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clintonbeattie

Kitchen cabinets floor to ceiling

7 years ago

Hi,


Looking for bit of advice on floor to ceiling cabinets.


We have small kitchen and need to maximize storage so we are thinking of having a whole wall devoted to integrated fridge/freezer; larder with pull out drawers; hidden microwave/hand held appliance housing and a few other things.


We like the handleless kitchens and like matte light grey, a bit like this https://www.unitsonline.co.uk/_userfiles/images/Uform/strada-gloss-dust-grey-handleless-kitchen-2.jpg (just the cabinet style not the rest of the kitchen ;-)


I just get the feeling that it may be a bit much, monolithic, almost clinical with the kitchen being handless. I can't find images on the internet which have full height handless cabinet walls. Hopefully someone on here has experience of how this looks feels.


I think if it was shaker style or even had handles, it may help but we just like handleless and it will work well for the rest of the kitchen. Even if the lines of cabinet doors were varied it may help?


Please see our rough Ikea planner attached.




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  • 7 years ago

    Here’s mine. It’s Dove Grey handleless and I love it. Clean and sleek. On the left hand side is the tall larder unit (how did I manage without one, it holds soooo much stuff), then the middle 2 units protrude slightly (doesn’t really show too well in the photo) and they have a fridge over a freezer, then a dryer over a washer and then there’s the double oven and integrated microwave. Spare cupboard space over the top of 3 units.


    Comments (6)

    • 7 years ago
      last modified: 7 years ago

      Wow, that's a lot in there! Exactly what we need. Thanks for posting. It's nice that yours is broken up with the ovens though. I feel ours may be just too sterile and uniform.


      Assume the units protrude because of the dryer over washer?

    • 7 years ago

      We liked the idea of them not looking like a wardrobe so the 2 middle units protrude which also allows for the plumbing at the back of the washer.


      Having looked again at your plan I would definitely go for it. It’s modern and the storage in the units is huge.

      clintonbeattie thanked Daisy England
    • 7 years ago

      If I could even get a metal plate behind one or more doors it may be nice to put some pictures up with magnets. I do love the modern look, which is what I am going for but also a bit wary of looking clinical. Yours work well for the very reason you described. Ours would be very much erring on the wardrobe side ;-)

    • 7 years ago

      This feature might be useful. https://www.houzz.co.uk/magazine/should-i-go-for-floor-to-ceiling-cabinets-in-my-kitchen-stsetivw-vs~118617018. I think with a bit of tweaking and possibly doing a different colour on the base cabinets it could work. I like the idea of a ladder to break up the expanse of cupboards and help you reach the top storage areas.

      clintonbeattie thanked Helen C
    • 7 years ago

      Fantastic. Thanks!

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