if you have 9 ft ceilings and your cabs go all the way up...
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woodzilla
14 years agoSuzy
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Do your kitchen cabinets go all the way to the ceiling?
Comments (47)the KD said he will install a "cabinet board" slightly over the face of the cabinet that will extend to almost the ceiling. I suppose the bottom edge of the board will have a sculpted edge. then he will use 4" crown molding at top. He also wanted to install small trim mid way up to "break up the blandness of the panel to ceiling" as he put it. ... Has anyone seen this ? If so, can you post a close up picture ? It sounds somewhat similar to what we did with the 9" space above our cabs ... fascia with rope trim partway up, then the molding to ceiling. These pics might help you with the idea, although your taste may run more simply vs the rope molding (personally I love it and it was one of my must haves :))...See More11 ft ceilings -- cabinets all the way to the ceiling?
Comments (14)I don't have a good finished picture, but mine are more like the Sunset ones and reverse of Pretty Kitty's gorgeous kitchen (wood doors below and glass above on the perimeter except over the ovens -- made that deep storage rather than display), but we have a strip of trim between the cabinets that is similar to our light rail so there is no seam or need for an additional panel on the sides. On our tall wall (pantry and fridge), we have solid doors all the way up. My crown appears to be a little taller than the Sunset house. I have 2 straigh walls for the perimeter and the tall wall in a different finish -- I think that helps break it up. My "fourth wall" is completely open and there is a door or opening at every corner. The kitchen also opens ito a breakfast and family room with 14 foot vaulted ceilings. The kitchen is short by comparison, so that may help it not feel overwhelming. I think the 11 and 12 foot kitchens I saw tended to have the solid doors above and more glass below. That way, they kind of fade into the wall overhead. That would be more like Pretty Kitty's kitchen....See MoreDo you have upper cabs that come all the way down to the counter?
Comments (14)"The little drawer itself is so shallow front-to-back that it's next to useless. It's good for cloth napkins, napkin rings and candles. It's not even deep enough for silverware...." Sweeby: I have a 36-inch wide wall cabinet (total height is 54 inches) that sits on the countertop. The bottom drawer below the shelves is 33 inches wide and 7.5 inches deep. My silverware containers, purchased from stacksandstacks.com, are 12 inches long and 7 inches wide. I will put two of them short end to short end, and I'll have enough room left over for two small containers of wine bottle opening gizmos....See MoreWould you carry the same color all the way up the ceiling add height?
Comments (17)I think flooding the ceiling the same colour as the walls, in vaulted or oddly shaped rooms, helps blur planes/edges/boundaries, allowing the eyes to roam uninterrupted. That way, you get to select the area/item, you wish to make the focus of attention. Otherwise, eyes will be drawn to where high contrast planes meet - whether that’s your aim or not....See Morewoodzilla
14 years ago
plllog
14 years agoMine are 100% custom, so I had top cabinets made on the line of the top of the hood, with separate doors--the doors are slab so there's just a shadow where the top and bottom meet. That humanizes the size. If you have a paneled door, it's nicer if you vary the doors so they don't feel heavy. Some people do glass panel. Other do open cubbies. Some do a slab down and an inset panel up.
Anyway, that's what keeps them from looking so long.
Here are mine from when they were just fitting the doors.
cheri127
14 years agoOur crown is 3". I can't reach the top shelf with my step stool so it was done more for the look (and to not have to clean the gunk off the top of the cabinets) than for storage. I don't think they look too long. The cabinets flanking the hood are 36" wide and the hutch is 40" wide.
gillylily
14 years agoI have the same situation as cheri127. 3" crown molding. At first I thought the same thing as you, being so long, My cabs. are just straight cabinets with the excpetion of a corner cab. that has a glass door. However, a friend has cabinets all the way to the ceiling. the top 1/4 of the cabs have glass doors and she uses them as a showcase of her kitchen- They have lighting in them as well- Sorry I don't know the technical terms for all of this stuff. i will show you a pic. of my cabs and will see If I can get a pic. of hers.
friedajune
14 years ago
arlosmom
14 years agoMine are 54" plus a 3" crown. They have glass though, so maybe that helps them look less hulking.
artemis78
14 years agobrickmanhouse
14 years agoOurs go all the way to the counter, so we've got 60" of cabinets, and 4-6" of crown:
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Ours are broken up, and have lots of glass, so while they're definitely tall, they don't look particularly long or hulking to my eye. Several of the prior posters have broken up their cabinets, too, and they look amazing, so that would definitely be an option for you if you were worried that one cabinet would look too monolithic.
One thing I can say, though, is that if you have the option to go all the way to the ceiling, Do It! You won't regret the extra space, no matter how inconvenient it is to access (via stepladder or whatever). My kitchen is a decent size (15' x 21') and we don't have a lot of "stuff", but I'm really appreciating every inch I have.
Cabinets up high can store less used serving pieces, appliances, linens and what not, so don't discount them just because the high shelves aren't as easily accesible as the lower ones-- they can still be useful!
arlosmom