Don’t forget this spot to add height and design to your kitchen.
Take your design efforts to new heights!
Amantel-like nichelined with beaded board unites this room’s cabinets and appliances while providing aperch for basketsand dishes.
Include Cubbies in Cabinetry
This stair-stepped cabinetry configuration stretches the display capacity of a window sink wall.
The central component, equipped withopen cubbies, unites with its neighbors thanks to crown-molding trim.
Decorating above kitchen cabinets and in cubbies shows off dishware and oversized baskets that warm the primarilywhite kitchen.
Stash Books
Enhance a kitchen’s usefulness by including surfacesdesigned for stowingand showing off essentials.
Here, dark-stained shelves convert a smallkitchen-desk alcoveinto a home office.
Add Timeworn Touches
Be creative!
Decorating above kitchen cabinets with large wooden boxes, packing crates, and harvest baskets serves several purposes.
In this office alcove,vintage blue canning jarsof all sizes brighten a space with little light.
When decorating up high, group same-color items to create big-impact displays that read as a collection.
Convert Cabinets to Open Shelving
Display your favorite kitchen collections with open shelves made from traditional cabinetry.
See how with our easy step-by-step process!
Go for Simple
Forget aboutadding soffitsabove your cabinets.
Instead, leave open wall space to decorate above kitchen cabinets by displaying gorgeous accessories.
Open Up the View
Cabinets overthe refrigeratorand their contents are difficult for most people to reach.
As a result, the cabinets becomeblack-hole storage, where items go in but rarely come out.
These homeowners used molding to meld anover-the-windowshelf with neighboring cabinets and fashion a holding area for flea market finds.
Maximize Display Options
Take advantage of out-of-reach openings todisplay sculptural pieceswith similar colors or design periods.
This kitchen has generous wall space accommodating tall cabinets topped with open shelves.
Decorating above kitchen cabinets with a hefty glass vesselcontributes colorand sparkle to the kitchen’s streamlined design.
Create a Connection
A simple shelf with a fluted edge fills the gap between window-framing cabinets.
The containers enhance the room’sold-world styleand double as artwork until they’re needed.
These built-ins create ahandy coffee barwith colorfulcoffee-related gearadjacent to a wine rack.
There’s also a small microwave.
Kitchen Cabinet Design and Style
