Adding Additional Kitchen Cabinets

Today i ll share two different types of material you can use when adding additional shelves to cabinets.

Adding additional kitchen cabinets.

I keep a step stool handy in the kitchen so i can reach the upper shelves. 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. Whoever decided to only put two shelves in kitchen cabinets needs to rethink that decision. If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets.

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. With cabinet refacing we can solve the problem in one of two ways. Prime the wood and then select a satin or gloss paint finish that ll be easy to wipe clean. 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.

Saving time and expense creating less mess and waste and resulting in a beautiful new kitchen. In some cases varied colors add an eclectic warm look to the kitchen. Who couldn t use more cabinet shelves for better organization. With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header.

If you have less space you can just add the header and close the whole thing up. Both methods provide all the benefits of refacing vs. If the new cabinets are an espresso tone and the old look more like caramel they could work together if the furniture or. If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know.

Plywood and a bag of shelf supports. 20 surprising tips on how to paint kitchen cabinets. In video 6 in this series master carpenter gary striegler shows how to upgrade your kitchen by making cabinets. So we added one and sometimes two shelves to most of our cabinets.

Learn how easy it is to update your kitchen. All it takes is 3 4 in. Either by extending existing cabinets or building additional cabinets onto them as outlined below. Most cabinets come with only one or two shelves leaving a lot of wasted space.

I was able to add an open shelf 8 9 inches inches under the raised cabinets for additional storage space.