How to make cabinets up to the ceiling look good - 10 ft ceiling
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Anyone have pics of 10ft ceiling with 42in upper cabinets?
Comments (18)Our house is in progress. We're doing JUST that...a contoured wood hood to the ceiling and 10 foot cabinets with molding above (the molding and the hood are not on yet) Here's some pics of the VERY rough kitchen without anything other than cabinets with unadjusted doors: Here's the hood. Well, not THE hood. The paint wasn't right so it has to be fixed. But that's the shape minus the molding at the top: Sink side of kitchen. I wish I'd have gotten a better shot since you can't see the glass cab on the right of the window. But you can see that in the range wall pic above I guess. There will be a window seat to the area to the left of the kitchen (that's the dining table area) with solid-door hutches on each side of those wing walls that face inwards. We are doing those to the ceiling to break up the line of cabinetry around the room and add height along with the hood. The built-ins on either side of the fireplace (that's covered up with that big board over on the left side) will go to 8 feet. Those will be cabinets on bottom and open shelves on the top with the backs painted out a gray shade: I looked to nini's kitchen for inspiration too. It's so pretty! Here's some kitchens with hoods to the ceiling and cabinets down a foot or two:...See More10ft Ceilings - Run Cabinets All the Way to Ceiling?
Comments (25)I love the look of your kitchen, babs, I think the open space above is a great look. Unless you have money to burn AND a too-large kitchen, I vote for 8 to 8.5 ft of cabinets with cove lighting above. What does cove lighting do? It gives soft indirect light which is always more flattering than high wattage central bulbs. Plus for smaller kitchens it highlights the openness of your ceilings and turns dark, murky shadows above the cabinets into a pleasant accent feature. I love all your stacked/stacked look pics above, guys, especially with the backlit top row. But worth the extra money over cove lighting? Probably not unless you have an unlimited budget or you've REALLY REALLY gotta have it. Then you probably should get it. :) Davif...See MoreIf you only had 60''....
Comments (23)I have 2 banks of 30" drawers with 3 drawers in each bank located on either side of my stove and I love them. On the left side of my stove the top drawer has my cooking utensils (except knives which are in a 12" drawer in a in-drawer knife block next to this bank) the next drawer pots/pans and the bottom drawer frying pans. On the right side of the stove the top drawer has my cutlery, the middle drawer my white casserole dishes (my pyrex is over the fridge in wire racks) and the bottom drawer all my small appliances and some bowls. I also have a bank of 12" drawers and a bank of 18" drawers and 1 24" drawer under the under-counter microwave and a 24" pantry. I only have one lower cupboard (except the ones under the sinks) and that is with our small desk area. I have found a use, regardless of the size, of everyone of my drawers and I love everyone of them. I would never go back to lower cabinets. I find that the 24" pantry which has fixed shelves in the top half and roll-out shelves in the bottom half to be a good size for our family of 4 and 2 cats. BUT - I don't do any canning or major baking. I still, after 3 months have space left in it for stuff. I think what you need to do is itemize what you need to store, then look at the confirmed storage that you have and what will go in that, and then look at what is left and the best sizing of drawers for that stuff....See MoreStacked Cabinets to 10 ft ceiling. What is your combination?
Comments (55)Hi Mags...my house is almost at the drywall stage so way too late for the counterhight window but I seriously considered it at one time. I love the look. i did heed the advice of the crank out window. They are casement windows. The architect drew in 3 windows and I gave up one to get more upper cabinets. I hope I don't regret that when it's all done. we (kd) called modernaire and I'm working on a hood. We shall see. Thank you for the advice!...See Morelascatx
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