lomonosov porcelain

Quite a few years back, Bryan's mom picked up a set of Lomonosov porcelain dishes for Bryan, while in St. Petersburg. The dishes have stayed tucked away in boxes, down in the basement, for the past several years... awaiting the completion of the kitchen and dining room. Well, this past weekend, I finally managed to unpack all those boxes and was amazed to find a set of 114 pieces... yup, 114 pieces of hand painted, fine porcelain...

My first thought... dinner parties!!! My second thought... uh oh. WHERE are we going to store all of these dishes???

I've been trolling around for a good buy on a vintage danish or Knoll credenza / sideboard, but that purchase won't be happening anytime soon, given its priority is pretty low on the to do/wish list... So, in the meantime, I figured we could use my baby white cabinets...

My parents bought these cabinets from some scandinavian furniture store in Hyde Park (which unfortunately no longer exists) 34 years ago... They followed me to college and 4 apartments before ending up in this house. They have a few scratches here and there, but overall, they are still in pretty good shape!

The dishes filled the cabinets completely... onto more unpacking...