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Simple YET beautiful? Come on, step up your game!

you just knew i'd love these, didn't you?

I have no arguments with this white on white trend.

Henrietta the Terrible,

Oops! You're very right!

This looks beautiful.

Inspiring indeed - so stunning when white is done right. Hmmm... I may need to rethink my kitchen cabinet re-do (again).

I have a huge Raymond Loewy/ Rosenthal white dishes, etc.. collection that I need to bust out and display like that..my fear is an earthquake and flying off open shelves.

Once again, Lack saves the day!

(Thank you!)

And you're right, it looks great.

i love this and i love LACK - but i always thought they couldn't hold much weight, ie. dishes - guess i was wrong?

bella!

houseno8, i was under the same impression about the lack shelves not being able to hold much weight! i'd like to know if sharilyn did anything special to hang these shelves?

Anyone who can give tips on hanging the lack shelves would be of interest to me as well.

I just did this same thing in my kitchen, white on white. I drilled extra holes in the metal shelf-holder and put screws into the studs. I also shimmed it a little to ensure that the shelf didn't droop. It worked well, but I am still paranoid about putting too much on it. I still doesn't feel super sturdy.

The photo is beautiful, but I've never liked this arrangement for practical reasons. Exposed dishes will get dusty, particularly the top shelf, since those are probably not used very frequently. Also, any coated particleboard furniture will not age well (I have a number of white Lack pieces, and though the design is nice they are not very sturdy and are certainly destined for the landfill at some point).

I would prefer a minimalist glass-fronted cabinet for the same aesthetic. Both more durable and more practical, though more expensive.

I have so much dust in the desert I can't do this, but I LOVE seeing it--vicarious enjoyment!

It's my understanding that Lack shelves hold their max when installed into wood, ie. wall studs, right? I watched a kitchen reno recently and the couple knew they wanted open shelving so they removed the drywall on that wall only and screwed in plywood sheets into the studs, and then drywalled over the plywood. Now they had a good base to screw the shelves into, not just into the studs but across the whole sheet of ply, pretty much anywhere they wanted to on that wall.

Now if removing drywall is a bit drastic for you, maybe you might want to install a piece of wood onto your wall before you install your shelf --screw the wood into place into studs, and then attach your lack shelf onto that. Painted out to match the wall you won't notice it much. I wonder if MDF would work, since that would have a smoother paint finish, yeah, casement molding made out of mdf... sorry, I'm just typing out loud.

Anyway, this is just an idea. Can anyone more skilled than I suggest improvements? I think this is a universal problem for Lack lovers.