Kitchen Cabinets to Ceiling

meggles

morning - we're putting in a new kitchen, and both my husband and I are tall. I would love upper cabinets that go right to the ceiling for additional storage. I would prefer not to 'box in'.

We're getting units from Howdens - and they only offer one height of upper units.

Does any other manufacturer have units that will go right to ceiling? Is there any alternative to boxing in?

ginvzt

meggles wrote: »

morning - we're putting in a new kitchen, and both my husband and I are tall. I would love upper cabinets that go right to the ceiling for additional storage. I would prefer not to 'box in'.

We're getting units from Howdens - and they only offer one height of upper units.

Does any other manufacturer have units that will go right to ceiling? Is there any alternative to boxing in?

Have you looked at IKEA? They do wall cabinets in 70cm and 92cm height.

We have cabinets in our current kitchen set at 2 different heights, and I prefer the ones higher up anyway (although I am not tall at all at 164cm), as this leaves more space above the counter for coffee machine, kettle, toaster, etc. The space above the lower cabinets is used to store less frequently used items (like waffle maker) and cat food...

QTPie

Both Magnet and Stoneham (two different suppliers for you...) do extra tall kitchen units.

QT

meggles

thanks!

looking on Howden's Website:
http://www.howdens.com/contract-kitchens/technical-information/cabinet-specifications/cabinet-cubic/

They appear to to a 900mm Extra High Cabinet.... but this is only the carcas.

Not sure if the kitchen designer we saw on Wednesday was talking rubbish...

ailuro2

Simply buy the ones that are designed to go down to worktop level but have them fitted higher up.... will give you more storage space, and will leave room to have normal height units with space above them to add a bit of feature lighting, or get them fitted to celing height too and have underlighting...

amerste

Wren kitchens do a taller wall unit along with standard sizes.
For me it worked out cheaper and with better quality than Howdens. Very pleased with our new kitchen. Good Wren website as well.

shandypants5

Unless your room is huge I would think carefully before fitting to the ceiling.
Our old kitchen (fitted by the previous owner) had wall units that went right to the ceiling.

There was more storage space but it made the room look and feel much narrower and dark.

We have ordinary units now and the room feels much wider and more airy, the illusion is quite dramatic.

We use the space on top to store large pots and pans, Wok etc.

aliasojo

ailuro2 wrote: »

Simply buy the ones that are designed to go down to worktop level but have them fitted higher up.... will give you more storage space, and will leave room to have normal height units with space above them to add a bit of feature lighting, or get them fitted to celing height too and have underlighting...

I read this yesterday and clearly didn't 'get' it as my first thought was...there's going to be a helluva big gap between worktop and bottom of wall unit if they're sited way up the wall. :rotfl:

I now realise what you're talking about, you mean the ones that sit on the worktop. I am an idiot.

Good idea.

An alternative idea is to get smaller units and double layer them. Ikea in particular have shorter units (they seem almost square) and you can have one above the other. The lower ones can be for everyday use and the higher ones for stuff you don't use often.

The effect is quite good, I saw a display like this and it seemed very streamlined whilst offering you loads of storage space.

Another option is to site the ordinary height units a little higher than normal and run a shelf all round the kitchen between the worktop and bottom of unit. You wouldn't have doors on it to hide clutter obviously but it would disguise a bigger gap and be useful for spices and the like?

dander

I used to have a kitchen with bridging units fitted all along above the wall cupboards to create up-to-the-ceiling storage. With the pelmets and cornicing put above and below the whole lot, it looked all of a piece and really good. God, I loved all that storage!