Extending Kitchen Cabinets To Ceiling
She walks you through exactly how she and her husband extended their kitchen cabinets all the way to their ceiling by building cabinet extensions.
Extending kitchen cabinets to ceiling. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling may 6 2015 building these cabinets to the ceiling was one of the best decisions we ve had. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling is a great way to increase cabinet storage space and make your kitchen appear larger. There are a few different factors to consider before deciding whether or not to extend your cabinets. We nailed it when we extended our fireplace to the ceiling and made the room look so much taller.
This project was very simple. This will give you something to nail your front panel piece into. We are really into extending things and making them look bigger. It took mike less than 20 minutes.
Now i ve seen a lot of people extend cabinets to the ceiling with real wood. Here is how to extend your cabinets to the ceiling. We also just extended our lower kitchen cabinets by adding open shelving and a tilt out trash can but the newest thing we did was extend our upper kitchen cabinets to the ceiling using one piece of wood. In many older homes the kitchen cabinets don t reach all the way to the ceiling.
Cut 4 8 sheet of mdf to width and use for front panel piece. Jun 4 2020 explore carrol word s board extending upper kitchen cabinets on pinterest. He also attached blocks to the ceiling that were the same distance from the edge of the cabinet. In the 1980 s when our house was built cabinets were shorter than they are now.
If you ve been tossing the idea around go for it. Extending your kitchen cabinets to the ceiling is a great way to get that high end kitchen look without breaking the bank for all new cabinets. If you want to fix this but don t want to go through the hassle and expense of replacing the cabinets entirely then there are some simple ways to extend the cabinets and cover up that space. I took off about an 1 8 to 1 4 to give me some wiggle.
See more ideas about kitchen cabinets kitchen remodel upper kitchen cabinets. We were really lucky because we had exactly 10 inches above the cabinets to the ceiling. Contact american wood reface today for a free in home consultation. Basic steps i took to extend cabinets to ceiling.
Next he used his favorite new tool a nail gun to attach 1x10 s to the wood blocks. Install wood cleats into ceiling. Measure from the top of cabinets where the wood would sit to the ceiling. They really complete the look in the kitchen and the crown molding makes it look so polished.