How To Make Kitchen Cabinets Go To Ceiling

I thought it would be much more involved than it was.

How to make kitchen cabinets go to ceiling.

We nailed it when we extended our fireplace to the ceiling and made the room look so much taller. Now i ve seen a lot of people extend cabinets to the ceiling with real wood. Thankfully it went really quickly and was a fairly simple build. We also just extended our lower kitchen cabinets by adding open shelving and a tilt out trash can but the newest thing we did was extend our upper kitchen cabinets to the ceiling using one piece of wood.

But one thing i did know i wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling is a great way to increase cabinet storage space and make your kitchen appear larger. There are a few different factors to consider before deciding whether or not to extend your cabinets. I ll admit i was a little anxious on how i would extend our kitchen cabinets so i hesitated a bit.

We ve got lots of good stuff going in on the other side of the kitchen a new cabinet to house the refrigerator that will go to the ceiling and a new base cabinet beside it for an undercounter microwave gotta get that off the counter. The most important thing is to understand the ideal conditions for any cabinet height before you make a choice. I ve said it before and i ll say it again. We are really into extending things and making them look bigger.

This is a popular updated post from our last home for years i ve been planning to build our cabinets up to the ceiling. Kitchen cabinets that go to the ceiling have pros and cons likewise cabinets that do not go to the ceiling have advantages and disadvantages. 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. I usually don t have a plan i just go one step at a time and make decisions as i go.

When planning a new kitchen or major remodel a key decision you ll need to make is whether to run the upper wall cabinetry all the way to the ceiling or to install cabinets with a gap above them. I would make a terrible interior designer. If you ve been tossing the idea around go for it.