There is a little cupboard in my kitchen with interesting glass doors... and everything in it is white. I call it my little french cupboard, because of it's mullioned windows and sweet utilitarian size. It reminds me of a small cupboard in a french farmhouse.
It is not staged or perfectly appointed or filled with great design elements. My niece calls it "aesthetically useful".
But it does hold some of my favorite dishes... all white and interesting and well-loved!
Let's take a a little look...
This area was reworked when when our kitchen was freshened up last year. The little cupboard was original to StoneGable... and underneath it used to sit a desk and chair.... a design element very big almost 20 years ago! But for me, very impractical.... just a junk collection area!
The desk went unused (except to pile junk)... because I have a study just off of the kitchen. So, this new built-in was worked around my little french cupboard.
The cupboard is just big enough to hold my white dishes with "interesting edges"! These are not my everyday dishes.
And these are certainly not all of my white dishes. The dishes in this space are my favorites!
Like these heavily embossed square plates and crown bowls and compote...
The little french cupboard hold a set of very special dishes... my LEAF AND BERRY dishes. More people ask me about these beautifully edged plates more than any other.
The bottom shelf holds more dishes and bowls, egg cups, sugar bowl and creamer and two white pitchers.
They hold silver flatware, silver measuring spoons and my new collection of antique pearl handled knives.
I am looking for a large ironstone platter to lean upright in the back of the middle shelf... I hope I find one with an interesting rim!
so simple and lovely
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful cupboard!
ReplyDeleteThe leaf and berry dishes are especially interesting and different. Perhaps you will feature their history one day. It seems like ALL of your things are so beautiful and interesting and that's why so many of us are following you! We love it!
ReplyDeletethats a magazine cover shot for sure.. you have the magic touch.. I love everything you do.
ReplyDeleteIt may be functional, but I also think it looks lovely, Yvonne! I love those crown dishes!
ReplyDeleteHI Yvonne, love the dishes in your cupboard. It looks lovely the way you displayed them.
ReplyDeleteI am a lover of white dishes too. I see them and I seem to swoon! Hahaha. Love your kitchen.
We are right now remodeling our kitchen and your pictures of your kitchen have been
an inspiration more than once! have a blessed day!
Debbie
I love how white dishes are so beautiful when grouped together like this! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYvonne,
ReplyDeleteExquisite! Such practical use of your space! Every white piece is elegantly displayed! Thank you for sharing this focal point with all of us! Happy hunting for your white tray!
Fondly,
Pat
I love how you incorporated this cabinet into your new kitchen. Your beautiful white dishes are perfect in there!
ReplyDeleteLove your sweet cupboard, Yvonne! Now I love your pretty white dishes and they look perfectly staged to me.
ReplyDeleteBe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Love your dishes, and the cupboard!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Love this piece Yvonne and to have reworked something that wasn't being used this has to be a perfect example. I love when we can see something as it should be rather than as it is, you redid this one to perfection. As for white dishes....I just dragged home some more this morning from Goodwill, pretty little white bowls with an acorn and maple leaf pattern. Roll eyes here as I know this isn't the end of it. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love your selection of dishes, they are so sweet. It is always fun to add to a collection to get that one special piece. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, the white dishes are gorgeous! Love the way you fixed this sweet cupboard Ivonne. I love all the flatware in the creamers, that gives me an idea for my shelves in the laundry room. I'm loving how you redid it and you must be thrilled too! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove,
FABBY
Love your cabinet and all the beautiful white dishes.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so perfect.
Denise Lamb
I adore stacked dishes. I am incapable of photographing a perfectly set table. I have to have some stacked dishes-just like the stunning whites in you gorgeous cabinet. hugs to you on this fine day, olive
ReplyDeleteNo girl should be without white dishes my momma always told me. This makes me smile and if my love bugs didn't need to eat i would redo my own little cabinet! Thanks for sharing your!
ReplyDeleteGreat reworking on the cupboard! I love those dishes.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I used to think white was "boring". My taste has certainly changed with age. It looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty with all the white. Especially the white dishes with interesting edges :D
ReplyDeleteLuv the stacked look.
In teh process of rethinking my china cabinet as well. Would usually wait until fall to mess about with it, but I am sooo ready for Fall, and the changes I do in the home... not sure if I can wait.
Your post is inspiring me to do it NOW!! :D
Cheers, Gee
I wanna come over to your house and shop one day. :) if I can't shop, can I just play with your dishes. You have an amazing collection, and your tablescapes are evidence of that. That is a great idea to turn one of those seldom used desk areas into a cupboard. A pretty white french cupboard. :) xxoo
ReplyDeleteRUN to TJMaxx! I was there today and they had alot of beautiful white platters with interesting edges!!!! If I had known I could have picked on up for you! I adore your crown bowls and the leaf and berry paltes are definitely my favorite of all time. Wish SO much they were still available. I guess they aren't???? I feel so blessed that I have seen your beautiful kitchen in person. XOXO
ReplyDeleteI love the look of your little white cupboard as much as I love all those yummy white dishes and flatware within. You have beautiful things and a gorgeous home.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty collection Yvonne and you have them displayed beautifully!!
ReplyDeleteLove it.
ReplyDeleteYour display of those gorgeous white dishes are a vision of beauty...Always admired those leaf and berry dishes!!! Hope you find that perfect platter!
ReplyDeleteYvonne, I'm so glad to see you stack dishes. I don't have enough storage or I have too many dishes, probably the latter. I stack mine so I have them all available. Love your white cabinet and your leaf and berry plates!
ReplyDeleteWhite is a color of peace and elegance; you simple told us by this post. Love the cupboard and dishes but I'd be great to have dinning table with dishes.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely, Yvonne. I don't know how in the world I've missed those beautiful leaf and berry dishes!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks wonderful, Yvonne. I have been a lover of white dishes since I chose dishes when we got married almost 42 years ago. Back then, everyone thought I was crazy.
ReplyDeleteI just found a gorgeous vintage white platter with a wonderful rim. I have it standing on the counter behind our stovetop. I should take a photo to share.
Are all of the cupboards in your kitchen tall/large like that, Yvonne? I love them! There is a side of our kitchen that has a built-in desk among cabinets. I have never understood exactly why, but it is there. It is my goal to have that desk pulled out of there, smashed to smithereens, and replaced with a bank of floor to ceiling cabinets with glass doors on the top set kind of like what I see here. It just makes sense to me! I love the white, white, white!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteA very sweet amoire.....i am in transition with a gorgeous piece inherited from the family estate, love your blog....H.
ReplyDeleteIt's aesthetically stunning!! Love your berry dishes and your little birds! There's nothing like a white kitchen - to show off great collections.
ReplyDeleteKelly
So pretty. I love the term aesthetically useful! or maybe aesthetically practical? I love having my pretties where I can see them!
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Do you know who made the crown bowls & serving dish? I heard they could be found at Homegoods. I've never been there and am no where near one. Is there a name of a designer/co on the bowls?
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