A minimal number of
upper cabinets keeps the space open.
Mounting the rack to
an upper cabinet keeps the spices near eye level, which makes grabbing needed items a cinch.
Not exact matches
They told us to
keep a phone in the kitchen (preferably one where there was a speaker so that we could hear the 911 operator), tape the CPR directions, emergency phone numbers (poison control, etc), and our address to the inside of an
upper cabinet door (lots of parents blank on their address when their kids are having a medical emergency), and lay the baby on the hard counter underneath for CPR.
I just painted my lower kitchen
cabinets the same dark color a couple of weeks ago,
kept uppers white.
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.
I do like the look of it but I don't think I could remove all the
upper cabinets — it would mean dusty dishes, and I would have to
keep things styled all pretty, which would be too much work for me.
Painting
upper cabinets and lower
cabinets a different color
keeps things interesting, and it is an easy makeover you can do by yourself, by painting your
upper or lower
cabinets.
Plan to have two tall
cabinets at one end of counter (we have a U shaped kitchen)-- each
cabinet has an
upper cabinet and lower
cabinet with 2 drawers between the
cabinets; will
keep my remaining
upper cabinets; however, I wouldn't mind doing away with them.
I will have to show my hubby this, we have to take out all our lower
cabinets because of mold damage and I want to replace them with grey while
keeping the
uppers white, I
keep getting the «eye» Men:) XO Kristin
Without
upper cabinets, it's important to
keep the lower
cabinets as efficient as possible.
When combining different types of cabinetry in the same room,
keep lower
cabinets darker and
upper cabinets light.
Knowing that a coat of white paint would
keep this kitchen under budget and looking smart, the homeowners added glass - front
upper cabinets to expand their storage and display space.
In place of
upper cabinets, display shelves turn everyday dishes into decorative accents and
keep the kitchen from feeling top - heavy.
Open shelves
keep everyday dishes and glasses right where you need them; the
upper shelf holds good - looking, but rarely used, serving pieces that take up valuable
cabinet space.
But where in the world do you
keep your plates and glasses with no
upper cabinets?
Because we were leaving the pine trim as it was (plus a couple of coats of poly acrylic) I did the same with the
upper kitchen
cabinets to
keep the whole house looking cohesive.
When we started designing the Gentry kitchen, I knew that in addition to our
upper cabinets, we wanted to use open shelving to help
keep everything light and airy.
The new kitchen has lots and lots of storage but no
upper cabinets which
keeps it very open feeling.
Omitting doors on the
upper cabinets (Estate Collection in Bleu Bronze; wellborn.com)
kept the room from feeling tight.
And I'm not talking just light gray
cabinets — today's kitchens are adding bold expanses of color, often to islands or base
cabinets while
keeping uppers white (or using no
uppers at all!).