So many different ideas to really make the design look finished. It is a lot to think about though when going in to a full kitchen project.

One thing also is the finished edge of the counter top is better straight than a rolled edge because liquids will travel around the rolled edge and get your cabinet faces where as the straight stands a better chance of dripping off before heading to your cabinets. My family has been in the tile, granite and marble business for over 75 years and we use a lot of granite and marble in our houses. Getting ready to build our last on..lol One of the things I am not going to do anywhere in the house is knobs on cabinets because it eventually becomes a constant battle of them coming unscrewed. That doesn't happen with handles.

Just found your channel, love it so much. Thank you! love the metric units added, very helpful!

Found you just in time! Planning my new apartment, and everything you say is going into my specs. Love your channel!

Thank you so much for your insight! You are saving us so much money and ultimately making our kitchen more efficient, which is priceless.

This is very helpful. Needed the basic information on buying what size cabinets. Thank you!!!

Love how straightforward u r, and thanks for the cm!

One thing to keep in mind if you push the uppers beyond 20" above the countertop, you'll be in code violation if you choose to use under cabinet outlets. 20" is the max height on those. My own uppers start at 55 1/2" and are 48" tall. The top two "shelves" are on hinged pull down mechanisms so they can be brought down to the level of the bottom shelves.

Practical and very important issues addressed. Thank you!

Such helpful and valuable information! In my previous 1945 home I did some updates to the kitchen which involved lowering the cabinets 2 inches as most of us are under 5'6"..LOL! That still left an 18" clearance from counter. Then I added the fascia and crown molding like you mentioned. It looked great! So I can attest that ceilings and walls are not even, flush or plumb!! Caulk does wonders for those imperfections. 😉 Now I'm in a 1959 home, with handmade solid wood cabinets to the ceiling that are NAILED to the walls. I'm brainstorming ways to make the kitchen more functional and appealing on a DIY non existing budget! 🥴

I too am 5'6" and currently redoing a kitchen. My house was built in 55 with uppers, was trying to replace what I have with a similar size. But they're wood, and the corners extend to the wall where you can't reach (basically a 50 inch cabinet for 24 inches of space). So I'll have to do strips to fill the useless void when replaced with big box store cabinets. Also my upper cabinets are 18 from the counter, which is the recommended 54 inches off the floor. Not opposed to another two inches of space. But thanks for the video, I'll have to watch it again. I've always been a DIY kinda guy, but cabinets are uncharted territory for me. Drywall, paint, trim? Easy, but cabinets are expensive and require planning.

This is the most helpful video I watched. It is very considerate of you to have both inch and cm. Thanks a million.

Thank you- this was incredibly helpful.

Upper Cabinets: Flyover Country here, with 100% oak, framed cabinets - that are barely 11 inches deep. The amount of wasted space per unit is frustrating. They didn't use 1x2s, they used 2x4s, further minimizing interior storage. This video is extremely informational. Thank you.

Glad I saw this. I'm in social housing and waiting for a.new kitchen coming. Details so far are an improvement on the old one. Raising the top cabinets to allow a shelf underneath will make the space a lot more functional for me, without creating any extra work. Its renter friendly in that removing the extra shelf and making the walls good is even easier than putting the shelf in. I have 3 single wall cupboards too shallow for dinner plates. A double base unit under the sink, 1 base drawer.unit and one corner unit - this will be changed for a better access door and some kind of pull out/lazy susan. I added floor to ceiling extra shelves to rake a lot of stuff, still not best organised. High units, extra shelf but no extra gadget space will improve it. The kitchens you show for the equivalent 3 bedroom home seem enormous, very green with envy here.

I have a kitchen that I’m completely that my mom was building, it’s 10ft ceiling,i don’t want any space on top,I was thinking of getting 42+18 but the cost is holding me back. Not sure if the open shelving @ bottom will work. But thanks for the pictures, I now have a visual of what it may look like. Great video

Awesome video! Thank you! I'm just dreaming right now, but I'd like to put a small kitchen in a basement where there was never a kitchen so I'm wondering about utility hookups/rough-ins for this. I also can't change the ceiling which is a horrible drop ceiling. I imagine that's going to look super stupid against the upper cabinets. Would love to see videos on these challenges.

Thank you! Planning out my kitchen and i have 16” between the counter and uppers. Now i know i can raise them to 20” with a piece of crown above!

Very helpful! Thank you !

Great overview. My biggest peeve with kitchens, and I don't mind soffits, are cabinets around refrigerators that are pushed back and especially the ones installed above them (typically the 12" deep ones). I hate fridges that stick way out and I prefer to use 24" deep cabinets around them. It just screams "look at me, I'm a huge box in the middle of everything." Yes, getting to the back is a pain and especially the one above, but it looks so much nicer with the fridge that looks almost builtin. Put your least used stuff in the back of them.

Great information!!! Thanks so much

Good video with great tips. Thanks

This was a great video. It confirmed all the things I plan on doing. Can you take a soffit down yourself. What about options for the electrical?

Yes to all the video ideas❤️

Thank you 🙏🏼

So much great info! Thank you. My issue is I have 12 ft ceilings. I absolutely do not want space above the cabinets. But how do I deal with a ceiling so tall?

Thank you

THANK YOU

Very helpful 👌 ❤

In Malta 🇲🇹 standard is 24inch splashback. My house is approx 4mtr high snd it’s an old house of character, the soffit are out of question we can’t avoid having the top of cabinets empty. After you put 36” base, 24” splashback and 36-48” top cupboards you still have approx 50” wall.

Very helpful video! Do you have a recommendation for a slanted kitchen ceiling? I don't want the empty space above the cabinets and can't take the cabinets all the way to the ceiling, so I was thinking about adding a small soffit above.

Sadly, I have the dreaded soffit and I can't get rid of it because of some ductwork. We're making it work but it did make using your lighting plan a little bit harder.

I don't think soffits are hideous at all. MUCH better than the open space at the top. Add a little crown molding at the top and they can be really pretty. The wallpaper border, however, needs to go.

I have SIX INCHES of space between my top cabinets and ceiling. Call to community: what would you do? I am covering the cabinets with wallpaper. With so little to play with, and on a very limited budget, I am stymied. Do you have a video on how to calculate how much wallpaper I would need? Thank you ever so much! ❤

Hi Liz just found this video, super helpful. With 10 foot ceilings, would you suggest 20 inch or 22 inch backsplash when taking the counter stone to backsplash? Also is there a general size to consider for upper trim/crown moulding with 54 inch upper cabinets?

I appreciated the metric numbers - having those on the videos throughout would have been really appreciated

Im looking for spacing of cabinet doors. Im making my own and want them to go as far to the edges of the cabinet as possible but don't know if that is possible. I know you need about 8th an inch between them. I guess I will live and learn, lol!

🤣 your going to have to step “WAY BACK” to open a 18” door. 🤣 😂 😆

We clesan the tops of cabinets every year or so. The secret is to put down wax paper, just pull it up and replace it every year!

No uppers means no undercabinet lighting. It's quite dark in there.

@2:13 my kids said, challenge accepted. Somehow the spill will still get inside the drawer.

20 bucks says your son/daughter does the editing. Those refs 😂

is the background music adding anything to this information?

Our house had the pullout trash bin when we bought it and omg i hate it. That stupid bin is 75% of why i want to redo our kitchen😂

actually usa is like far far behind EU in tech of kitchen, simple thing if you cant reach and you need a stool, there is so called extra gadget which you pull and all inside of cabinet which is sky high will come to your face level, you must come to Eu for showrooms. and if you really know kitchen and problems you will be shocked how stuff here is done even in furniture. Anyway , but here we also have issue, its gas hobs. basically they look great work, but the second you grab 2 big pans and they simply dont fit ::"D and if you want to usee all hobs burners you get issue than pans and pots dont fit always heating up switches bigest joke ever from manufacturers, but only gas hobs

In our new kitchen, it is going to have a cathedral ceiling. We had that also in our last house. I am wondering if there is any better options than open tops to the cabinets since the ceiling is not flat?