Raise Kitchen Cabinets To Ceiling

Here are instructions on how to extend your cabinets to the ceiling and get that farmhouse look we all love.

Raise kitchen cabinets to ceiling. Below i ll share photo examples and the why behind how i filled the space above cabinets in my own home. Scrap 1 x2 wood for cleats. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and ceiling.

Take a look at this project where we extended the kitchen cabinets to give the homeowner more storage space and an updated look. So i ve never been able to see the point of a soffit that space between the top of your cabinets and the. The cabinets should be reinforced along the top two inches or so that is where the screw needs to go.

For the upper cabinets we could combine a 42 inch high. Run crown molding across the top and nail into the vertical boards. While your helper secures the cabinet box drill the screws back into the wall.

Crown molding of your choice 6. Make sure you screw all four screws into a stud on the wall you will need the strength to fill it with all your kitchen goodies. See how i raised our kitchen cabinets to the ceiling and added a floating shelf underneath to maximize storage space in our small kitchen find all of my 350.

So 36 high base cabinets and 18 of space above the countertop gets us to 54 inches so far. Screw this ledger board into the wall at your new upper cabinet height. I decided to raise my cabinets to the ceiling and build a shelf underneath to make the most of my kitchen space.

By extending your cabinets to the ceiling you re drawing the eye up and giving your space a more open feel. Using your helper raise the cabinet back up resting the box on the ledger board. Decorative molding of your choice 6.