stacked upper cabinets- mixing solid & glass on the upper uppers?
Would it be a design mistake to have one wall with the stacked upper uppers have glass and in cabinet lighting, and the other wall with solid cabinets, no glass (and obviously no lighting)?
I would put the glass upper uppers on the range wall, which is the wall that is first and primarily seen upon entering the house and from the great room.
The other wall (fridge wall) I'd like to do just solid for more consistency and functionality on that wall?
Is that poor design sense or does that work?
Here is the floor plan (kitchen design is only rough in this picture). Just so you can get a sense of how it would be entering the house and which cabinets you can see from where.
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to reiterate- glass upper uppers on range wall
solid upper uppers on fridge wall
what do you think?
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10 years agoillini girl, it will look fine!
Having looked again at a bazillion Houzz kitchens and finished kitchens on Pinterest with the glass upper-uppers lit, and UCL, I'm noticing how much the color of the light affects the overall look.
I've elected not to have my upper-uppers (which are glass on the range wall and half glass half solid on my refrig wall) not lit. Hope I don't regret it.
edit - I just went and looked at my elevation pics and realized that even on my range wall not all my upper-uppers are glass.
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