Tablescape Thursday I love Dishes! How I store them

I have always loved plates!  When I moved into this house I made a decision to use one of the closets as a dish pantry.  As I am trying to organize my house again after the holidays I thought I would share how I use this closet - turned dish pantry. 
The door in it leads into the hall to my master bedroom.  There is a closet on either side of the hallway.  I chose to keep one closet for clothes and use this one for storage of kitchen items.  I just used the existing shelves and re-purposed them.

On one half of this side of the closet I have used the existing shelves for stacks of  plates.

I try to keep like dishes together...All good china, Christmas,Thanksgiving etc.

(These shelves were meant for shoes but work great for plates)

Below these plates I keep baskets, and silverware in their wooden containers.
On the very top shelf (out of the picture) I have

footed cake plates, trifle bowls and other tall items.

On the other half I keep large bowls on top, more cake plates

On the next shelf and below them, pitchers.

Below that is for platters and serving dishes.

On the bottom shelf are tall stacks of plates and chargers 

 that would not fit on the other side because there were too tall.

On the floor are my crock pots and seasonal boxed plates.

(Valentines, birthday etc.)

On the other side of the closet are my stacked washer and dryer

and above them are trays and narrow items.

I did have some of the dividing boards made and put in this area for the trays.

  Next to the washer/dryer is a section that I use for

tablecloths, napkins  placemats and soft goods.

Below the tablecloths are vases and flower containers.

On the floor are baskets of cleaning cloths.
This room works for me because I have a small kitchen

with very little storage.  Because it contains the washer and dryer,
it is an all-purpose room.  I had another door built across from the first one
which leads out  into my family room and makes accessing this room from the kitchen more convenient.

On the back of both doors I keep my aprons

I love to be able to find just the right dishes and tableware when I need it.

If you are a dish lover, where do you store your dishes?
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