Ceiling Height Kitchen Wall Cabinets

Many manufacturers of stock cabinetry offer wall cabinets in heights of 12 15 18 24 30 32 36 and 42 inches.

Ceiling height kitchen wall cabinets.

This is a popular updated post from our last home for years i ve been planning to build our cabinets up to the ceiling. A 96 inch tall cabinet will run floor to ceiling in a standard 8 foot room while an 84 inch tall cabinet provides a foot of breathing room and can offer a uniform line with surrounding wall cabinets. For all the advantages of ceiling height cabinets there are also a few disadvantages. Here is a working drawing of a kitchen with an 8 ft ceiling.

Many people think of a kitchen as more beautiful and luxurious when there are ceiling height cabinets. Use a level longer than 30. Tall kitchen cabinets are most typically 84 or 96 inches tall. T all cabinet height.

Here is the same kitchen with a riser molding added below the crown molding which takes the cabinets all the way to the ceiling. These cabinets fit between the base cabinets and the ceiling. Some upper cabinets meet the ceiling. They give your kitchen a finished look ceiling height cabinets make a kitchen look cohesive and high end.

This design shows crown molding on top of 36 tall uppers and a small space between the crown and ceiling. The riser molding is outlined in red. In other words say a 36 wide cabinet 13 deep 18 for a door 31 deep from the wall. Cabinets are sold in standard heights of 30 36 or 42 inches.

Hampton bay hampton shaker assembled 30x18x12 in. Cons of ceiling height cabinets 1. If the mark on the wall is higher than the ceiling at the 31 mark your door will bind on the ceiling therefore the cabinets need to be lowered more. 30 tall cabinets will top align at 84 height 36 height cabinets will top align at 90 h and 42 h cabinets will top align at 96 h.

I thought it would be much more involved than it was. Thankfully it went really quickly and was a fairly simple build. The installation height is based on the amount of space needed between the top of the counter and bottom of the upper cabinets. If you have 8 foot tall ceilings and want cabinets that run to the ceiling 42 inch tall wall cabinets will fit perfectly.

I ll admit i was a little anxious on how i would extend our kitchen cabinets so i hesitated a bit. Factor in the height of ceilings and trim when determining cabinet size and position.