Shabby Chic Cabinets

Chloe Hughes Interior Design Expert

Chloe is a highly-regarded expert in all things vintage and antique. She’s excited to share her vast knowledge with readers and clients wishing to infuse their homes with a mixture of old-time warmth and modern comfort. In addition to her design work, Chloe regularly volunteers at her local community center, teaching DIY projects to adults and kids.

Updated 16/04/2021

Don't get the usual cabinets you are seeing in everyone else’s home. Not when your personality is substantially less boring. That was why shabby chic was created. To accentuate the eclectic aspects of a person. And if you're ready to let that flag fly, we have shabby chic cabinets that will suit you in more ways than you can possibly comprehend. They are lovely and very well made.

Buying Guide

What can I store in a shabby chic cabinet?

Shabby chic cabinets offer tons of storage for everything from dainty decor pieces to your best bed linens. These tastefully rustic cabinets are perfect for providing additional shelving in a traditional farmhouse or French country-style home.

What you should store in a shabby chic cabinet depends on which room you’re placing it in. For living or dining rooms, a buffet and hutch style unit is perfect for housing all your best dishware, so it’s on display in a safe location. You may also want to use the unit for displaying valued possessions like porcelain antique vases or glass ornaments.

In an office, consider turning your shabby chic cabinet into an artsy bookcase that displays all your most prized titles through its glass-windowed doors. If this cabinet is in your bathroom, it’s a gorgeous place to keep all your towels and fresh linens. If the doors are mostly glass, ensure you’re neatly folding these items so they don’t detract from the cabinet’s rustic charm.

Can shabby chic cabinets be used in a kitchen?

Shabby chic cabinets are the perfect cabinets to be used in your kitchen for an extra vintage-style decorative touch. These cabinets come in many sizes and offer several storage features, depending on how you want to organize your kitchen.

The shabby chic mail holder with a corkboard and hooks works perfectly near your kitchen door so that you have somewhere to put your envelopes rather than on the counter. A shabby chick shelving unit that resembles a window provides a decorative spot for flowers and empty milk pitchers. With a built-in chalkboard, you can write messages to your family, grocery lists, or menus for the week.

A larger cabinet in the shabby chic style works to hold your fancy dish sets and cookware until you need to use them, and a closed-face white cabinet is an excellent place to store items in your kitchen that you need but don’t want to display.