Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Colin Green writes:

Chris Hodges wrote:

I see no reason not to put the cupboards up to the ceiling. I
considered but rejected doing that on the grounds of wanting to reach
the contents. You have some (+/- approx 1/2 cm) vertical adjust on the
doors with the current hinges, which will allow you to make the door
just not touch the ceiling.

I think I'll go right up to the ceiling rather than leaving a large gap.


This can have a remarkable visual effect of shrinking the room.
If you have a large kitchen, it probably won't notice, but it
can make a smaller kitchen look even smaller than it is because
you lose the eye-line to the wall/ceiling corners, which has the

Interesting point. Yes it is a small kitchen but then it looks like I
won't bo going for the IKEA units after all. Their sink base is 80cm and
I need to fit it into a corner on the left hand side (with drainer on
left). So in order to fit an inset sink I'll have to move the base unit
out to the right, and fit another 40cm(smallest unit width) unit to fill
the gap. This won't leave much of a countertop on the right hand side
(2000-1200=800mm) and a little bit (approx. 200mm) of relatively useless
counter top on the left right against a wall.

Nah, I'll have to go for a more mundane 1000mm base unit and a sink unit
sat on top. Maybe I can get a sub 1000mm sink for a touch more counter
space.

It might not look brilliant but it's the most practical option, cheaper
& a lot easier to install.


Sorry I'm new to this - which bit is the cover panel?


A panel which goes on the end of a run of cupboards, to hide the
white cupboard carcass with a panel which matches the doors.
If you aren't fitting the decor strip under cupboards, simply
cut the top off the cover panel so it fits on the end of the
carcass without hanging down below.

Ahh I see. Well I guess too long is better than too short (I'm still
talking about cover panels BTW). I was hoping to avoid that necessity by
fitting one of those nifty end units with the exposed shelves.

Cheers for the advice. On reflection I think you're right about the tall
units, I'll have to think about where else I can squeeze in some extra
storage space.

Colin.