Style and organize your dining room or kitchen area with a large yet beautiful piece of furniture you ve got a place to entertain from store your most beautiful pieces and organize too.
What do you put on top of china cabinet.
The best part about your cabinet is that it allows you to show off the designs and patterns on your fine china or dinnerware.
Each piece of furniture has different functions and while you can display your treasured items inside a hutch that has glass encased cabinets a hutch has other functions as well.
In general my approach is to use one big sculptural piece on top or a few like objects.
Atop a tall cabinet or armoire isn t really the place to try to create a vignette with lots.
If you ve got a gap between your cabinets and the ceiling you ve likely spent time cursing the space.
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So to make sure one of them really works for you you first have to determine if you have the right space for what you want to put up there and if you have the right accessories to do the job.
Before i show you my new and improved china cabinet i will show you the before prior to repainting the dining room which required emptying the china cabinet of its contents and moving it i snapped this photo so that i would remember where i had everything once i was able to put it all back.
There are some stylish ways to tackle this forgotten spot.
I recently shared 5 tips for finding the right furniture piece you can read about that here.
Whether it s called a china cabinet or a hutch in your neck of the woods the goal is the same.
If you do you can then begin to address your cabinet decorating as follows.
What s inside the china cabinet.
This beautiful and useful piece of furniture is prized for its ability to show off family heirlooms antique curios and your finest dinner plates.
Many a dining room or kitchen has a china cabinet as its focal point.
Remember that china cabinets aren t just for the fancy stuff.
This type of furniture has been a fixture in elegant homes since at least the late 17th century.
I painted this armoire navy photo credit.
Since it s not at eye level you shouldn t try to decorate above a tall piece of furniture as much as you should just try to add height.
Today i want to take you inside my china cabinet and share with you my dining room essentials and how to style them in your china cabinet.
A china cabinet is a functional piece of furniture that often gets ignored as a dust collector.
If you re looking to re do your dining room hutch we hope that this post will be helpful for you.
With the right arrangement though your china cabinet can be the star of your dining room.