Kitchen remodel, 42" or 48" upper cabinets
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24x42 glass door upper cabinets - 1 door or 2 doors?
Comments (13)I think it also depends on what else you have in your kitchen; especially on what will be in the immediate vision of your glass cabs. In my case the 24" glass cab is beside 3 21" single doors, so going with the 24" single glass (frameless) door was a no brainer in my case. Double doors would have looked ridiculous in that space, especially as I wanted mullions to match the glass lowers on our range wall. I also reasoned that the double doors would have blocked out a lot of what to display (it would have left only two smallish pieces of glass with a wider center area of door trim). I guess that's a long-winded way of saying that I think either a single door or double doors could look good in context of what else you have going on around it. Pics of my 24" glass cab (it's only 30" high, but it should give you a worst-case idea since your 42" cab would look sleeker):...See MoreCan I use knobs on 48 inch upper cabinets
Comments (4)I can't speak to the 18" pulls, but I know what you mean about the knobs. My cabs are only 42" high, but I understand the dilemma. I chose the crescent shaped pulls for the drawers (not sure if that's the right description...the kind you can tuck all your fingers under). So, I don't really want handles for the upper cabinets, but prefer knobs. I finally settled on 1.5" knobs to give them more balance, and give something more to grab onto. The downside to knobs is wearing the cabs around them over time since you're more likely to contact the cabinet when reaching for a knob. Maybe you could special order larger, more elongated knobs to get the balance you are looking for. Good luck!...See MoreTall uppers 42 ' or stacked uppers?
Comments (10)I have stacked uppers and love the look of it. We have just about 9' ceilings. From the bottom of the cabinet to the ceiling is 52". The door (not including frame) on the lower is 28" and the upper door is 12" - the rest is taken up by the frame and molding. Here is a pic (taken before kitchen was fully done): To the far right of this picture is our stacked upper that comes down to the countertop, but doesn't go all the way to the ceiling like the others. This is where we store our dishes and silverware so we were going for a hutch type effect, and this works well given the proximity of this cabinet to the DW and the table. here is a pic of Woodmode cabinets with stacked uppers and with glass doors and lighting in the upper cabinets. I have to say that I did not like the light seeping out around the edges of those upper doors (the issue is not apparent from the photo I am posting). Perhaps this is better pulled off with full overlay cabinets vs. inset?? or maybe this just bothers me??...See More36", 42" or 48" Range hood for 36" range with no uppers
Comments (6)I won't have uppers, either, and was going for a 42" over my 30" cooktop. I wanted adequate capture if I changed out to a 36" cooktop at some point in the future and for high heat cooking. I ended up with 48" because of a really good deal. The larger capture area will be great to have. With shelves, I'd go for the larger hood to reduce the amount of film that's going to build up on them being so close to the range. I imagine that they'll still need wiped down pretty often....See MoreAnglophilia
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