Kitchen Cabinets Built Up To Ceiling

You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like.

Kitchen cabinets built up to ceiling.

Our kitchen ceiling is 10 at the highest point inside the tray. Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. Progress shot kitchen remodel view at window removing furr down and building cabinets to the ceiling now for those little things that are going to round out this kitchen finish out. The perimeter of the room is 9.

It only took a year or two before i started kicking myself for that decision and i ve been itching to run the cabinets up to the ceiling ever since. And there is good reason for this as wall cabinets with these proportions are fairly accessible to most people standing on the floor or using a short stepladder. Extending your kitchen cabinets to the ceiling is a great way to get that high end kitchen look without breaking the bank for all new cabinets. Once again anna s step by step approach simplifies this project for both semi skilled and skilled woodworkers.

We didn t want our cabinets to go clear up to 9 so our custom cabinet maker added a soffit that matched the cabinets. Most homes built in the last 50 years have kitchen cabinets that are 32 or 36 inches tall installed so there is a gap of 1 to 2 feet between the tops of the cabinets and the ceiling. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. We relocated the outlets and switches to be placed horizontally just above the countertop surface and we re adding in new led undercabinet tape lighting.

Cut your board to that length. If you ve been tossing the idea around go for it. Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. Extending your cabinets to the ceiling is also an easy way to make your space appear larger and more open.

When my ex and i built i thought the open space for display was the cat s meow since i d always had bulkheads over kitchen cabinets before. I wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling. Well don t throw out those perfectly good cabinets to buy the kind that go to the ceiling. Perhaps you have solid kitchen cabinets but you want them to go up to the ceiling.

If you have kids and a large family this kitchen cabinet set up is for you. Ours was 12 inches. If you take only one thing away from the entirety of my story blog let it be that someday isn t ev ver going to happen unless you make someday today. To start off you require plywood strips for the sides shelves and base support 1 2 plywood strips for the face frames 1 inch pocket screw holes.

While some kitchen cabinets that don t extend to the ceiling were built that way for a reason often times it s just wasting valuable space that could be filled with more cabinets for extra storage. Now i ve seen a lot of people extend cabinets to the ceiling with real wood.