I have a corner cabinet (rounded front) for my crystal & china. Colin & Justin (Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan) said pretty much the same thing about people who decorate with plates on the wall, but I'm not giving up my transferware on the kitchen wall either.

Plates!! I have them everywhere.

China cabinet.....love mine, use it all the time, would be lost without it.

Property brothers do not live the kind of life that needs a china cabinet. That's okay, I wouldn't want their life any more than they would want mine :-)

I inherited my grandmother's china cabinet, buffet and table and chairs when I was in my 20's. I love it and it means the world to me.

Don't EVER diss our china cabinets again. Ya dig?

I have a china cabinet we bought when we got married. About 20 years ago I detached the top because it made our smallish DR look even smaller. I'm debating on whether to take the whole set with us when DH retires and we move. On the one hand I probably couldn't buy as good quality today but it would also be nice to have a new look.

Sorry y'all! No china cabinets here and I think they generally make a dining room look small, stuffy and old-lady. My parents moved in 2009 out of my childhood house and ditched the china cabinet at the same time. They're in their 70s and even they thought it looked old lady (though they kept the rest of their dining set - table, chairs and buffet from the 70s). I have (just counted) four sets of china, and they fit pretty comfortable in a couple cabinets in my kitchen and in my buffet. Anecdotally, my husband and I were just having brunch on sunday at a friend's "new" house (a 1850s rowhouse) and both of us commented that we felt like the dining room was suffocating and closing in on us because of the two big china cabinets. But to each their own!

No china cabinets here and I think they generally make a dining room look small, stuffy and old-lady.

Funny, you sound just like my mom, who was born in 1917. I guess you either like them or you don't. I don't think what generation you're from has much to do with it.

One person's "stuffy" is another person's "cozy." One person's "old lady" is another person's "gracious." Thanks Ingrid for reminding me of that term!! That was my mom to a "T." At some points in my life, I haven't wanted or been into china cabinets, but now I am. I like things that remind me of a gracious life, even though that is becoming more and more difficult to maintain. I've inherited a monster china cabinet from my parents, it dates back to the days we lived in 100+ year old Italianate home with 12+ ft. ceilings and huge rooms. Due to heating and cooling costs these days, you can't hardly give a house away of that style. It didn't hem anyone in back then. Mom picked it up for a song at an estate sale, because it was so big, even back then in the early 70's they were not popular. Perhaps neither I or my mother really loved it, and it does loom large over the tiny dining room in my folks retirement rancher. But for now, I'm gonna work with it, and I'm going for "cozy" in the dining room. I think with the right lighting and some candle light all around, it might be nice. We'll see.

I like having lots of nice dishes to set a beautiful "gracious" table every now and then. Not sure how much entertaining I'll actually be able to do. At one point in my life, when I got my first house, I did a lot. Now I'm living in a more remote area, so we'll see how possible it is to get far flung friends together. Some of my friends have gone the opposite direction after the kids have flown the coop, paring down. I'd like to "gear up" but don't know if it will be economically feasible. That's why a lot of my generation has eschewed china and china cabinets. No funds to support china and entertaining, or no interest in either one. On the flip side, one of my friends has a complete catering kitchen in her basement . . . Different strokes!

Certain ones can look stuffy. I am in the older category and don't usually like them

I'm a china cabinet fan!

This one belonged to my husband's grandfather, it was moved here (Texas) from Long Island. I was so worried about it making the long trip.

I love hutches, too. This one was custom made using reclaimed wood from Mexico (back part):

I use this vintage china cabinet (CL score) in our office:

I just have a thing for big pieces of furniture, I guess (we have a large vintage buffet as a TV stand, an armoire in the living room, and another armoire in our bedroom).

I'm 33. I built a china cabinet into my dining room, so they better not go out of style!

I also have a china cabinet in my great room for display!

I'm 43 and I love my curved front corner china cabinet. The Property Brothers only do what's trendy, I think, so I don't give a hoot :-)

Mine is a German Art Deco styled piece from CL. Made in the 20's-30's and brought to the U.S. post-WWII. I find it very practical. Almost all of my fine china and glassware fit in it. Two fine china sets for 12 each with lots of serveware, three glassware sets and a few odd pieces. Surprisingly, it doesn't look very large, but it's so roomy inside!

I'd NEVER let it go! I'm all in with kswl 2's comment!

I have a china cabinet, a hoosier cabinet and a pie safe. One is in the dining room, one in the kitchen and one in a guest bedroom. I love them and would never give them up. I guess I'm in the old lady category at 65..LOL

I guess I officially joined the old lady category at 43 or so when I bought my German china cabinet. LOL.

Count me in as a fan! I often use the antique English pine one in my dining room for seasonal decor.

And this Craigslist bargain at $100.00 from Ogunquit, Maine when the well-to-do owners changed decor in their summer home and just wanted it gone, will likely be my lifetime best deal. Love it. This is just after a friend and I got it into my entry porch after picking it up on July 4th, 2013. It came from 'Antiques on Nine' in Kennebunkport. I stopped there the following summer and similar pieces were selling for $3000.00 and up. The glass is old and wavy.

Every single one of these cabinets is classic, elegant, and truly timeless. I so love that there are those who use what they love and couldn't care less about what the "experts" (hardy-har-har) try to dictate to the masses. These pieces give each of your homes a truly cherished feel about them. I can't imagine having beautiful dishes and not having some good way to display them. Isn't that part of the joy of owning nice things? -- Being able to enjoy them as they add beauty and enhance your surroundings on a daily basis? I think so.

Ooooh!!! Everyone has such nice pieces! I love a china cabinet or a curio. I picked up my set in 1989 or 1990 and still love it. I found a beautiful set at a great price but couldn't bear to replace this set! The entire set has such a different look and that's probably why I like it so much. It's not screaming "Asian" but it's not traditional or contemporary. It only came with four chair and seats 6 comfortably. I could squish 8 if needed. I recovered the seat cushions with a more neutral fabric; they used to be a pale pink (gah!)

Here's a picture I took when I got a new area rug. I just got a new corner curio that will be moving into the corner where the china cabinet is. The cabinet will move to another wall and be flat against the wall. Still figuring that all out. Don't mind the kitty condo; that has since moved to another room.

Turquoise Rose, in the tea set discussion, I mentioned I have Rogers Eternally yours flatware. The coffee/tea service set would look right at home here, don't you think? :)

ETA the top of the cabinet is rounded and not flat. The cabinet is one piece and weighs a TON.....

Oh, I love the Eternally Yours pattern! Yes, the tea set would look stunning on your table. :-)

I don't have a picture of my actual hutch handy but this is the one I have. It was my grandma's.

Yes, I heard that on the episode where the Prop Bros made that statement. I have my mother's and it was an antique back in the 1950s when she got it.

This maple china cabinet was made for me by E.A.Clore in Madison VA along with the chairs almost 35 years ago. They never had a request for a china cab or chairs in unstained maple and they no longer make maple furniture , so this is one of a kind. It holds my paternal grandmother's 12 piece set of china and other glassware and placemats in the bottom. This is the original DR in our 1890 home.

Here is the same cab in the room we currently use as our DR.

Here is the original built in china cab in the original DR. It holds all of my Mom's china and all of her crystal. We use this room as a morning room now.

I bought this cab for my Mom when she was living with us. It holds my paternal grandmother's collectables, many of them hand painted. It also holds my paternal grandmother's parent's 50th wedding anniversary plate...they had a set of 12 and gave one to each of their 11 children and kept one. As far as I know this is the only one left.

This piece was part of the salvage I purchased when we were working on restoring this house. It was taken from a home in New Hampshire. It was built in and the house was being torn down . The folks from Nor'east Architectural Salvage saved it and when I got the rest of the items that I purchased from them they sent this also. It holds family photos and this is our current DR.

Absolutely agree that those guys have NO idea what is "in" and what is " out " LOL. But I do fit the age group...I am 65 ! c

I'm in my late 50s and I've never had one. I have a small buffet that we had when I was a kid. My mom had the hutch top thing on it but I never used that because it was too "early american" for my decor. I've kept my china in that and my crystal has gone in a kitchen cabinet - last house had a lighted glass cabinet where I put it. After moving it's still in a box along with the china and could be there the rest of my life.

My decor is pretty casual and a china cabinet with china and crystal on display just seems too fancy and out of place with the rest of my stuff. They're lovely in other people's homes though.

I bought an Ethan Allen china cabinet from the 70's and painted it and did not replace the doors but use it as a display hutch. Sometimes it looks nice to have a larger piece of furniture that has height to use in your decor.

So many beautiful pieces and such a variety of styles! I've enjoyed seeing all of them. I'm 60 now, but I acquired mine before I hit the mark that those whipper snapper Property Brothers consider old ;)

Mine was the first piece of furniture that I ordered made exactly as I wanted. I didn't go with a full glass front because I needed practical DR storage once I took over hosting the big holidays. So it has a large velvet-lined drawer for silverware and shelves behind closed doors. One upper section has a lighted glass section that holds glassware & displays some of my dinnerware. The other side is fitted with a plate rack. I've always loved a plate rack but never had a practical spot for one.

All this is encased in a beautiful Amish-made piece, painted black. It is super simple and perfectly suits my style.

I'm closing in on 60, but have had my china cabinet (I call it a hutch) since my aunt gave me my grandmother's Limoges China when I was in my 40's. I needed someplace to store the amazing collection. Found this cherry piece unfinished at a warehouse sale. My brother put a clear coat on it and it's aged perfectly with my other shaker furniture. Since then, I acquired my grandmother's crystal which doesn't fit, so when we built our new home I was sure to include a glass door cabinet in our kitchen.

Sorry for the Christmas decorations, but this is the only photo I had.

"The Beast." Long may she reign! When I die, just put my urn up there at the top with the rest of them!

And her little friend, "the commode."

The blue carpet will be history someday soon hopefully.

For a while I liked watching the Property Brothers. I liked the idea of fixing things up and making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. But after seeing them ruin several priceless features in various homes and replace them with cheap looking sterile or kitschy replacements, I lost interest. They have no appreciation for real wood, classic styles or anything solid and antique. Which is fine, but don't buy a turn of the century (1800's) house then! There are plenty of cookie cutter houses to chose from!

I just turned 44 and my husband and I got our breakfront as a wedding gift from my father almost 13 years ago. It used to hold much more, but we now have more storage for our "things" so we only keep less-oft used china in here now. Maybe it's my Southern upbringing, or my love for holding on to our family's pasts, but can't imagine not having a china cabinet!

When we remodeled our previous home, I really wanted a place where I could access my china, crystal, serving pieces, etc. I had all those things, but they were buried. We ended up ordering cabinets in the same line as the kitchen cabinets.

The one cabinet is deeper than the others for dinner plates, large platters, soup tureen, and turkey roaster. From a practical standpoint, it just makes it so much easier to not have to crawl around the floor and fish those things out of a lower cabinet somewhere, meaning they get used much more often. We've moved since this photo was taken, but brought the cabinets with us. Yes, it makes the new dining room a little cozy, but what we need is right there.

We also have this hutch which my parents passed along I was about 23. It holds silver, placemats, and some tablecloths.

When I was newly married it was on my wish list for some day. Every ADULT home had a proper china cabinet. DH is a furniture maker so I knew I would never march into a furniture store and purchase anything he COULD make. Our dining room would never be a suit of matching pieces, tables me makes, chairs not so much etc. My wedding china sat stored for years in boxes that were not convenient to get to so it was not used. Fast forward three houses and I finally had a bit of space for a China Cabinet, but table and chairs already so how to make a cabinet fit? DH was not going to ever actually take the time for my china... A friend found one at a garage sale, the right price, the right size..not the right wood but my home was pretty eclectic wood wise so I snagged it. SOMETHING is better than nothing., I told myself. SOME DAY I will have a beautiful cabinet..I hoped. It fits in what would be an empty space and it held all my best dishes. Mostly my China could BREATHE!! It could be USED!! It rather jars me to realize I am in the "older" set now but I have to say when you have the space, there is nothing more fitting in a dining room!!

We bought a Thomasville china cabinet (heavy as all get out, pine, arched center door, true divided glass) and matching sideboard to go with our round white oak Thomasville split pedestal table and Windsor chairs. I sold the sideboard to my BFF years ago (she has since sold). My sister has the table and chairs in her breakfast area and I sold the china cabinet at a local antique store after my parents had it in their basement den for over a decade. I'm sure someone chalk painted it to resale. I never want a large china cabinet again.

I replaced the new with antique I purchased when I got the table and chairs. The sideboard was bought first when I saw, fell in love and it was priced right. Now I have a vitrine with crystal pieces, and basically I would love to get rid of it too... but we made the center of the house 2 feet wider so that I would have a wall to put it on. If we move, I don't plan on having a formal DR and it will all be sold. Some of the crystal belonged to my grandmother and I will see if a cousin would like to have.

Does anyone use their "good china?" We used ours last Christmas. First time in almost 10 years. I was considering selling it, but you can't get much. It just takes up so much storage space.

I like them, but I am really picky about one for MY house. As in, my mom and MIL each have one that they would be thrilled for me to have, but I just don't care for the style of theirs. I have finally gotten to the point that I feel "grown up" enough to understand and assert my personal style and not become a warehouse for all of the family pieces that older family members no longer want or need but feel guilty about selling or donating.

So, until I find the just right one (antique, dark wood, English most likely) and the funds to allocate to what is a five figure piece of furniture, I will just use the buffet in my dining room. Also, we have a really pretty butler's pantry adjacent to the dining room with lighted glass upper cabs and pull out storage in the lowers for flatware, china, and table linens. I display my silver tea set and a couple of my Mottahedeh Tobacco Leaf plates on plate stands on my buffet, and my Waterford Araglin in the glass cabs of the butler's pantry. I would love to display more of my china (I have a Haviland Limoges set in addition to the Mottahedeh) but will keep it in the cabinets until I find "my" china cabinet! :)

Allison--I do use my "good china" for some family gatherings and dinner parties. Several times per year for the dinner plates, salad plates, etc. I have every type of serving piece imaginable and tend to use this more often.

My dining room space is neither crowded nor stuffy, and both my China/breakfront or server hold so much no amount of kit. cabinets could possibly hold, and all items are dear to me, many handed down from my mother.

P.S. I do however like the property bros. shows, but realize they have young idea's which in time they too will get over.. LOL they berated a couple younger then they are for not wanting open concept, and wanting a formal closed off dining rm. and the young hubby wanted a sitting room, for fam. talks. Drew asked how old are you? she piped up 80 I was ROFLMAO "good for her"

China, silver, tea seat, glassware and linens... all things we have far too many of for one small house. Plus the house came filled with even more when it was first bought in 66. The house came with a corner cabinet that was a built in some where else. I wanted to separate the top from the bottom but turns out it is just one piece. I raised it up and got it to actually sit like it was built in. The crown molding was in front of the window trim

Then there is the taller cabinet that holds my grandmother's wedding tea service. She married during WWI.

And my favorite little dresser filled with linens and the buffet cabinet is full too

Some of the things will be donated or sold in the coming months but much has a history I hope my son's and their wives may want (of course a couple need to finish college and find that wife still...lol)

Oh and then there are the built ins and that other little cabinet.....

hsw_sc, I love your beautiful traditional dining room with its elegant furniture, paintings and cabinet with its straight lines. I think they fit more easily into even a more modern decor than the ones with curved tops. I especially like your large Chinese famille rose bowl on the dining table which I can't see well but seems to date around the 1880's. Due to its size it might originally have been meant as a punch bowl.

I like the Property Brothers but their decor has a young, eclectic, city vibe which is not to my taste and I don't think I've ever seen a room of theirs that I really cared for. However, I think many people do go for it and for them an old-fashioned cabinet obviously does not fit into their decorating scheme. Fortunately we furnish our homes to please ourselves and to reflect our tastes and that's the only thing that matters.

I am 60. I have two - one that matches my dining room table and is filled with the good china, etc., and this one which we just acquired. It's from my DH's family, and unfortunately most of its history is lost. We believe it is at least 100 years old. It was in rough shape when we got it a few months ago, so we had a local craftsman repair, refinish, and re-glass it. It's setting near my front entryway. As you can see, I filled it with books, family Bibles, etc. My daughter-in-law is lusting after it already. :)

littlebug, I have several similar cabinets, which we call 'flatwalls'. One of them held my china for many years.

I was inspired to polish my silverplate hollow-ware, and take a picture of my cottagey china hutch. We use the china, including the platters, often, so there are 24 place settings stacked on the bottom shelf, with extras and stemware in the base cabinet on the left side.

That's interesting, mama goose. The branch of DH's family from which we believe our cabinet comes from lived in Ohio in the mid-1800's and immigrated to Missouri right after the Civil War. You say you have similar cabinets? I see you are in Ohio. :)

I think it is fine if those single, jet-setting boys have their style and vibe. But to insist that every home and every client fit into it is rather gauche, IMHO.

littlebug, this one is the most similar. It had been refinished when I bought it in the early 1980's, but has the original wavy glass. I think it's a combination of oak and poplar.

This one was missing the glass, so I used to copper panels to disguise the TV and DVD player inside. The design punched on the copper matches the hand-tooled designs on the bottom doors. It belonged to my grandmother--you can see the water damage on the legs, from where it was kept on her back porch.

I have another, which is almost like the one with the copper panels, but it has glass in the doors, and two drawers instead of one wide drawer. And I have a forth one, which has never been stripped of several layers of chipping paint. It's missing a drawer and both top doors, so I use it in the mudroom, for storage, with a curtain covering the top half.

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How nice of you to post pictures of your cabinets, mama goose! As I said, all knowledge of the history of our cabinet has been lost, so it's very nice to see others like ours. Perhaps our cabinet and yours were built in the same geographic area of the U.S. They seem to be much alike. (Look at the white knobs!)

Thanks again.

I love my painted rustic hutches, and have one in my foyer and another in my dining room. Both display my ironstone collection on the upper shelves and offer storage in the cabinets below.

I also have this antique red early American hutch that was in my kitchen but is currently homeless while I'm trying to decide whether to sell it or take it with us on our move to Tennessee. It's very narrow so doesn't offer much storage, but it's pretty and has sentimental value since it was the first antique I ever bought. It also displays my first China set from almost 30 years ago, given to me by my mother.

Some of my other "china" hutches. I even have one in DD'S room for her books and toys :)

I was 40 when I got my china cabinet- and was thrilled. This was 2 years ago, so 60 is still a ways off ;) It was tough to find one that matched my dining room set, but I lucked out on CL. It is gorgeous. I used to store my China in a kitchen cabinet, but now I can look at it daily.

I will say that I understand the thought process of the Prop Bros- unlike many generations previously, it is not as common for couples to register for China or silver for their wedding, and therefore, don't need a cabinet to store it. We certainly didn't register for anything like that- we were in grad school like our friends! My China and dining room set are from my parents when they downsized.

My cabinet:

littlebug, you're welcome. As I was reading your response, I realized that my 12-tin pie safe has the same drawer detail, and fluting along the sides as your cabinet, as well as pulls that are similar. It was already painted when my mother gave it to me, so I don't know if the finish is original. It was in the cellar canning kitchen of an old house she bought, which I imagine contributed to the oxidation on the metal of the doors. I don't know anything about it's history.

This is my little china cabinet that I have owned for over 30 years. It is fairly small but has worked well for me over time. Luckily I have a good area of cabinets in the hallway to handle the overflow. This cabinet originally belonged to my great-aunt, she left it to my mom, who gave it to me as it was really not her style. Since we moved into a new home last year I have considered changing it out for something different but it seems to fit fairly well in it's spot so for now it will stay.