Extending Upper Cabinets To Ceiling

I added some blocks and toenailed them in.

Extending upper cabinets to ceiling.

You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like. How to extend cabinets to the ceiling method 1 of 3. Basic steps i took to extend cabinets to ceiling. Remove any molding or trim along the top of the cabinets.

If you have less space you can just add the header and close the whole thing up. Glue and nail to the side walls for upper support making sure they would be level to keep the extension face plate level with existing cabinets. Extending my cabinets to the ceiling i have a lot of projects that i want to get done around my house this summer and as many of you know the first one i tackled was modifying my kitchen cabinets making them taller and extending them up to the ceiling. The cleats will be what will support the extension faceplate.

Adding cubbies above the cabinets. With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header. This will give you something to nail your front panel piece into cut 4 8 sheet of mdf to width and use for front panel piece. If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets.

Next i installed the front face frame along with the side of the upper cabinet. If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know. Ours was 12 inches. Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets.

Measure from the top of cabinets where the wood would sit. Cut as many of these as you want we did 4. Covering the space with plywood. Add on to existing upper cabinets if ceilings are eight feet high we can extend the structure of your existing cabinets rather than building them completely new.

Later i realized i should have made the sides of the frame go to the ceiling so that the crown molding would have something to attach to. Remove molding or trim along the top of the cabinets. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. Cut your board to that length.

Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. Cut several cleats out of scrap wood. Install wood cleats into ceiling. Glue and nail them in place behind the existing panel of the cabinet.

You can see what i mean by the arrow in the photo below oh well. If you take only one thing away from the entirety of my story blog let it be that someday isn t ev ver going to happen unless you make someday today.