If you were getting new cabinets would it be worth the extra cost to take them all the way up to the ceiling.
Up to ceiling kitchen cabinets.
Current ones are 30.
Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and ceiling.
I wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling.
A general rule of thumb is for wall cabinets to be mounted so the bottom edge is 54 inches above the floor which means that an 8 foot tall ceiling creates 42 inches of available space for wall cabinets while a 9 foot tall ceiling has 54 available inches.
Run crown molding across the top and nail into the vertical boards.
Drill a flat bracket or l bracket into each board and use it to connect to the top of the cabinets.
If you take only one thing away from the entirety of my story blog let it be that someday isn t ev ver going to happen unless you make someday today.
Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets.
8 ceilings so wall cabinets will be either 30 tall or 42 tall plus crown molding.
You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like.
When my ex and i built i thought the open space for display was the cat s meow since i d always had bulkheads over kitchen cabinets before.
Extending your cabinets to the ceiling is also an easy way to make your space appear larger and more open.