Kitchen Cabinets Up To The Ceiling Or Not

Current ones are 30.

Kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling or not.

The below example has 36 tall upper cabinets and crown molding installed right up to an 8 ceiling. 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 upper cabinets will be double stacked with a shor. Cons of ceiling height cabinets 1.

The kitchen cabinets and molding do not go to the ceiling and the wall cabinets and trim will be just below the ceiling. Can the filler be built to be flush with the side cabinet. Any crown molding or trim will continue around the room above the cabinetry. For all the advantages of ceiling height cabinets there are also a few disadvantages.

I could definitely use. Easy access to kitchen cabinets is one thing a lot of people want and if you also want this then your cabinets should not go all the way up 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. Added filler and crown but do not like the filler sticks out on the sides.

8 ceilings so wall cabinets will be either 30 tall or 42 tall plus crown molding. I plan on having one of the hearth style hood surrounds that will go to the ceiling and cannot decide whether the upper cabinets should go all the way to the ceiling or not. 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. One method is to use what we call a triple crown below.

I am planning a traditional kitchen which will have 10 foot ceilings. Not to worry the 8 ceiling can remain as is and still look great. They aren t easy to access. Ceiling height cabinets make a kitchen look cohesive and high end.

Kitchen design is hard but one thing that shouldn t be up for debate is whether or not to take your kitchen cabinets to the ceiling. In this case you have a few options. 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. Have 8 foot ceiling and new 36 cabinets.

Cost increases by 15 to take them to the ceiling. Many people think of a kitchen as more beautiful and luxurious when there are ceiling height cabinets. We are definitely on team tall cabinets 8. Also we have one 48 run of cabinets and the ceiling is high at the corner making the filler and crown off by 1 if up to the ceiling.

If the ceiling height of your kitchen is nine or ten feet the cabinetry can be treated one of two ways. If you were getting new cabinets would it be worth the extra cost to take them all the way up to the ceiling.