A blue and white kitchen with open shelving and a wood island with cookbooks
Open shelving and cookbooks can add clutter to your kitchen.
  • There are some items and trends that can make your kitchen appear cluttered instead of stylish.
  • Toss your extra knives, unused spices, and cleaning supplies to save countertop and shelf space.
  • Open shelving often requires consistent cleaning to look nice. 

Kitchens should be filled with useful and meaningful items but many wind up cluttered and poorly designed. 

So we spoke to interior designers to figure out which items and design elements you should remove