Kitchen layout with 10ft ceiling
J Bradley
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Comments (6)My 10 ft ceilings had 42" uppers with about 6" of crown in the original kitchen. When we redid it, we used 42" uppers and glass above (they are 15 or 18"?) and then a crown to the ceiling on the perimeter. My storage wall has 84" pantries and the fridge with 27" cabinets above that to the same crown. Those and the one above the ovens are solid doors in painted finishes. My room opens to a breakfast and family room that has the ceiling vaulted from 10 feet to about 14-1/2 feet, so we might have been good even with a wood finish. I have seen wood finished cabinets done all the way to tall ceilings and look great -- they have generally been in older homes, so to 12 or 14 feet in larger kitchens. Some folks have done large boxes with 2 doors or a single door that looks like 2 doors. My cabinet person said the taller door could be too tall or heavy to hold up well over time. I think the door looking like 2 doors gives more cross support and structural integrity if you want to go that route. A neighbor apparently wanted the look of cabinets to the ceiling and not the expense (or wasn't replacing cabinets and couldn't quite match) so they put open shelves above on one side of the kitchen painted to match the cabinets they attached to below. They have display in the top and some cookbooks underneath. It works. I would not go with less than 42" uppers with the tall ceilings and nothing above. You can accent the open space with some lighting -- an inexpensive rope lighting or even a string of Christmas tree lights give a nice glow and won't need to be dusted to look good....See More10ft Ceilings - Run Cabinets All the Way to Ceiling?
Comments (26)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 MoreTray ceilings or something else for these 10ft ceilings?
Comments (5)@lbur1999 I designed a low profile tray ceiling for someone a while back, you can take a look [Here[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/custom-designs-and-model-renderings-contemporary-new-york-phvw-vp~28679795) to get an idea it has a few tiers which can be made larger in size especially in your case with a high ceiling. Or something like this This type of ceilings can be designed and done many different ways, there is also already made molding molds which can make a tray ceiling....See MoreTray ceiling or 10 ft ceilings? Advice on best design for value.!
Comments (46)Talked to builder the reason there is drywall space on the 2 story great room between the windows is because the roof overhang with the covered deck would not allow them to add more than 2 smaller windows in the mid drywall area. As it is now we will have 4 3x6 windows near the ceiling and 4 3x6 closer to floor. A suggestion was add 1 foot transoms to windows closer to the floor but theres no room to add them to the windows closer to the ceiling. So the choice is leave alone as they are now drywall space will be approx 3 and a half feet or add transoms lower windows only and have 2 and a half drywall feet. What would look best ? These sre the only options unless we centered 2 smaller windows in middle of drywall which im not sure about. Need to give them answer mondayI say. please help. thank you!...See MoreGreenDesigns
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