Kitchen ceiling with vault and different heights

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Our kitchen has a combination of ceiling heights and a vault that we're struggling to figure out how we should do cabinet heights.

Here's a view of the rough space:

And some 3D mockups of what we're aiming for from an orientation and layout perspective (that's missing the vaulted ceiling detail and clear visualization of the soffit over the peninsula).

This is an old mockup assuming 8' ceilings (we've opted for no cabinet covering the range hood chimney)

This is assuming 9' ceilings (which unfortunately does not mirror reality - the right does not have 9' of ceiling):

If you go back and look at the stud framing, the wall shared by the fridge, oven, range hood, microwave as well as the left corner facing the kitchen sink- all of that is 9' at the edge of the wall and vaulting upwards (2:12 is the pitch).

The other corner cabinetry right of the kitchen sink and window, is restricted to 8'.

Curious your thoughts and opinions on whether we should aim for 9' cabinetry where possible, and 8' elsewhere? Or do 8' cabinetry all the way around and figure out something to do with the space above it?

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Comments (6)

everdebz
8 years ago
Not saying you want this, but here for what it's worth:

"Color-block your palette. The grays and blacks in this kitchen are very now, and yet the addition of orange and the retro cupboard arrangement hark back about 40 years. The retro Orla Kiely print on the backsplash and in the crockery is another nice touch, and picks up on the era’s love of patterns inspired by nature / 1970's."
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everdebz
8 years ago
You already have a window, but photo showing windows:
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Alan
Original Author
8 years ago
The color palette is still TBD. The overall house style is taking a variety of modern/contemporary cues, with an occasional splash of colors. I did like the notion of darker bottom cabs, lighter color upper cabs. DW wanted orange so this is the current style.

In this case, yeah the soffit unfortunately is a structural element to the house (there are clerestory windows above) and to change now is not something I want to go down the path of. Disregarding all the other details, just wanting to know peoples thoughts on aesthetics.

Some other notes- the asymmetrical cabinet height would really only be visible from the direction of facing the sink. From the living room (which is adjacent to the kitchen, past the peninsula) the soffit would block the view of the cabinetry above the peninsula.

Just the soffit is heighted at 8'. The other side has an even higher vault.
Mrs. S
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I like cabinets that go all the way up to the ceiling, however high the ceiling is. I like storage, and I like the way it looks like one has designed the cabinets to fit the space. So, 8' on one side, and 9' on the other.
PRO
Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
8 years ago
TBH I would say make the ceiling in the kitchen area a falt 8 feet like the soffit. It fixes all of your issues and vaulted ceilings in kitchens are rarely a good idea. It's going to look so much better with one ceiling height rather than this vault then BAM a random soffit.
User
8 years ago
Fix the problem. Make the ceilings the same height. Tall ceilings aare silly dysfunctional in a kitchen anyway.