The Dish Room

There came a time last year when I realized I had overstepped the bounds of sanity in regards to my collection of dishes.  I have plates, cups, bowls and saucers stashed in every part of the house.  Our house being on the small size I was just running out of "stashing" space.

In the middle of the night I had an idea...when you get old you spend a lot of time awake in the middle of the night but that's another story.  I decided to commandeer Mr. Hubby's old office in our basement and turn it into a dish room. I headed downstairs filled with anticipating of a beautifully decorated room with shelving to display what I have collected and the ability to pull out a beautiful tablescape just by perusing the shelves.

The reality of this came to pass as I tried to enter the room and found it filled with Mr. Hubby's junk.  Notice the distinction between the two....my beautiful and very necessary dish collection and Mr. Hubby's junk, see below.

 You get the idea....and this didn't include all the junk on the floor either!!!!  After surveying what was down there I decided that I would still have to give Mr. Hubby's ONE wall of this room for his junk valuables.  I started by organizing his wall, once that was completed I could start on my three walls, insert big grin here.

 Still not perfect, but everything is off the floor and in tubs. One wall down and three to go.

After three trips to IKEA, a two and a half drive to the other side of the state I had enough shelves to at least get most of my treasures all in one place.  This is not all of what I have by any means, any dishaholic would know that we still have to have a "stash" here and there along with the good china and the everyday that I'm currently using.  All that considered this is the bulk of the extras and I'm so happy to be able to see them all at once and pick out what I need.

This was the start of it all, first trip to IKEA

Second trip to IKEA for more shelves, I was sure I had enough this time.

Third trip to IKEA, enough for now but I know I'll be headed back in the fall to finish off the last wall.

White dishes, I need to add to these shelves.

Some of the reds, most of my red dishes are upstairs on display but I do have a couple of shelves to spare.

Pink Shelves, I've got a good start on pink.

This is just a few of the blues, I'm in GOOD shape with blue dishes

Just a couple of baskets to try and cover up the ugly paneling.  I wish I had taken the time to whitewash the walls but its too late now.

Some of my platters

Some of the seasonal stash

All the top shelves (hard to get a clear shot of) are filled with cloches and cake plates

Some of my clear pitchers.

I have tons of more pictures of different shelves and the treasures on each of them but at this point I can see your eyes starting to roll back in your head as you say "OK, enough with the pictures, I get it".  Also, I'm sorry that the pictures are all different sizes, I have no idea how to format them to be the same size.  If y'all know how to do that please email me so my posts don't look like a lesson in schizophrenia.

This week I'll be joining Metamorphosis Monday, Wow Me Wednesday and Open House Thursday.

Susan's Metamorphosis Monday
Kim's Wow Me Wednesday
Sherry's Open House