If you have 9 foot tall ceilings you can choose to fill the available 54 inches of wall space with one row of 36 inch tall cabinets with a row of 18 inch cabinets above them.
42 inch upper cabinets 8 foot ceiling.
The manufacturer i deal with make a matching small crown molding for just such an occasion it has a 5 8 tail that tucks in over the cabinet and the crown overlaps the face frame about 1 4.
Blind base corner kitchen cabinet with soft close 264 63 441 04.
I would not do it again but it works.
Feb 15 2015 42 cabinets 8 ceiling have 36 inch cabinets 8 ft.
However i m always learning usually the hard way.
I also did 42 inch uppers with an eight foot ceiling.
I have done quite a few kitchens with 42 uppers never a problem.
Using 36 tall upper cabinets.
Contractor express cabinets vesper white shaker assembled plywood 42 in.
Use a level equal to the depth of the upper cabinets the depth of the widest door when open.
This project i learned how right you are about uppers.
The cabinets won t go all the way to the ceiling which gives you the chance to add crown molding.
This is by far the safest choice when designing around an 8 ft ceiling.
The size molding is up to you.
Or we could combine a 36 inch high cabinet with an 18 inch high cabinet.
36 inch cabinets are recommended for rooms with 8 foot ceilings with no trim or trim up to 6 inches in height and 42 inch cabinets are preferable in rooms with 9 foot ceilings with no trim or.
Yes the storage space is not much use for me but my husband.
If you select a smaller profile crown molding there will be a small amount of space above the cabinets.
In a typical home with 8 foot ceilings you have to run them up basically to the ceiling to maintain proper counter cabinet clearance of 18.
Here are some photos of my.
Unfortunately i used 40 upper cabinets.
It drops the cabinets 5 8 but no one will ever notice.
For the upper cabinets we could combine a 42 inch high cabinet with a 12 inch high cabinet.
In other words say a 36 wide cabinet 13 deep 18 for a door 31 deep from the wall.
In a kitchen with a 9 foot ceiling you re usually left with 54 inches of space for upper cabinets.