Kitchen Remodeling Tampa | Upper Cabinets vs. Open Shelving

Kitchen remodeling Tampa is the best time to make some major changes to your kitchen design, especially if you have a traditional kitchen with full cabinets. Many homeowners are choosing to go more modern routes with their designs and ditching the cabinets in favor of open shelving, but how do you know if this is the right choice for you?

Pros and Cons of Upper Cabinets

If you’re sick of your bulky upper cabinets and thinking about open shelving, you might also think about the functionality of those uppers. Cabinets provide plenty of storage space and can hide all the clutter in the kitchen. Cabinets can also be stylish and elegant and can be a lifesaver for families that have a lot of appliances, pots, and pans that need somewhere to stay hidden.

Upper cabinets take up a lot of space and can make your kitchen feel smaller. If you want to keep your cabinets during your kitchen remodeling project, try cabinets with a sleeker design and go for lighter colors such as white or natural light wood color. Cabinets are also an expensive part of a home remodeling project.

Pros and Cons of Open Shelving

Open shelving helps the kitchen feel open, bright, and less cluttered. When you can’t hide all the dishes, kitchen tools, and cooking utensils behind cabinets, you are forced to maintain a more organized and streamlined look to your kitchen. Open shelving helps families who want to minimize their lives get rid of the things they don’t use or need. All the clutter that gets shoved to the back of a cabinet and forgotten about.

The best part about open shelving is that you can keep your bottom cabinets for storage and keep only the items you use most frequently on your shelves.

If you are ready to start planning your kitchen remodeling call the Bath & Kitchen Gallery of Tampa at 813-454-0592.