Angled ceiling cabinet above fridge ideas?
We have a unique ceiling situation in which the space above the cabinets is a valley in the roofline, and it creates a boxed in triangle shaped area. It's big enough that we want to make a cabinet out of it in our smaller kitchen. All of our cabinets are made of exposed edge Europly Maple, and we'd like to have a cabinet built here to match that. We're just not sure how to come up with a creative door or system to fill this unique shape.
Who's creative out there? Any good ideas?
Ideas we've come up with:
- The entire front of this open space looks like a split door down the middle from the top to the bottom, but only the right side is a functional door (so it can open properly without hitting anything). The downside to this idea is that things stored to the left will be hard to access.
- Create a rectangular short split door, but only short wide things could be stored in there, and you'd have an open triangle above it (I don't like this aesthetic)
- Other ideas? I've Googled this but can't find examples of this setup.
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Yvonne Martin
2 years ago- PRO
Luke Hagenbach Real Estate
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arlosmom
2 years ago- PRO
Luke Hagenbach Real Estate
2 years ago@Putin de crétins I do like that look. I have frameless style cabinets with an exposed edge Europly plywood wrap, so I'm not sure if that would affect the feasibility here. Here's what's on the opposite wall (yes, those are super tall uppers):
The cabinet installer had proposed an open back cabinet with two panels in the front and an exposed edge wrap detail (like on our other cabinets) to ensure clearance from the less than perfectly straight ceiling angle which is coming in at the cabinet at an angle. The thing is, the left pane is a dummy panel, so less usable for space. Like this:
Kevin Collins
2 years agoNot sure how functional it'd be, but this could be an option: a long, rectangular door, hinged on top with a couple shocks to keep it opened. You could have the triangular space above open for decor, or make the whole thing a cabinet with a shallow shelf up above to lessen the awkward access.
I look forward to seeing your final product here!
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