Building Kitchen Cabinets Up To The Ceiling
I ve got to get you up to speed.
Building kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling. We picked them out more than 11 years ago and went with the shorter versions rather than taller. This is the way it looked without the top part. 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. Line the blocks up evenly with each other and such that the drywall will sit flush with the front of the cabinets when you attach it.
The stonybrook house may 06 2015. For years i ve been planning to build our cabinets up to the ceiling. 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. I knew that tallest shelf would be too high to reach and i was trying not to spend any more money building this house.
So let s jump right to it. Measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. In a million years would i take the time to strip kitchen cabinets so this was a hypothetical bullet point. Since all that part above the cabinets was already an enclosed area by the walls and ceiling i decided to build a simple face frame to make it look like open boxes or cabinets up there where i could.
Ours was 12 inches. 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. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling. Cut your board to that length.
I have done so much but i haven t had the time to blog about it. 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. Place 2 2 blocks along the top of the cabinets and ceiling where the drywall will attach. Adds more storage as well.
Perhaps you have solid kitchen cabinets but you want them to go up to the ceiling. As i promised here are the details on how to make the cabinets go all the way to the ceiling. Well don t throw out those perfectly good cabinets to buy the kind that go to the ceiling. But the idea of having little adorable glass fronted cabinets above our existing.
Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. 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. Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. The change of plans from my last post kinda scared me.