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Bakers Rack or Kitchen Hutch Advice

aroc3435 — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:51:35 GMT

If you have, or ever had, one of these in your kitchen do you use it mainly for its decorative or extra storage aspect?

I have one--Home Styles brand Orleans Caramel Bakers Rack--that I'm trying to increase its functional style yet retain its decorative appearance. It has three wider lower shelves and two upper shelves that are narrower.

As you walk in my front door you especially notice the top two narrow and wider middle shelf. It sits in front of a normal width window that faces the back yard.

Could I use decorative baskets or containers of some sort on the two lowest shelves to group baking pans together, baking gadgets in another . . . so I'm looking for suggestions to keep it pretty but make it more useful.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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beach-mom — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:01:37 GMT

@aroc3435 - Your Baker's rack sounds beautiful! I think your idea of using the bottom two racks for decorative containers to hold cooking essentials is perfect. I have a wrought iron and glass one right off the kitchen. I used to use the first shelf for seasonal touches and the bottom two for cookbooks. Now it holds DH's sound system! I did get to keep the first shelf!

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Kachina624 — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:02:45 GMT

I have a baker's rack in the kitchen that I use for storing the assortment of small appliances I've accumulated. I have a poorly designed kitchen with not much storage space.

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Hooty — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:09:44 GMT

@aroc3435 , I had a bakers rack many years ago in my kitchen area but replaced it with a kitchen hutch that that I use for seasonal decorative purposes, except for the bottom shelf is for cookbook storage! I'll try to post a picture for my "fall decor".

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Icegoddess — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:16:35 GMT

I have a Baker's Rack in the dining room and store decorative ceramic cookware (like Temptations) and glasses on it. I have a hutch in the kitchen that I store some of my small appliances. It has doors and a bottom drawer so everything is hidden away except what I have on top. It only stands about chest-high and I keep a cookie jar and my CE mini pressure cooker on top.

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Hooty — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:15:10 GMT

See if this picture works:

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Kitlynn — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:38:41 GMT

I have a bakers rack and a hutch in my dining room. The hutch covers one wall. I have my good dishes and pretty ones that I use for holidays and special occasions in it. The bakers rack has decorative stuff on it. I love both of them.

I really like the idea you have of putting decorative baskets on the bottom shelves to hold things. Great way to store things and still look very pretty.

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ThinkingOutLoud — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:06:11 GMT

A key for it to look nice is to keep similar colors together (or keep colors to a minimum). I would find baskets that are similar to the color of the bakers rack and if part of the pans stick out, it would be better if they all match each other. If you could post pics or provide more info on what you want to keep there, that would help.

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Peaches McPhee — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:15:13 GMT

@aroc3435 , off topic, but I love how you've placed your city in your signature at the end of the post. I am going to copy you. Great idea!

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aroc3435 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:06:15 GMT

@Peaches McPhee I started stating my location a while ago since it helps when someone asks about a question that involves an area specific location such as does your grocery have/carry X brand of an ingredient or something similar where knowing a person's general area helps in understanding a question or answer.

For my thumbnail bio: born in New Jersey, at age 11 family moved to southeasteern Connecticut, then relocated to Newport, Rhode Island for college, marriage,and divorce, back to Connecticut where I lived and worked full time for 35 years, then retired and moved here to DC to be closer to grown daughter, son, and 4 young grandchildren.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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Still Raining — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:43:32 GMT

Off topic, but I had to look this up. Don't think I have ever heard that term before. Could it more regional?

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ECBG — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:08:04 GMT

@Hooty wrote:
See if this picture works:

@Hooty

LOVE this!!!! Especially the china pattern!

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aroc3435 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:15:56 GMT

@beach-mom @Kachina624 @Hooty @Icegoddess

@Kitlynn @one smart cookie I am tech challenged--haven't mastered posting pics from my Macbook

@Still Raining The names for this piece of furnitire might be regional--I have no clue. @ECBG I agree--beautiful pic and beautiful arrangement of items with a theme.

Thank you all for your ideas and encouragement. Now to find the prettiest maatching containers/baskets to house the humdrum baking items and keep the narrower top shelves for the pretty things like my Mosser salt and pepper shakers, etc.

Love what a creative, upbeat group we have here who always willingly support each other in brainstorming solutions.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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Kachina624 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:24:50 GMT

@aroc3435 Yesterday, in response to a request from BeachMom, doobdoo and I posted a tutorial for posting photos. Doob posted several pages which make it appear more complicated than it is but she's an Apple expert and very meticulous. I take the simplified approach which works too.

If you'd like to experiment, give it a whirl. We all had a first time.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:28:02 GMT

@aroc3435 Wanted to add, I got a set of 2 heavy metal baskets with a vine pattern. I keep kitchen linens like tea towels in them. They're in my rack.

Do you need the vertical element in the room? How about...

Sooner — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:38:05 GMT

@aroc3435 Do you need the vertical element in the room? How about a buffet or server instead of something vertical? You'd have space below that would have doors and shelves, or shelves alone.

Put a lamp on top, stack some cookbooks maybe, or a pretty bowl or anything decorative. A lovely picture above or a window and you are in business!

It might make the room seem more open and provide some pretty flat display space.

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pitdakota — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:03:29 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@Hooty wrote:
See if this picture works:

@Hooty

LOVE this!!!! Especially the china pattern!

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@ECBG, that is the Pumpkin patch design in the Temptations line. I recognize it because I have 4 of the mugs from several years ago that I pull out every year for hot apple cider.

It does look very nice on that hutch.

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LuvmyLab — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:49:11 GMT

@aroc3435 I use my baker's rack for my cookbooks and other small kitchen appliances like George Foreman Grill, griddle, bread machine.

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Free2be — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:28:27 GMT

A photo of my kitchen rack wouldn't help you at all, @aroc3435. It's entirely functional, nothing pretty about it except that I can access a lot of kitchen needs from it quickly. I do have one across the room that is only for display but I don't have a current photo of it and haven't knocked myself out to make it perfect for anyone but me. It's very tall, I will try to get it into a photo. Not good at photo taking.

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Hooty — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:14:53 GMT

@ECBG , Thanks, it is an discontinued Temp-tations pattern, Pumpkin Patch, and I just love it, I wish it was still available!