Two designers sound off.
Never underestimate the power of excellent storage.
Or, wait a second, are they called cupboards?
Design: Cantley & Company; Photo: Jean Allsop.
“Cupboards are free-standing furniture [pieces], and often have glass doors to display china.”
In fact, she says that cabinets didn’t become popular until the rise of mid-century modernism.
“Mid-century homes embraced sleek, functional storage solutions that favored built-in or modular cabinets,” she explains.
Design: Karia Design Studio; Photo: Yanglin Cai.
Meanwhile, cupboards were primarily used in more traditional spaces like Georgian or Victorian-style homes.
Choosing Between Cupboards And Cabinets
So, the question that everyone in asking: Cabinets or cupboards?
Well, it depends.
Design: Karia Design Studio; Photo: Yanglin Cai.
But why choose one storage solution?
As Cantley puts it, it’s possible to get the best of both worlds.
