Soffit makeover

One of the aspects of our kitchen that I grew to dislike over our first few years in this house is the space over our kitchen cabinets. By no means was that space a major issue--we bought the house perfectly happy with that look, but I'm just not one for displaying knick-knacks and whatnot, so the open area felt empty. Instead of watching the open space fill with dust, Mike and I decided to find a way to customize it. Certainly not alone in this pursuit, I found a number of possibilities in…

I've posted about this before on this blog and on my home staging blog - but since this project has been featured on some other blogs and ...

This is awesome! If you have a kitchen soffit that you aren't loving, see how this blogger used trim to disguise her soffit or fur down. Trimming out the soffit and painting it the same color as the cabinets tricks the eye and makes the cabinets look more like they extend to the ceiling. This is a really budget-friendly way to get the custom cabinet look, without a full renovation. #kitchensoffitideas #kitchensoffit #furdown #disguisekitchensoffit #hidesoffit

A homeowner wanted to update her kitchen. First she knocks a hole through the cabinets, but then she does THIS! - This transformation is UNBELIEVABLE! I was tired of the outdated look of my soffits, after scouring the web for ideas I came up with these.

Custom Additions to a plain dated 30 yr old Oak Kitchen......Beadboard Soffit, Double Crown, Light Rail,Island customized and wrapped with Beadboard with

A kitchen soffit (aka bulkhead) is something that majority of us have in our kitchens. They are often created to hide wires, pipes or other mechanicals in our kitchen. Sometimes they are even there to just fill the space above your cabinets. Either way, I personally find most soffits can make a home feel dated and extremely closed-in. When it came to our kitchen renovation, we had no idea what was behind our soffits. I debated whether or not I should remove them or somehow just work with…

Kitchen soffits, or furr downs, were popular in kitchen design in the 1990s. Nowadays, people want that space above cabinets.

Kitchen soffits sometimes known as bulkheads can be difficult to deal with if they are creating too much of a protrusion in your home. A kitchen soffit can’t always be removed, but can often be disguised or covered up in ways that allow the soffit to blend in with the overall look of the kitchen.

Looking for ways to disguise a kitchen soffit? This DIY tutorial shows a creative kitchen soffit makeover that you can do, too!

Fariha Nasir (Fa-ree-ha) on Instagram: "Extending my builder grade kitchen cabinets to the ceiling part 1 ✨ not all kitchens need cabinets all the way up to the ceiling but when all you have is a few feet left, it’s best to fill them up with cabinets and more trim 😍 I’ll share all the details in a blog post so you can follow along! . Now the question is: should I attempt making my own cabinet doors or should I just order custom doors online? 👀 . . . . . . . . #kitchencabinets #diykitchen…