Wallpaper the inside of the hutch. A mid century beauty, I would only fill it with pieces from that era. Orly Kiely has some great patterns which mimic mid century, but still contemporary.

Agree with JudyG..............the items you have inside the cabinet clash with the design of the cabinet itself.

Perhaps you could select 9 strong, well-proportioned objects. Center one object in each of the nine "windows" the cabinet creates from its shelves and doors. Size the object based on the "window" size. Create cohesion by selecting objects with either similar color, similar material, similar era--which will also help the eye see the interesting cabinet. Keep the cabinet highly polished.

Jhm makes a great suggestion. In a perfect world, you could only display objects that match the era of the cabinet. But I suspect you are like most of us, and have a diverse and eclectic mix of things you like and want to display.

So, create vignettes for each of the nine areas and see how that works. Size each grouping according to the size of the window. There is a great Houzz article about creating vignettes that you might search for.

Kind of like this.

I had somebody add mirror and lights to the interior if my dark mahogany breakfront.

Inside of my pie chest( like a china cabinet) is painted a light silver gray. It was too black in mine.

Put LED lights and glass shelves in it

I love the mirror and lights ideas; do it.

Then I would take jhms advice and instruction and separate your items into, what looks to me like white, silver, and brown and cups. Make arrangements in the cabinets for only white, add if you have to, silver again add, and brown and cups. Then move the items every 3 months and put in another collection; this way you can use everything and showcase it with out clutter and still have all your lovelies out.

Rule of thumb on shelf display is one third stuff, one third books, and one third space.

I would not wallpaper the back of the cabinet, instead I'd remove the shelves, measure the back of the cabinet and cut a piece of foam board to size. Wallpaper the foam board. In fact, you could cut many pieces of foam board and use fabric to change the look with the seasons or holidays. Glass shelves and clear accessories won't compete with the wallpaper/fabric.

What a great cabinet! Do you see how that white pitcher really pops? The contrast of the white against the wood background is what makes that successful. Gather up as many larger white ceramic decorative pieces that you can, and place one front and center of each of the glass sections. If you have white plates or platters, you can place them leaning against the back panel of the china cabinet, and then put colorful items in front. Clear glass in an unlighted wood backed display cabinet just doesn't show well. You can always add something to the glass, to give it some pop - if you really want to keep the glass there.

Love this china cabinet- it was the Brasilia line from Broyhill that came out in 1962. My parents have that set and we still love it.

Please don't paint such beautiful wood! It is walnut, IIRC. Really like charleee's idea of the foam board if you did want to add color in the back, but as-is, it is so very mid-century.

Does your cabinet have a light? You could even add more lights if needed to show off the contents. The new LED strip lighting can be inexpensive and really light up your collection.

You can use acrylic stands to elevate some of the items to get a more cohesive look with taller items in the back.

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