Counter To Ceiling Kitchen Cabinets

It may cost less but having a gap between your uppers and the ceiling can interrupt the flow of your cabinet design.

Counter to ceiling kitchen cabinets.

Jan 6 2019 explore lucy kennedy s board kitchen cabinets to the ceiling on pinterest. Here is a working drawing of a kitchen with an 8 ft ceiling. When designing your corner kitchen cabinets keep in mind that floor to ceiling storage is a smart option. Bringing the cabinets from the floor to the ceiling not only gives you more storage it creates a visual consistency in the space.

T all cabinet height. A 96 inch tall cabinet will run floor to ceiling in a standard 8 foot room while an 84 inch tall cabinet provides a foot of breathing room and can offer a uniform line with surrounding wall cabinets. There are a few different factors to consider before deciding whether or not to extend your cabinets. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling is a great way to increase cabinet storage space and make your kitchen appear larger.

Instead of wasted corner counter space this kitchen cabinet design features an extra drawer for utensils. Well appointed white kitchen is accented with blue and gray counter stools placed at a white shaker island topped with a marble countertop holding a farm sink with an antique brass deck mount faucet illuminated by goodman hanging lamps hung from a coffered ceiling. The installation height is based on the amount of space needed between the top of the counter and bottom of the upper cabinets. 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.

The riser molding is outlined in red. Some upper cabinets meet the ceiling. Tall kitchen cabinets are most typically 84 or 96 inches tall. 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.

Though installing taller upper cabinets is a quick fix double stacked. A 42 inch cabinet would touch the top of an 8 foot 96 inch ceiling or might not fit at all if you have soffits crown molding or other ceiling trim installed. Here is the same kitchen with a riser molding added below the crown molding which takes the cabinets all the way to the ceiling.