Design question interior cab color.

11 years ago

I'd chosen maple melamine for the interior of my cabs. At the last minute I took the cabinets to the ceiling with glass uppers. The KD just extended the height of the uppers rather than stack another 18" cab on top.

This requires white melamine everywhere because the inside of the cab shows.

Cabinets are Dove White

I have a few options:

$$ is cost neutral right now.

Okay the white melamine ($$)

Go with maple interiors and not do glass. ($$$)

Go with maple interiors with glass and ignore that the interior is wood finish while the exterior is painted. ($$)

Don't go to the ceiling afterall. ($)

Stack another set of cabinets on top ($$$$)

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sheloveslayouts

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

I'd skip the glass. I used that top shelf of to-the-ceiling cabinets for storage of rarely used items; totally utilitarian stuff rather than display stuff. I prefer the clean lines of a tall solid door. Those panes of glass add visual clutter that aren't my taste.

However, if you've been collecting a special type of glassware your whole life and want that top shelf for display I'd say go for it. But you'll need to add lighting up there to make it worth the effort.

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willtv
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I'm not exactly clear about your pricing. Are you saying that maple interiors without glass doors is more expensive than all the other options except another set of top cabs? If so, that makes little sense to me.

But, if that's the case, If it were me, and I'm not you, I'd go with the glass & the maple interior to the ceiling.

But, it's all a matter of personal preference
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Karen Stewart
11 years ago
I'm a KD in Florida. A lot of my clients will use glass in one area of focus in the kitchen, such as around the hood. This reduces cost and clutter along with defining the major element of the kitchen. Benjesbride is right on about needing lighting to show off your collectables in those cabinets.
daisychain Zn3b
11 years ago
Are you doing a valance along the bottom? The reason I ask is that with our original remodel we went with the maple interior and I didn't realize that (with our company anyways) the underside of the cab was also that colour and we had no valance. When you were sitting at the table you saw the colour of the underside didn't match the rest and it always bugged me. Luckily in the rebuild we're able to change that and are doing the white interior. I also prefer white for an interior, but like willtv says, it's really personal preference.
AnnKH
11 years ago
I think the glass makes the kitchen too busy (in your profile pic).

With one door - one cabinet - you can add extra shelves to increase your storage.
amberm145
11 years ago
I WANTED glass uppers with maple interiors. I thought it would look good with my butcher block island. But if I got glass doors, the cabinet company wanted to charge me extra to do the whole interior of the cabinet in the exterior colour. I managed to convince them to just leave the wood, but they were still going to charge me extra, because it's different. So I skipped the glass. Someday I will pop out the center panel of the upper doors and replace it with glass. I was also considering painting the interior with an accent colour.
Rachel (Zone 7A + wind)
Original Author
11 years ago
Okay, DH and I discussed. We will do solid doors up there.

Next question. Where do I end the backspash? I want it to the ceiling behind the range (no doubts there). Should I go to the ceiling everywhere? Or, can I go to the cabinet height everywhere else.
Rachel (Zone 7A + wind)
Original Author
11 years ago
Oh, and OH MY GOSH I'M 8 weeks out from moving in. HOLY ... it's going way WAY too fast now.
amberm145
11 years ago
Are you asking if you should tile around the window? I would only tile up to the bottom of the cabinets.
sheloveslayouts
11 years ago
Rachel, it's going to be awesome!
lenzai
11 years ago
We went with just a maple interior in the upper glass cabinets, Upgrade to change the interior to white was too much and it's all the way up there anyway. If it annoys me too much, I'll cut some white poster board to size and wedge it in there.
willtv
11 years ago
I agree with "amberm145 ". I'd tile up to the bottom of the cabs and window. Also I would not tile the side splash over the DW, But, as always, these are personal decisions.