Extending Upper Cabinets To Ceiling

Remove molding or trim along the top of the cabinets.

Extending upper cabinets to ceiling.

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. You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like. Cut your board to that length. With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header.

Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. You can see what i mean by the arrow in the photo below oh well. Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. Ours was 12 inches.

If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know. Cut as many of these as you want we did 4. 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. Adding cubbies above the cabinets.

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 mdf trim pieces to. I wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling. Once the structure is extended we reface the cabinets in order to hide any seams and structural changes so they are essentially brand new taller cabinets with new doors.

I added some blocks and toenailed them in. The cleats will be what will support the extension faceplate. 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. Next i installed the front face frame along with the side of the upper cabinet.

Cut several cleats out of scrap wood. If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets. 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. 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.

Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. Remove any molding or trim along the top of the cabinets. How to extend cabinets to the ceiling method 1 of 3. Glue and nail them in place behind the existing panel of the cabinet.

Measure from the top of cabinets where the wood would sit. Covering the space with plywood.