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Ceiling & Room Height vs cabinet height

lookintomyeyes83

9 years ago

Our main floor is currently 10ft throughout the home, and our kitchen is smallish, at ~11'-6" x 12'-6". It is 'closed concept'.

We do prefer more storage over less, and I like the look of stacked cabinets, but one kitchen designer warned us about 'endless walls of cabinets' and instead suggested dropping the ceiling to 8ft or 9ft.

Any recommendations?

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Mags438

9 years ago

My first floor has 10ft ceilings. I also have a small enclosed kitchen and my cabs go up 9ft with about a 1ft crown. We really need as much storage as possible. I have a bank of cabs - fridge, pantry, and utility cab combo and they do not feel overwhelming at all. Please don't drop your kitchen ceiling. It'll look strange going from 10ft ceilings walking into a dropped ceiling room. Not sure what KD was thinking

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zwizzle1
9 years ago
I wouldn't drop the ceiling and certainly not to 8 ft. Surely there are other design ideas to minimize the bulk of cabinet walls.
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lookintomyeyes83
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you both for chiming in! It seems OK in my brain, but the house isn't built yet, so it's hard (even with design software) to truly appreciate the space.
We are trying to fit full size fridge, full size freezer, slide in range, dishwasher, microwave and trash pullout into the space, plus an accessible sink, so there isnt much space left for items in the lower cabs, so putting in as many uppers as possible seems the better option to me.

We could possibly put in a tray ceiling, or some sort of soffit around the top, but that seems wasteful. I do love crown, Mags438 - do you have any pics of your kitchen? I'd love to see it.

Thanks!
Mags438
9 years ago
Hi, sorry but I don't have much in the way of finished photos as I've still got some more things to finish. Hope these help. I took a lot of my kitchen details from other parts of the house. The crown was a takeoff/mimic of LR crown. Not sure if the pantry wall (during construction) photo does the crown justice so I included the profile that the cabinetmakers drew up.

Sorry I don't know why one photo came out sideways and the other came out correctly.
lookintomyeyes83
Original Author
9 years ago
Ooh, thanks for sharing, those look wonderful! I hope you enjoy your kitchen @Mags438!
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9 years ago
A lot of devices used to take pictures nowdays have an automatic orientation feature no matter which way you turn them. This code is not being compatible with Houzz yet. If you take the picture in the natural up direction on a phone, it will be that way here. If you turn the phone to take a picture, it will look correct in your phone's photo album, but not on here. Even editing the picture direction in the phone's original program won't transfer to here. If you edit the picture in a separate photo editor or take a screen shot of the photo, it will come out correctly.
Mags438
9 years ago
Is there a houzz fix/patch planned for the wayward photos?
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9 years ago
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There was a post a few weeks ago that said they were aware of the problem and are working on it, but I am not sure they realize it is in the coding of the pictures being downloaded yet, let alone know how to fix it from all the different operating systems at once. ie iPad, droid, windows, etc.

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