Dry bar cabinet layout

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

We are installing an ikea cabinet dry bar and I'm hitting a bit of a design issue. Originally the IKEA cabinet person put in a 1.25" filler between two base cabinets. I think this was to get the outer cabinet to line up with the upper. I have no idea why he set the uppers the way he did, but we already put in the sconces so we can't adjust the uppers.

If I omit the filler, there will be a 1" difference between the upper and lower cabinet.

Question is - will that difference be noticeable? I would prefer to have the look of adjacent full face cabinets, so I'd prefer to omit that filler if possible.

Second question: anyone who has used sektion - does the base cabinet (white) show when you use different color doors? We have black doors and I'm worried the cabinet white will show.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
What is the actual cabinet style not this weird drawing. I think visually the cabinets should line up but there is no symmetry in this design from the uppers to the lowers and you should not have done the lighting before final design. Now I need to see the space it is usually quite easy to move a light but I have no real idea of what you are working with . If perfect symmetry was the plan then why did you not center the fridge ?
Lyn Nielson
2 years ago
they should line up... are you going to add a backsplash?

any wall decor will highlight the off
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anj_p
Original Author
2 years ago
I never said I wanted symmetry. We had a cabinet plan that I thought was final until I started looking at it and realized our cabinet designer was an idiot. Lesson learned. Didn't trust anyone to know what they're doing.

I had to make a decision yesterday as they were hanging cabinets and I decided to omit the filler. The edge of upper cabinet will line up with the counter, which is fine.
anj_p
Original Author
2 years ago
We removed the filler and set the cabinets. Turns out they had misplaced one of the sconces anyway so they had to move the light. Outer cabinet & lower now align.