Adding Height To Kitchen Cabinets

If you are too far back or forward you will not align.

Adding height to kitchen cabinets. In most homes this spacing is 18 inches. It is often said that countertops should fit the user Due to individual needs countertops sometimes go as low as 32 inches and as high as 38 inches but these heights require custom fabrication. In addition to painting the cabinets we also made them taller by adding mdf and crown molding to the top of the cabinets so that they expand all the way to the height of the ceiling.

Upgrading your kitchen can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Measure each cabinet from wall to wall. How To Add Height To Kitchen Cabinets Step 1.

You want that front board my MDF flush with the top of your cabinet all the way to the ceiling. In an accessible kitchen. Start by measuring the actual height of your base cabinets.

Stock cabinets generally run around 34-12 high. The first step is to measure and mark the wall. For instance my kitchen above ceiling is 13 feet high.

If cabinets are nine feet or higher it typically works best to build new cabinets that are stacked on top of your existing ones with their own separate cabinet doors as a single cabinet of this height would appear too extremely elongated. When we began the renovations we removed that cabinet above the fridge and installed it above the cabinets. Adding an underlay might add another 12 inch to the height.

Theres measuring leveling and special circumstances to. I have 48 cabinets and my vent hood is a massive 60. The set of cabinets that were originally over my fridge circled below measured 12 inches in height.