Kitchen Cabinets Up To The Ceiling Or Not

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.

Kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling or not. Cost increases by 15 to take them to the ceiling. Have 8 foot ceiling and new 36 cabinets. They aren t easy to access. I am planning a traditional kitchen which will have 10 foot ceilings.

If you were getting new cabinets would it be worth the extra cost to take them all the way up to the ceiling. Can the filler be built to be flush with the side cabinet. We are definitely on team tall cabinets 8. For all the advantages of ceiling height cabinets there are also a few disadvantages.

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. I could definitely use. Current ones are 30. Added filler and crown but do not like the filler sticks out on the sides.

In this case you have a few options. Ceiling height cabinets make a kitchen look cohesive and high end. Not to worry the 8 ceiling can remain as is and still look great. 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.

The kitchen cabinets and molding do not go to the ceiling and the wall cabinets and trim will be just below the ceiling. This will be quite stressful and a bit dangerous. The upper cabinets will be double stacked with a shor. Any crown molding or trim will continue around the room above the cabinetry.

One method is to use what we call a triple crown below. Many people think of a kitchen as more beautiful and luxurious when there are ceiling height cabinets. The most common ceiling height we come across is 9 tall. 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. The below example has 36 tall upper cabinets and crown molding installed right up to an 8 ceiling. Cons of ceiling height cabinets 1. 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. 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.