ARTFUL ARRANGING STYLISH SHELVING SOLUTIONS


Whether yours are open, glass-fronted or inside a dresser, chances are you have shelves in your kitchen that are in need of filling. And if you’ve ever wondered how the stylists create such perfectly balanced and yet natural-looking shelf arrangements, read on, because one of Neptune’s stylists, Meaghan, is sharing her insider tips.


brass accents – a palette that includes both hard and soft, refined and rustic textures, and warm and cool colours.


You can then bring more variation and depth through the decorative details, shapes and finishes (aged and polished brass, matt and glossy crockery, plain and bubbled glass…) on each piece, as well as the odd ‘extra’ object (more on that below).


Editing your shelves in this way will help create cohesion, no matter what objects you’re placing on them.


INTRODUCE THE (SLIGHTLY) UNEXPECTED


Just like bathrooms, kitchens can very easily become all about the practical. But the key to making them feel as warm and comfortable as any other room in your home is to dress them accordingly.


Open shelves are the perfect opportunity to introduce things like paintings, plants, books, decorative ornaments, collected finds (such as shells, pebbles and seed heads) and even table lamps.


Children’s pictures, too, will immediately brighten things up and stop your shelves from feeling overly styled, as will postcards. Simply tuck them in amongst your crockery and glassware.


These objects might also be an opportunity to introduce a little accent colour, especially if you prefer to keep your crockery classic and white.


THE ART OF ZONING


If you’re not familiar with this, kitchen zoning is essentially just the process of giving each cabinet in your kitchen a specific purpose. That could be a breakfast cupboard where granola, coffee mugs and the toaster live side-by-side, or perhaps a baking area on an island, where you keep jars of flour, measuring scales and baking books within easy reach.


And you can apply the same principles to your open shelving as well. Rather than grouping all your crockery or all your food jars together in one place, spread them around your kitchen’s shelves according to where you’ll actually use them.


So, on open shelving near the kettle, it could be teacups, decorative tins of tea and side plates for cakes and biscuits. Then, over by your stove, it might be your most-used cookery books, dinner plates, soup bowls and jars of dried pasta.


Organising your open shelves by purpose, rather than type of object, like this will make styling them in an eclectic but considered way much easier.


YOUR TONAL AND TEXTURAL PALETTE


While we think it looks best to include a variety of different materials on any single shelf, we’d still advocate for an edited palette of both textures and colours. An example would be white crockery and linens, clear glassware, natural rattan and wood, and


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