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Kitchen Spotlight: The Beauty of Built-In Cabinets

As we work our way into the first-ever 8 Step Kitchen Cure, the first thing to confront us is the sheer amount of bags, packages, jars, shakers, boxes, and packets stuffed into the cupboards. As we ponder the best way to get organized, we find ourselves slightly envious of those with beautiful built-in cabinets like the ones in this Chicago apartment.

• Amy has these gorgeous white and old-fashioned cabinets to display her colorful collections of dishes and pottery. We love the look that they give to the kitchen, setting off this...

• ...pretty dining room table. We like how the kitchen is open to this sunny dining area, but how the cabinets still make everything feel closed and neat.

What kind of cabinets do you have in your kitchen? We were at serious loss for cabinet space in our old apartment; we had to find creative ways to put things out of sight.

• See the whole house tour here: Amys Retro Ravenswood Apartment

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Here are some links to photos of my built ins, which are posted on my friend Emily's flickr stream. I also live in Chicago, in a vintage apartment.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2389/2227094637_0039b8b5df.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2227094687_358fbd8e09.jpg?v=0

posted by sarahbest on 2008-03-27 12:17:15
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Oh wow! Those are cool, sarahbest - very, very cool.

posted by faith on 2008-03-27 12:57:28
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Amy's lovely kitchen is a spitting image of the one I had the pleasure having while in living in San Francisco. That dual cabinet configuration is a favourite and a great way to show off your best kitchenwares :)

posted by gregory on 2008-03-27 20:34:08
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I have built-ins like those too, although as you can see they aren't nearly as organized as the ones above! I have total dish envy :)

posted by mango on 2008-03-27 22:08:42
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I also had a kitchen with the same cabinets in Philadelphia.

posted by sciencegeek on 2008-03-28 13:08:37
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I have very similar built-ins in my SF apartment, but use them for less attractive storage so I put up some fabric from Ikea to hide the mess.

posted by jennifer in sf on 2008-03-28 15:38:46
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