My kitchen is in need of two things:
more upper cabinets and a place to hide our trash and recycling cans.
Moving the range to the expanded island allows for
more upper cabinets thanks to downdraft technology.
Not exact matches
Like many designers now a days, Brinson chose to replace
upper cabinets with open shelving, the goal being to let even
more light pour in from the many windows.
Fewer
upper cabinets allow in
more light and views and help make spaces look larger.
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Beautifully upgraded home loaded with exquisite finishes and upgrades, including: extensive tile and carpet upgrade throughout, Whirlpool Gold stainless steel appliances w / built in oven / microwave and gas cooktop, Silestone kitchen countertops, upgraded Mocha «drift» colored
cabinets with 42»
uppers in kitchen, designer tile kitchen backsplash, tray ceilings in foyer and great room, 2 - tone interior paint, multi-slider in great room, 8» side gate, gas stub for BBQ, front yard landscaping with pavers on driveway and much
more!
Beautifully upgraded home loaded with exquisite finishes and upgrades, including: extensive tile and carpet upgrade throughout, Whirlpool - Gold stainless steel appliances w / built in microwave and oven and gas cooktop, Silestone kitchen countertops, upgraded Mocha «drift» colored
cabinets w / 42»
uppers in kitchen, designer kitchen backsplash, 10» ceiling height w / tray ceilings in foyer and great room, 8» interior doors, 2 - tone interior paint, multi-slider in great room, 8» side gate, gas stub - out for BBQ, front yard landscaping with pavers on driveway and much
more!
I mentioned before needing
more counterspace, and noting the built - in peninsula in your before kitchen inspired me to create a movable one for mine, and then, of course, I'm so eager to take down the
upper cabinet between the sink and patio door, inspired by your after kitchen, and the other night it happened again.
(I have a corner sink with 2 windows and a shorter counter space to the right of it but it's going to look so much
more open without that
upper cabinet.)
Floating white oak shelves replaced the
upper cabinets flanking the range, establishing a
more open look.
When I removed the
upper cabinets in our last kitchen I felt like I had to often defend or at least explain my choice but now it's much
more common and acceptable.
Even if you still think I'm crazy for removing
upper cabinets in a small kitchen, ha, keep in mind we will be adding lots
more very functional drawer space so we will not have any less storage than we currently have.
Things like adding crown molding to our
upper kitchen
cabinets where the
cabinets meet the soffit and painting the trim / soffit to match the
cabinet for a cleaner,
more finished look.
Instead of placing
upper cabinets all around the walls, I decided to place a stainless steel hood over the cooking range so to ad a
more appealing and modern look to the space.
I did wax the lower
cabinets three or
more times but only did one on the
upper cabinets.
Hi Melissa... I'm gradually brainwashing my hubby to remove our
upper kitchen
cabinet and your blog had convinced me even
more that my idea isn't crazy after all!
I took the doors off of most of my
upper kitchen
cabinets and I love not only the look, but how much
more convenient it is to put dishes away from the dishwasher.
Losing a couple of
upper cabinets in favor or lots
more drawers below was good trade off, I think!
Layla still needs to add
more corbels underneath the
upper cabinets I just finished, but for now, it's 6 o'clock, and I'm going to go see if she wants to kick it on the front porch with me.
Removing most of the
upper cabinets made it feel like I doubled my usable counter space — I find it is much
more enjoyable to work at a counter without a
cabinet overhead.
I have a little
more of an issue than you did in that I really use my
upper cabinets.
The kitchen's high ceilings allowed for chunky crown moulding, and glass - fronted
upper cabinets with an «X» detail add even
more architectural interest.
I don't have any
upper cabinets on the range wall because it's visible from the entertaining areas, and I wanted it to blend seamlessly with the
more formal spaces.
I have had 1950's
cabinets painted white forever, removed some
uppers for a
more updated look, but there is only so much you can do with no money and the square dimensions when radiators take up a whole wall.
We decided to open up our kitchen even
more by removing the few awkward
upper cabinets around the stove.
She also asked about how to create a
more «open feel», and mentioned that she only uses the
upper cabinets on the right side of the room to store things she doesn't really need to get to.
We also brought
more personality and interest to the room by painting our remaining
upper cabinets white and the lowers a charcoal gray.
Now with all the subway tile, wood walls and white counters and
upper cabinets, we have
more than enough white for this room.
Without the added bulk of
upper cabinets weighing down this small kitchen, the space feels so much cleaner and way
more open.
I think what really makes this look so much
more open is the removal of the heavy
upper cabinets & the white backdrop of the leftover
cabinets & subway tile & of course taking the dinning table out!
Another thing we've really noticed about not having
upper cabinets in that area is the impression of much
more counter space when you are preparing a meal!
We re-used the glass - doored
upper cabinets at Keith the Fireman's house (
more about that in a future post), and then re-hung the solid doors on the
cabinets above the desk area down at the other end of the room.
Instead of installing
more upper and lower
cabinets on the other side of the room, they decided to save a little money and go with something that wouldn't stick out into the room as far as base
cabinets would.
And to appease my white kitchen love, and to give a little
more variety and interest to the
cabinets, we painted the few
upper cabinets we have white.
But omitting
upper cabinets not only gives your kitchen a lighter, easier, breezier feel, it also makes your lower
cabinets and countertops feel
more like standalone furniture, which I'm totally on board with.
I think that the dark lower
cabinets will actually provide an anchor in the room with the white
upper cabinets making things feel
more spacious.
The
upper cabinets are unusually shallow, like around 11 inches, and have a lip in the back that makes them even
more shallow.
Because of the window, I placed shallow
cabinets on either side for symmetry and decided that storage was
more important than desk space so brought the perimeter
uppers onto the desktop.
We have list upon list of things to do - trim, painting touch ups, backsplash,
more electrical work (seemingly unending in our old house), the trim under the
upper cabinets need fixed because they were installed incorrectly and all the hardware and lighting need installed.
As I mentioned in # 1 above, I'm seeing lots
more two - toned kitchens — often
upper cabinets are white, and lower
cabinets or islands are painted a color, or stained.