Space Between Kitchen Cabinets And Ceiling

You can build the cabinets to the ceiling most expensive option keep the area open no cost build a soffit to match the cabinets or add a drywall soffit.

Space between kitchen cabinets and ceiling. The gap is about 115. Most homes built in the last 50 years have kitchen cabinets that are 32 or 36 inches tall installed so there is a gap of 1 to 2 feet between the tops of the cabinets and the ceiling. Maybe your tired kitchen has a boxy bulkhead running from cabinet tops to ceiling.

Dear Uncle Dixer. There has to be a better kitchen design idea other than filling the space with plastic fruit or displaying chochkes you never use. What is the space between cabinets and ceiling called.

The gap is about 115 between top of cabs and ceiling. Should crown molding touch the ceiling. Something fills that empty space between your cabinets and your.

Between top of cabs and ceiling. You might decide to add lighting around the top edge that bounces light off the ceiling. Filler to add height.

Now that something may be empty space it may be drywall it may be glass fronted cabinet doors or it may be additional open shelving but its something. Below Ill share photo examples and the why behind how I filled the space above cabinets in my own home. But for most people adding lights underneath the cupboard is more attractive.

To make cabinets that go all the way up to the ceiling wed need another 54 inches of cabinetry because 54 plus 54 equal 108. We first added light rail molding right on top of the cabinets for detail it has a 12 inch edge lip next went in about a 6 filler that secured right behind the light rail on top of that was a 3 filler to add height. With 30 wall cabinets if you use the industry standard of 19 12 between your base and wall cabinets you will need a minimum of 84 in height and with 42 cabinets you will need a minimum of 96.