Does it matter if the upper cabinets are super low?
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stacked upper cabinets- mixing solid & glass on the upper uppers?
Comments (18)illini 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. more from Houzz [Beach Style Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/beach-style-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2110) by Stone Harbor Architects & Designers Asher Associates Architects [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Atlanta General Contractors Blake Shaw Homes, Inc And to answer the other question re posting pics directly from Houzz - there is an icon called "embed" on the houzz page - either at the bottom of the picture or off to the side at the bottom. Click on it, and it will give you two choices, large or small. Most here are posted using the large format. Click on one and it will highlight the whole embed code. Copy it and pasted it onto the GW forum page....See MoreCabinet boxes- does joinery matter? $$ ?
Comments (9)It's entirely possible to make a glued and screwed joint that will last just fine in a kitchen cabinet. It's also possible to do it wrong, by using the wrong sort of screws, drilling the wrong size pilot holes, or not using enough screws. So we can't definitively say whether the particular results you'd get from the guy you're talking to will be good or bad. I think we can say that it takes surprisingly little to hold a kitchen cabinet together once it's installed. They are not subjected to the stresses that freestanding furniture suffers whenever someone decides to rearrange a room, and they gain considerable strength from the walls, floor, countertop and neighboring cabinets to which they are attached. I also fid it hard to imgine that a 90 degree glued butt joint would fail anywhere but the joint You're right about this. In my opinion, the idea that 'modern glues are stronger than the wood' is frequently applied in contexts where it doesn't make any sense....See MorePlugmold OR horizontal outlets & undercab light ?
Comments (10)If you do decide to run a frozen margarita bar in your kitchen, can I come over? I realize this is probably too late for you to do, but for others who come after... My custom cabinet maker installs a low profile plug upside down into the bottom of the cabinet, facing down toward the counter, then he puts a false bottom less than an inch higher inside the cabinet, so the box, the "works" of the receptacle, is hidden instead of sticking up into the cabinet. On the bottom of the cabinet is a flat, regular two-plug outlet, which is hidden behind the light rail in any case. This works if you don't want outlets in your backsplash, and you also don't want the receptacle box in your way inside the cupboard. I thought it was pretty neat. Cool UC lights are either fluorescent or LED. I think fluorescent is cheaper than LED, and LED tape is cheaper than the LED strips. "Dimmability" makes it more expensive. There are places in Taiwan where it is cheaper to get LED. There are excellent threads on this on the Lighting Forum, with links to trustworthy sites. Davidtay, I think it is, is very knowledgeable about this, as are some other lighting gurus over there....See MoreWhere to end upper cabinets--with countertop overhang or with low
Comments (6)It's been a bit of an agonizing decision what to do with the cabinets. I could be swayed against uppers--but this is all a very big, long process for us. It's taken us a couple of years to even get this far with the cabinets. It's hard for me to visualize, and I need some design help. I was thinking white cabinets to the ceiling would look cleaner... often when I see no uppers it's on an entire wall, and I have a corner. If I would do no uppers, I'd do subway tile all the way to the ceiling and a floating shelf like the inspired room, and would need a lot of encouragement from the garden web. Otherwise, my default is uppers....See MoreUser
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