please help with kitchen cabinet design

8 years ago

my kitchen cabinets were installed that I love them all except for this end shelving, which I would like to redo. in addition to not liking the shape of this cabinet if it's shelving---I might like it if I just put a door on it and turned it into a regular cabinet--- I am also not crazy about the fact that it blocks a little part of my view out the window when I stand at the kitchen sink which is where I spend much time. Does anyone have any ideas? A friend suggested a triangular cabinet at the end so it would keep the view but on the other hand it would have very little storage space in it. should I just have him put a door on it and be done with it even though it'll block a small part of my view? any ideas very welcome and much appreciated. thank you!;

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charaj00

8 years ago

Remove the end shelving completely, and finish the existing cabinet with an end panel. BTW, you might change the left cabinet door so that it opens on the opposite side and the door pulls are side by side.

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suezbell
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Tiny!

Floor plan of this room w/measurements? Is this a small apartment? Is the breakfast bar nook your only dining space?

Where's the stove? Microwave? Any other spaces for/with cabinets?

How much change do you want -- strip it out and start over or something less?

Like all that natural light behind the bar.

That close to neighbors, though, I'm surprised white mini blinds haven't been added inside each window frame for privacy when the lights are on after dark.
tozmo1
8 years ago
I'd just remove it and repair the wall and leave it blank or put open floating shelves. With the change in ceiling height, I don't know if any kind of cabinet would look good there. It's a small cabinet, you aren't losing much storage and if it was intended to be a display shelf, it's not working for me. Maybe just some open floating shelves that don't have the side panel that blocks the view.

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fatratboy
Original Author
8 years ago
thanks! it's actually not that small a kitchen, here's a photo of part of the rest of it, so there are plenty more cabinets etc. This area, tho, is the main area where everyone hangs out and it's where I spend most of the time when I'm in the kitchen. I guess the consensus so far seems to be open shelving, which may be good. I'm not good at visualizing ideas and need to actually see them so it's a little hard for me. I first thought he was putting rounded shelves on the side, but then he bright this open cabinet whichever I think doesn't look too normal. if I did open shelves, are the shelves supposed to be thick? and is that nicer than a closed cabinet? thanks so much for your input. it's hard to have no vision!!!
fatratboy
Original Author
8 years ago
oh, just remove it completely and have nothing there? the wall angles over there, which is why I originally thought to have shelves, the I thought they'd just be small rounded ones (the cabinet guy was the one who decided to turn shelves into this weird open cabinet). which is better, an end panel with nothing? a few open shelves? closed cabinet? thank you again!!!
Wendy H
8 years ago
I would remove those little shelves completely. The view and airy feeling is much more important.
Kathryn P
8 years ago
I like breathing room around windows, so I'd take it out completely too.
herbflavor
8 years ago
I'd probably leave it..you have a lot of glass and view outside . Don't believe there is conflict with that. Would probably place a pot or two with cascading plant. Removal is a troublesome endeavor. All you need is to soften carcass edges which seems to be your complaint. Greenery. Maybe one shelf of cookbooks.
Angel 18432
8 years ago
Remove and just have a blank wall.
lmmcnitt
8 years ago
Put on a door with a glass panel to match the other one in the kitchen.
kelleg69
8 years ago
I would probably put a door on it or totally remove.
ptreckel
8 years ago
I would leave it alone. Your kitchen is beautiful! Removal of the cabinet would not just require repair of the space where the shelves are located. It appears like it would require removal of the bottom of the cabinet that connects it to its neighbor. Live with it for a while. As others have said, use it to display some cookbooks, a pretty vintage jug, some greenery. Enjoy your gorgeous kitchen!
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Randy Trainor
8 years ago
We think putting a door on it or removing it are the best solutions to the open shelf dilemma.
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fatratboy
Original Author
8 years ago
thank you! that door on the end cabinet in the photo is interesting! how does it open, is it hinged?
fatratboy
Original Author
8 years ago
and is that cabinet straight or angled? thanks!!