Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Not everything in your home needs to be on full display. Open shelving can look beautiful. If you place an elegant bowl in ...

Right now in kitchen design, it's popular to lose some upper cabinets and replace them with open shelving. While this can be easy to do, it's hard to get the right mix of display items that make the ...

Open shelves are a love-it or leave-it idea, but for those who love them, the breezy appeal is undeniable. They take an extra investment of time compared to closed cabinets (as more tidying is ...

Open shelves have been around for literal centuries, but in the mid-2010s we saw a notable surge in this option for kitchens. The design trend has a laid-back, farmhouse aesthetic to it, and you can’t ...