Best Kitchen Decor Finds for Open Shelves

In our last home, we loved our open shelves and knew we wanted to add some to our new house. After building our DIY kitchen island, we got hyped by our progress and spontaneously took down a few upper cabinets by our kitchen window. After we installed our open shelves, we were met with the age old dilemma of what kitchen decor do you add there that is both functional and cute?

I’m not great at the whole ‘styling’ part of it all, but I am great at spending all my downtime online shopping, so here’s a roundup of the best kitchen decor finds for your open shelves, as told by my Amazon and Etsy wishlists:

On This Page

Utensils set

The perfect neutral set that will be functional and cute in a crock or jar of some kind. I also love finding old wooden spoons at thrift stores that I use purely for the vintage look.

Glass storage jars

It doesn’t even matter what you’re storing, it’s going to look better in glass jars. We added a whole bunch of these types of jars to our pantry makeover a while back, and I find it cuts down on space as well, not needing to store bulky pasta or cereal boxes.

Bamboo soap dispenser

Okay, maybe this is weird to put on a shelf? I’m not sure, but what I do know is that sponges gross me out, and this is an adorable alternative.

Cookbooks

I meannnnn, who doesn’t love a good stack of books? There’s something about cookbooks that just makes me happy, even if I just eat scrambled eggs for dinner like four nights a week (and this is another thing I always look for while thrifting). I think it’s just the ambition to be the type of person who cooks extravagant meals and has dinner parties with friends.

Here are a few of our faves: