Open shelving: everyday dishes on display

An open shelf in a country kitchen. Thick, old pine boards rest on iron brackets, painted grey-green and worn down to show the wood grain; nothing on it is a collectible, everything is for daily use: stacked white porcelain plates, several ceramic bowls of different sizes, a row of mugs hanging on hooks, glass jars of sugar and flour, a ceramic pot holding wooden spoons. The items are not a set, vary in height, and some have chipped edges. The top shelf holds larger, less frequently used plates, with a light layer of dust. The premise of this setup is that items are used and washed daily, so oil and dust don't accumulate. Avoid: using enclosed wall cabinets, arranging dishes neatly by color and size, using new matching dinnerware sets, having decorative rather than practical objects on the shelves.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面鄉村廚房的開放層架。厚實的舊松木板架在鐵托上,漆成灰綠並已磨出木色;上面沒有一件是收藏品,全部是每天在用的東西:疊起來的白瓷盤、幾個不同大小的陶碗、一排掛在鉤上的馬克杯、玻璃罐裝的糖與麵粉、一個裝木杓的陶壺。東西不成套、高矮不一,有幾件邊緣有缺口。最上層放著較少用的大盤子,已經積了一點灰。這種做法的前提是東西天天用、天天洗,所以不會積油積塵。避免:使用封閉的吊櫃、把碗盤按顏色與尺寸排列整齊、使用成套的新餐具、讓層架上出現裝飾性而非實用的物件。