Current ones are 30.
Up to ceiling kitchen cabinets.
You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like.
Drill a flat bracket or l bracket into each board and use it to connect to the top of the cabinets.
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.
Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and 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.
Cost increases by 15 to take them to the ceiling.
While some kitchen cabinets that don t extend to the ceiling were built that way for a reason often times it s just wasting valuable space that could be filled with more cabinets for extra storage.
Run crown molding across the top and nail into the vertical boards.
It only took a year or two before i started kicking myself for that decision and i ve been itching to run the cabinets up to the ceiling ever since.
If you were getting new cabinets would it be worth the extra cost to take them all the way up to the ceiling.
Extending your cabinets to the ceiling is also an easy way to make your space appear larger and more open.
Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets.