July 12, 2018 Visit by Jonathan and Andrea
Andrea and Jonathan visited the house, and the current owner of the 3rd floor condo gave them a tour. Much to our amazement Mark’s open shelving system is still in place and in use.
This video was taken during visit. More of the kitchen and the rest of the open shelving system. Refrigerator housing is also still present.
The origin of the open shelving in the kitchen was economic. Buying kitchen cabinets, even at the Lowes/Home Depot of the time, Lechmere Sales, was not in the budget. A couple of sheets of plywood, some nails and glue, and voila, kitchen cabinets be gone. The only dressing up was to glue and nail thin strips of pine on the face of the shelves to hide the end laminations of the plywood. The shelves were specifically designed for various dinner plates, glasses, coffee mugs, spice bottles, and so on. Over the ensuing years, this open-shelf style has become our standard. Who needs to open and close endless doors when the open shelving makes things transparent and minimizes the visual clutter of doors standing open while doing kitchen work?