Kitchen Cabinets Built Up To Ceiling

If you have kids and a large family this kitchen cabinet set up is for you.

Kitchen cabinets built up to ceiling.

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. I wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling. Cut as many of these as you want we did 4. Our kitchen ceiling is 10 at the highest point inside the tray.

Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. 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. 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. You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like.

We didn t want our cabinets to go clear up to 9 so our custom cabinet maker added a soffit that matched the cabinets. Extending your cabinets to the ceiling is also an easy way to make your space appear larger and more open. Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. 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.

Once again anna s step by step approach simplifies this project for both semi skilled and skilled woodworkers. 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. Well don t throw out those perfectly good cabinets to buy the kind that go to the ceiling. Instead follow this tutorial so you can transform what you have into what you need want for a lot less money than purchasing new cabinets.

If you ve been tossing the idea around go for it. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. 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. It all is one continuous piece from the cabinets up to the crown molding.

Cut your board to that length. Perhaps you have solid kitchen cabinets but you want them to go up to the ceiling. Now i ve seen a lot of people extend cabinets to the ceiling with real wood. 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.

Ours was 12 inches. 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.