place some between cabinets, thus combining both solutions; or make them stand out in a prominent place in the kitchen, surrounded by white walls and cabinets. They can also be invisibly anchored to the wall or fitted with metal rails or angles for a vintage effect. The possibilities are almost endless, you just need a little imagination and good taste.

Conclusion

The use of wooden shelves can mean give a total turn to the decoration of your kitchen. Not only for its value as an aesthetic resource endowed with numerous possibilities, but also as a starting point on which to change our way of organizing ourselves to prepare our meals.


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  1.   Daniel M.B. said

    Any idea where to buy them? Thanks

    1.    Maria vazquez said

      In large areas like Leroy Merlin you have boards and pine boards and other materials.