In my planned kitchen remodel I'm interested in hanging a couple of cabinets
from a soffit between the dining room and the kitchen. The lower cabinets
would serve as a buffet and the upper cabinets as lighted china display that
would be accessible from both the kitchen and the dining room. The type of
cabinets I'm wanting to use in the remodel would be the European frameless
style, (Kitchencraft or Ikea or something similar) and I know that most
cabinets get their strength and squarability from the cabinet backing--which
if I choose a door on each side would be absent. So, how would you go about
achieving the necessary strength and rigidity in double sided glass doored
cabinets? What about using glass shelving that rests on metal supports of
some kind? (I would prefer the glass shelving for the display aspect.)
Would that be strong enough? I was planning on using stock cabinets and
doing the install ourselves rather than a custom cabinet builder, but if
retrofitting stock cabinets isn't the best idea, then I think we've got
enough tools on board to buy the doors and some end panels and fabricate
whatever's needed ourselves for this one portion of the project.