Kitchen Cabinet Soffits
What is a soffit.
Kitchen cabinet soffits. Soffits themselves are often described as big bulky and box shaped structures that are built to hide all of the wiring and mechanical components between your cabinets and your ceiling. They re a common element in many a subdivision kitchen built in the 1980s and 1990s and i m not a huge fan of them so in a remodel removing the. We ve owned and rented homes over the years with kitchen cabinet soffits those boxy sheetrocked rectangles that take up space above kitchen cabinets. A tarnished egg beater kitchen utensils with polished wooden handles old time advertisement signs ceramic molds or antique wicker buckets all appear sculptures when exhibited on a kitchen soffit as a set.
In some cases they even extend beyond cabinets as shown below. For our first idea the kitchen soffit is probably situated in one tall cupboard that is above the freezer. They are most often seen in a kitchen although soffits may exist in other parts of the home as well. Most kitchen owners allocate certain sub cupboard or boxy structures to contain wire pipe and other mechanical items.
8 fill in the gapwith trim. A soffit over the kitchen cabinets is a perfect spot to highlight your antique kitchen pieces. A kitchen soffit usually fills up between the ceiling and upper segment of the cabinet.