Maximalist Kitchen: Open Shelving and Grouped Tableware

A maximalist kitchen. Instead of closed upper cabinets, there are multiple open shelves, packed with sets of dishes—bowls, glass cups, ceramic jars, pots, and spice bottles of various colors, arranged in groups by category and color. The walls are covered with high-saturation, hand-painted style tiles with dense patterns. The lower cabinets are painted in saturated deep green or mustard yellow, with brass hardware. The countertop is textured natural stone. Several small paintings and a string of dried flowers and herbs hang on the wall. A row of plants lines the windowsill. Two decorative pendant lights hang from the ceiling. The entire space is rich in color and dense with objects, yet the dishes are orderly, arranged in sets by category. Avoid: using closed upper cabinets to hide everything, painting cabinets white, allowing dishes to be stacked haphazardly and not in sets, or using plain wall tiles.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間極繁主義的廚房。上方不做封閉吊櫃,改為多層的開放層架,塞滿了成組的器皿——各色的碗盤、玻璃杯、陶罐、鍋具與香料瓶,依類別與顏色成組排列。牆面貼著高彩度的手繪風格磁磚,圖案密集。下櫃漆成飽和的深綠或芥末黃,五金是黃銅。檯面是有紋理的天然石。牆上掛著數幅小畫與一串乾燥花草。窗台上排著一列植物。天花懸掛兩盞造型吊燈。整個空間色彩豐富、物件密集,但器皿依類別成組陳列,因此有秩序。避免:使用封閉的吊櫃隱藏所有東西、把櫃體漆成白色、讓器皿雜亂堆放不成組、使用素色的牆面磁磚。