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Our ceilings are 9' and our new upper kitchen cabinets would be 48" according to the drawings, but my kitchen designer wont do them that size as they're too big. Is this true? Is 48" too big? I hate that gap between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling so I want them to go that high up with a valence between ceiling and top of cabinet.

Thank you for your help!

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cpartist
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HUH? What planet is she on?

9' is 108"

108" - 36" (height of base cabinets)= 72"

72" - 18" (height between top of base cabinets and start of upper cabinets = 54".

Meaning you can have 48" cabinets with a crown to the ceiling of 6".

I would never have cabinets that don't reach the ceiling. I rented an apartment that had cabinets that didn't go to the ceiling. I spent 2 days cleaning the tops of those disgustingly greasy, dirty cabinets. And this was a high end rental!
shead
last month
48" should be doable but I'd do double stacked cabinets with a smaller cabinets on top with glass doors. A 48" cabinet door would be VERY tall and heavy.

Read this thread: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5017847/kitchen-cabinets-for-9-ft-ceilings
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RoyHobbs
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It could be that your designer is saying that 48” cabinets are too big because 48” tall cabinets are more prone to racking over time. Racking can initially be unsightly, like an askew parallelogram, but eventually be dangerous since it’s hung on a wall. For that reason, I’d never have 48” cabinets in my kitchen. I’d stack the cabinets in a 36” + 15”configuration, with a 3” crown.

You wrote “with a valence between ceiling and top of cabinet”. Do you mean a bulkhead? How big? Why would you want that? It’s just expensive filler doing nothing except making your ceiling look lower. At least get some cabinetry out of that 9’ space. Like I said, do stacked cabinets.

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