Adding Additional Kitchen Cabinets

Most cabinets come with only one or two shelves leaving a lot of wasted space.

Adding additional kitchen cabinets.

Adding a hanging wine glasses rack silverware or knife drawer mug hooks or a storage rack under your cabinets is an inexpensive and easy way to make more room for your kitchen essentials. Who couldn t use more cabinet shelves for better organization. All will be relatively easy to make them as close as a match or accent each other as possible while keeping your kitchen from looking like a bad science experiment. If you have less space you can just add the header and close the whole thing up.

With cabinet refacing we can solve the problem in one of two ways. If you have any questions or if i missed anything please let me know. In some cases varied colors add an eclectic warm look to the kitchen. Today i ll share two different types of material you can use when adding additional shelves to cabinets.

With a lot of space like we have that would be too big of a header. I was able to add an open shelf 8 9 inches inches under the raised cabinets for additional storage space. Both methods provide all the benefits of refacing vs. Prime the wood and then select a satin or gloss paint finish that ll be easy to wipe clean.

This kitchen cabinet storage project provides more space for plates and bowls in crowded kitchen cabinets. So we added one and sometimes two shelves to most of our cabinets. If you have a large space above your cabinets like us i recommend making them additional upper or open cabinets. Since counter top space is at a premium in our small kitchen it s nice to have the open shelf available when i m doing food prep.

All it takes is 3 4 in. Learn how easy it is to update your kitchen. Because it s difficult to get an exact cabinet color match for natural wood cabinets simply pick a color that will accent your kitchen countertops or cabinets. When you need more cabinet space but cannot afford a total update of your kitchen using any of these ideas can help you add more storage space to your kitchen cabinets.

I keep a step stool handy in the kitchen so i can reach the upper shelves. In video 6 in this series master carpenter gary striegler shows how to upgrade your kitchen by making cabinets. Plywood and a bag of shelf supports. Either by extending existing cabinets or building additional cabinets onto them as outlined below.

Saving time and expense creating less mess and waste and resulting in a beautiful new kitchen.