Adding Additional Kitchen Cabinets

Both methods provide all the benefits of refacing vs.

Adding additional kitchen cabinets.

If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets. All will be relatively easy to make them as close as a match or accent each other as possible while keeping your kitchen from looking like a bad science experiment. Most cabinets come with only one or two shelves leaving a lot of wasted space. In some cases varied colors add an eclectic warm look to the kitchen.

If you have less space you can just add the header and close the whole thing up. With cabinet refacing we can solve the problem in one of two ways. Who couldn t use more cabinet shelves for better organization. Today i ll share two different types of material you can use when adding additional shelves to cabinets.

Adding a hanging wine glasses rack silverware or knife drawer mug hooks or a storage rack under your cabinets is an inexpensive and easy way to make more room for your kitchen essentials. I keep a step stool handy in the kitchen so i can reach the upper shelves. Prime the wood and then select a satin or gloss paint finish that ll be easy to wipe clean. Plywood and a bag of shelf supports.

If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know. Whoever decided to only put two shelves in kitchen cabinets needs to rethink that decision. In video 6 in this series master carpenter gary striegler shows how to upgrade your kitchen by making cabinets. Either by extending existing cabinets or building additional cabinets onto them as outlined below.

Since counter top space is at a premium in our small kitchen it s nice to have the open shelf available when i m doing food prep. This kitchen cabinet storage project provides more space for plates and bowls in crowded kitchen cabinets. I was able to add an open shelf 8 9 inches inches under the raised cabinets for additional storage space. Because it s difficult to get an exact cabinet color match for natural wood cabinets simply pick a color that will accent your kitchen countertops or cabinets.

If the new cabinets are an espresso tone and the old look more like caramel they could work together if the furniture or. With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header. All it takes is 3 4 in. When you need more cabinet space but cannot afford a total update of your kitchen using any of these ideas can help you add more storage space to your kitchen cabinets.

So we added one and sometimes two shelves to most of our cabinets.