Installing Kitchen Cabinets - To the Ceiling Or Leave a Space?

Should you setup kitchen cabinets right to the ceiling or leave a space? This is a tasteless question that most homeowners struggle with. There is no right or wrong sass to the question, but there are some challenges and institute features to consider

1) The height of your ceilings- ceiling height will not only have an impact on either you will have enough room to leave a space above your cabinets, but it will also impact the size cabinets you can use. With 30" wall cabinets, if you use the industry acceptable of 19 1/2" in the middle of 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"... If you planning on installing crown moulding or leaving a space, that will have an impact on the size of the cabinets that you can use and either you will have to setup them to the ceiling or leave a space

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2) Contour of the ceiling- one of the biggest misconceptions is that your ceiling is fully level. Even in new building the ceiling, just like the floor, will have some variances in height (the great the builder, the more accurate they will be). While it may not be determined when just finding at your ceiling, trying to setup cabinets right up the ceiling can describe some indispensable high and low spots. Since your cabinets should all the time be level, regardless of the ceiling conditions, you will want to accurately note all of the high and low spots before deciding how you are going to setup the kitchen cabinets. This is one of the reasons that most population leave some empty space above the cabinets or use crown moulding. The crown moulding can help hide all the imperfections in the ceiling.

3) Crown Moulding and Trim- As I mentioned before, it may be indispensable to use crown or trim above your kitchen cabinets to help hide any variances. Even if your ceilings are level, it is quite tasteless for population to use crown moulding or trim at the top of the cabinets to add some architectural information to the kitchen. Depending on either the crown moulding has to be attached to the top of the cabinets or to the face frame, it will have an impact on what level you can setup your cabinets at.

4) The style of your kitchen cabinets- with European-style cabinets and some of the newer trends on the market, the kitchen cabinets have a full overlay door, which means there is little or no room in the middle of the door and the top of the cabinet. Because of this, it make it difficult to setup the wall cabinets right up to the ceiling.

So before shopping for kitchen cabinets, it is important to consider the look that you are going for, the style of cabinets that you are going to buy, and the condition of the space you will be installing them in.

Installing Kitchen Cabinets - To the Ceiling Or Leave a Space?

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