I get a lot of emails asking me about the open shelves above our stove. It's usually some variation of: Do the shelves & acoutrements get crazy dusty/greasy/etc? Have they warped due to steam from cooking? As you can see, our kitchen is tiny so we have to use every inch of vertical space while we save up for a full kitchen renovation (possibly next year?). There used to be a weird cabinet above the stove that was more an eyesore than it was functional, so we ripped that out (along w/ half…
