Cutout on IKEA wall cabinets for mini-soffit?
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Hood, cabinet, soffit issue....can't figure this out
Comments (13)I like your Houzz inspiration. I think it looks good because they've used a wide crown molding to minimize the blank space of the soffit. Would that work on the sink wall soffit too? Then I'd use a chimney hood with a wide chimney. Some are just too long and skinny, and that's going to be accentuated by your tall and narrow cabinets--three in a row! I'd also bring the window treatment up to the crown as shown in the photo, though I bet your soffit interferes with that. Or I'd add the large top molding on the window as shown in the photo with the red range. You want to create the illusion of taller windows. I think all that brings a cohesive look to the soffits, windows, cabinets, and hood. I wonder if someone with great spatial abilities could find a way to make both walls look like they were designed as a whole. The Home Decor forum might be helpful with that, but maybe moreso the Remodeling and Building a Home forums, which have some really talented posters. Post everywhere! You've been struggling with this a long time!...See MoreHelp with soffits and hood wall design
Comments (6)I think I like B the best because it uses up the space and draws the eye to that area and away from the soffit, without being too distracting (like I think E & F sort of are). At first I thought A would be best so the cabinets all blended in, but I don't like the idea of wasting the space for taller cabinets if you have it. And the more I look, from the sketches anyway, I don't think it looks out of place or odd to have taller cabinets on the short run, even though you will have to have the soffit & smaller cabinets on other run. I like C too. Good luck! We had soffits too. We managed to get rid of them by re routing everything but it was a big headache and cost us a lot extra money. More than it should've, our contractor screwed it up. If you had a really awesome plumber & contractor, there are ways to reroute that stuff, if you really wanted to get rid of them...but you need to have people that really know what theyre doing!...See MoreGranite guy says can't install on ikea cabinets?!? HELP!
Comments (45)Hi we have just installed IKEA cabinets and are now faced with how to install the quartzite slab (not quartz which is man-made material but quartzite the natural stone). It’s a leathered black stone with few veins and we were told it appears hard by the fabricator. It‘s 2 cm thick and from Brazil. Our problem is we want no edging. We like the thin modern look of the natural 3/4” and do not want 1.5” required to hide plywood subtop. We have given thought to thin metal sheet support under all but the fabrication costs were almost as much as the stone and we’d have to be exact with the measurements. Now the fabricator is saying it may be fine just to lay on top of the cabinets with no typeof subtop. Where as before he was insisting we needed something. Our peninsula will be a 24” dishwasher, 36” sink cabinet (undermount), 36” cabinet with a waterfall down the edge and an 8” island overhang off the back (no support other than the waterfall at end and the wall next to the dishwasher as he plans to sink it into the wall. The stovetop wall has 24" cabinets on either side and will have stone going up the back too. Does anyone have experience with this? The cabinet installer currently has the flimsy bracket that came with the cabinets on it. I went to Ikea and bought the SEKTION reinforced ventilated top rail which are stronger but have that lip on them so I can't use them on the front of the drawer cabinets. Should I switch out the flimsy ones for these and perhaps add another support along the middle of the cabinet instead of just the ends? I think the flimsy ones may be OK because it is about weight distribution. My partner thinks different. I also bought the FIXA countertop support and realize if I use that, I can’t add an extra bar in the middle. Any advice on what to install where or anything else I should buy to help our situation. Any advice appreciated, Joseph Corlett you seem very knowledgable and experienced with IKEA cabinets and stone and would value your input too. We are torn between the look we want and not wanting this stone to break. We have no kids and are really careful with what we own...See MoreI need help-- Ikea cabinet over refrigerator doesn't fit!
Comments (13)Here are directions to turn a narrow upper into a horizontal cabinet like xonatxo has suggested. They've used an 18" cabinet to fit between counter and uppers. Not sure IKEA has a 12" x 30" tall upper, but plans for Cool IKEA hack nonetheless. https://inspiredkitchendesign.com/ikea-kitchen-hack-cabinet-many-uses/...See MoreM S
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