The benefit of installing crown molding is that it draws the eye upward showcasing the elegance of your cabinets.
Kitchen cabinets to ceiling without crown molding. Ceilings are never level and there needs to be some way to disguise this. And if your kitchen has ornate built up crown moldings they will probably need to be removed to install full rise wall cabinets and it may be impossible. You can either use 36 tall upper cabinets which allows for crown molding to be used along the top or you can use 42 tall upper cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling without any molding. Crown molding adds a special touch to kitchen cabinets giving even the most basic cabinets a custom crafted luxe look.
Designing a kitchen with an 8 ceiling there are two choices when designing cabinets for a kitchen that has a lower ceiling. The ceiling drywall is all brand new with the remodel though the house was built in 1958 so the ceiling joists are not all level with each other. 7 never put 8 feet of cabinetry in an 8 foot space. The molding also comes in handy for closing the gap between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling and for creating a unified appearance and style along the sight line near the ceiling.
Crown molding can either bond with the ceiling or allow for space above the cabinet. Standard cabinets can also allow for indirect uplighting through light fixtures mounted on the tops of the cabinets. This capability is lost when you run the cabinets fully to the ceiling. The crown molding detail on the cabinets gives the cabinets a polished finished look.
Doing a complete kitchen remodel. Some kitchens have high ceilings and the cabinets of the kitchen do not come close to the ceiling. A few tips for installing large crown molding on rta kitchen cabinets. 6 never run cabinets all the way to the ceiling without a two piece crown molding or a solid wood spacer.
When our cabinets and crown molding were installed it became apparent how not level flat the new ceiling is. This old house 557 169 views. Crown molding is decorative trim that is added to the top of your cabinets. The cabinets go almost up to the 9 ceiling and they appear even higher because the crown molding on the wall brings down the ceiling.