Extending Upper Cabinets To 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.

Extending upper cabinets to ceiling.

How to extend cabinets to the ceiling method 1 of 3. If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets. 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. I wanted the cabinets to extend up to the ceiling.

Place the boards vertically as you want them to go over your cabinets. Install wood cleats into ceiling. 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. If you have less space you can just add the header and close the whole thing up.

Glue and nail them in place behind the existing panel of the cabinet. Measure from the top of cabinets where the wood would sit. The cleats will be what will support the extension faceplate. Remove any molding or trim along the top of the cabinets.

With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header. Ours was 12 inches. Cut mdf trim pieces to. Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and.

Next i installed the front face frame along with the side of the upper 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. Covering the space with plywood.

I added some blocks and toenailed them in. If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know. Cut your board to that length. You might remember awhile back i scribbled out a little sketch of what i wanted my someday kitchen to look like.

Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. Basic steps i took to extend cabinets to ceiling. Cut several cleats out of scrap wood. Remove molding or trim along the top of the cabinets.

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. 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.