Open Shelving

I would looooove to have a big kitchen with lots of open shelving and beautiful dishes to display in them, but for now, I just hung an old shelf from my parents on the wall, painted it the same color as the wall and am displaying lots of white dishes and trinkets in it. It gives the look I eventually want to have in my kitchen...here are some photos...

 Jordan is scared by this stuffed animal, but I think he's awesome.

...and speaking of awesome things, aren't these little salt & pepper shakers soooo great? My grandmother gave them to me, and they were really old family pieces. They RULE. I love their little faces, and I often rearrange them into different groupings (there are other ones that are different colors, but I kept them out of this white party) to make little "families"....