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Our big regret is not getting taller kitchen cabinets.
Order your cabinets and drawers with soft-close hinges and rollers guides. Pull-out shelving in the lower cabinets. Super-quiet dishwasher, especially if your home is open concept.
I love kitchen cabinets all the way to the ceiling. Looks good and great place to store those bowls and so forth that you only use for parties.
I love kitchen cabinets all the way to the ceiling. Looks good and great place to store those bowls and so forth that you only use for parties.
Yeah, I never understood the current thing of giving up useful (though you don't want to be getting in there all the time) cabinet storage space, in order to have a place for all kinds of dust and dirt to collect. Bad idea! Take those cabinets up to the ceiling!
"Open soffits" were sold as adding airy spaciousness. They've never fooled me as anything but contractor corner-cutting. Too cheap to run cabinets up that extra foot (and yeah, they tend to be junk collectors, so what)? Too cheap to even make then usable display/shelf space (most are open framework on top with no flat surface)? Then put in face walls and stick your beer bottle behind them to get your revenge.
I'm not a fan of the stacked cabinets/cabinets to the ceiling. To me they look like the walls closing in on me. And with 9 foot ceilings, the space is pretty useless because while I'm ok using a step stool, I'm not ok using a ladder to access kitchen items. I have 42 inch cabinets but didn't see the need to go higher than that.
I'm not a fan of the stacked cabinets/cabinets to the ceiling. To me they look like the walls closing in on me. And with 9 foot ceilings, the space is pretty useless because while I'm ok using a step stool, I'm not ok using a ladder to access kitchen items. I have 42 inch cabinets but didn't see the need to go higher than that.
You can do setback soffits and paint them ceiling light/white to keep the space open without having that unfinished, useless space up there to collect dust and grease.
You can also not put nine-foot ceilings in kitchens and bathrooms, but I guess that's a matter of taste more than anything else.
You can do setback soffits and paint them ceiling light/white to keep the space open without having that unfinished, useless space up there to collect dust and grease.
You can also not put nine-foot ceilings in kitchens and bathrooms, but I guess that's a matter of taste more than anything else.
Or it's called an open floor plan with the ceiling height that is the same for the entire first floor. Either way, I didn't want cabinets any taller than what I have.
That's why you get manual pump dispenser that sits down out of sight - NOT a battery operated one with mechanicals to break.
Let me know if you ever find one made to better than Barbie's Pretend Kitchen standards. Had many; replaced more than one; lifespan of actual reliable soap delivery about three months. Gasp, wheeze, spatter, won't hold prime for nothin'.
I just keep a small pump bottle of hand soap on the back of the sink, and sometimes get three years or more from the pump. Go figure.
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