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Open Shelving or Cupboard Storage? The Utility Shelf Is Both

03.20.23 | By
Open Shelving or Cupboard Storage? The Utility Shelf Is Both

If you love the aesthetics of open shelving but need the flexibility and functionality of a cupboard, the Utility Shelf designed by Rachael Heritage (founder of Thackeray West Studio) for WOUD might be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Available in natural oak or dusty green painted oak, this minimal piece of furniture offers the creative freedom to curate and display the items you love in the way that open shelving does, while the upstands on three sides of each shelf help to contain the objects like a cupboard does. Unlike open shelving permanently attached to walls, the Utility Shelf allows for flexibility, so you can move the piece should the need arise in the future.

 two tiered wood shelf under pendant lamp

two tiered wood shelf

two tiered wood shelf

“The shelves allow us to appreciate all the things we love and need to have around us every day, creating decoration and helping us consider a minimal way of living,” says Heritage. The Utility Shelf has an honest design expression and is characterized by its soft curves and arches and exposed wooden construction. Whether placed in residential or commercial settings, it was designed to display objects both of beauty and necessity, whether that be tableware in the kitchen or products in a shop.

two tiered wood shelf

two tiered wood shelf

book and bookends on two tiered wood shelf

green two tiered wood shelves

green two tiered wood shelf in restaurant

two tiered wood shelf

dishes on two tiered wood shelves

dishes on two tiered wood shelves

tableware on two tiered wood shelves

objects on green two tiered wood shelves

kitchenwares on two tiered wood shelves

products on two tiered wood shelves

products on two tiered wood shelves

green two tiered wood shelves

two tiered wood shelves

As the Senior Contributing Editor, Vy Yang is obsessed with discovering ways to live well + with intention through design. She's probably sharing what she finds over on Instagram stories. You can also find her at vytranyang.com.