Soffit above kitchen cabinets

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

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…

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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.

We’ve owned and rented homes over the years with kitchen cabinet soffits, those boxy sheetrocked rectangles that take up space above kitchen cabinets. They’ ...

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Learn how to turn those awkward soffit spaces into design features that enhance the overall aesthetics of your kitchen.

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