madamekelly

Great minds think alike. I have my teapot collection on mine too. I like unusual teapots. I even have one that is a couch and the spout is a lamp.

Jingle

Dust and dirty is what I thought of first. Second I thought of the fading them.
I have cabinets going up to the ceiling. I have 7ft ceiling. In utility room ( add on, I have 8ft ceiling) I have space to store fancy, painted ceramic flower pots and old coffee cans, from the 60s or so. Once every few years I I bring in a step ladder in to bring them down to wash. I wish I didn't have that space now.

featherweight

OMG!!! Not me, yuck!!!

tranum

Newspaper on top of cupboards is a big help. Take your teapots (or what have you) down to wash, roll up newspaper and discard. My friend does this. I cut lineolium to fit all upper and lower cabinets, had enough left to line the hidden spots up on top so I wipe, but it's easy enough to do.

JimsQueenie

Gosh, that sounds really cute. I collect teapots and tea cups and saucers. I try to find some that are very different. I started because I won a set at a Christian Women's Club luncheon. I then wrote my grandmother and she sent me 6 sets of her favorites---one is from the depression and she paid a nickel for it. lol My sister gave me a few more sets of my grandmother's cups and saucers right before they both died. I love those. Then friends have bought me a few sets and I have bought some on our travels. I have run out of room. I have them all in a huge curio cabinet. I don't like washing them but once a year. lol I am behind about 5 years. They are probably crying. I own a teapot from Russia that is beautiful. I don't use that one but I should. I miss using them. I drink a cup or two of tea a day. So, enjoy all of yours while you can and I will do the same when we get home from our next short trip!!

madamekelly

My favorite tea pot is a musical pot that plays music when you pour the tea.

dhsewsalittle

madamekelly, I have a kettle that whistles but a teapot that plays music? Sounds fun!

ghquilter, I bet your quilts would look lovely no matter where you stack them.

gramma nancy

I don't have storage issues as I tend to give my quilts away. But I do have space above my cabinets. Because I hate the annual chore of scrubbing up there, I covered the tops with waxed paper (not my original idea -- I saw it online somewhere) and just replace it once a year. There are some places it doesn't cover, like the very front edge, but scrubbing that is nothing compared to having to do the entire top.

Beachbaby12

We don't have space above our kitchen cabinets - we just had to do our kitchen over almost a year ago.