Extending Kitchen Cabinets Up 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. Cut several cleats out of scrap wood.

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In a million years would i take the time to strip kitchen cabinets so this was a hypothetical bullet point.

Extending kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling. After a couple debates and a lot of google searching we decided to extended the cabinets to the ceiling. Extending your cabinets to the ceiling is also an easy way to make your space appear larger and more open. Cut your board to that length.

Glue and nail them in place behind the existing panel of the cabinet. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. Measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling.

Tall tan man started by attaching wood blocks he used a 2x2 3 4 inch away from the edge of the cabinet. Place 2 2 blocks along the top of the cabinets and ceiling where the drywall will attach. Extending kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling strip the cabinets down to the wood never ever.

Line the blocks up evenly with each other and such that the drywall will sit flush with the front of the cabinets when you attach it. Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. Extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling.

Ours was 12 inches. He also attached blocks to the ceiling that were the same distance from the edge of the cabinet. 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.

Cut as many of these as you want we did 4.

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