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| I've been lurking on GW for sometime and now that I am in the midst of my kitchen renovation I am so happy to have this community to reach out to for advice. In my original kitchen I had a horribly oppressive soffit that was 15 inches high and about 20 inches deep. My ceiling height is 8 feet. My cabinet designer and contractor were certain they could make the design so that the soffit would only be about 8 inches high and 12 inches deep (flush with the face of the cabinets). Well, in the middle of construction my contractor now tells me that he can not make the soffit any less deep, he can only shorten the height due to complications with the plumbing that is housed in the soffit. Needless to say I am bummed, but I am trying to find a solution to make it bearable. Here are some pictures. The contractor left a 2 1/4 inch space between the soffit and the cabinets to put the same crown moulding that is on the facing wall. The cabinets on the facing wall go to the ceiling. I am concerned that placing the moulding under the soffit may look strange and draw more attention to the soffit. My question to my fellow GW'ers is what would you do? Any opinions would be appreciated. Now that I lowered my expectations, I would love some input so I can move forward and feel I made the right decision. Thanks so much! PS Sorry the pics are sideways. |
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| That really stinks, sorry! Did your contractor say that burying the pipes inside the cabinets was not an option? Obviously it would detract from your storage area but it would be better than soffits. Mine mentioned that we could do that if there is unmovable plumbing inside them (I really want to get rid of mine, too... ) I guess you mentioned crown molding, though, so maybe you weren't going to have cabs going to the ceiling? |
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- Posted by hosenemesis (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 1:28
| I'd put up the crown molding to match the other side. I don't think your soffit looks bad at all. |
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| Purrus - We were hoping to bury them in the cabinets, but the problem was that the pipes jutted out towards the middle of the room. I'm bummed, but ready to move forward and make due with cards we have been dealt. Thanks. Hosenmesis - Thanks, for your thoughts. The crown moulding on the other side where the cabinets go up to the ceiling is quite substantial, almost 3 inches high. I am kinda thinking I'd like to do a shorter crown but wonder if it would look weird if it did not match. Here is a picture of the 3 inch moulding on the opposite wall. |
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| I've seen some interesting moulding applications that almost make soffits look like a good thing. Let me see if I can pull up some pics of a few examples for you. I mean, how cool this is?
Some people even light the soffits, with up or down lighting. This one shows both, conveniently. I hope these give you some ideas. It might be worth a google. |
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- Posted by AboutToGetDusty (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 20:21
| We had high hopes of a new soffit-free kitchen...only to be told that all but one would stay, unless we were willing to gut our upstairs bathrooms (yikes!) So the last soffit stayed. I tried to make it blend in with the non-soffit side, and with the cabinetry below. Molding is on the side of the soffit, ceiling paint is underneath it, and BM "Healing Aloe" is above the window between the two cabinets.
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- Posted by AboutToGetDusty (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 20:22
| Sorry the pictures are soooo big (oops). First time trying to figure out posting multiple pictures. Need to work on that... |
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- Posted by hosenemesis (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 2:00
| Gosh it's fun to see all of these beautiful kitchens. |
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| Love the big pics, atgd -- more detail to devour. Yum. :-) |
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| Steph2000, thanks so much, these are some wonderful pictures. This is giving me some ideas. ATGD - Love what you did. A few questions: |
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- Posted by AboutToGetDusty (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 23:22
| Thanks! Erinf8, yes the whole side of the soffit is covered in molding so it matches the molding on top of the cabinetry that goes to the ceiling. My guy made the top part to match the original dentil molding throughout my house. Underneath is a piece of flat stock. Underneath that is a small rounded piece. All the molding is painted with the cabinetry paint (sprayed on). We bought extra cabinet paint from Schuler (semicustom). The cabinet paint has a certain look - it's not shiny but it's not 100% flat. The ceiling paint on the bottom of the soffit matches the ceiling paint elsewhere - it is flat paint and it is the same color throughout my downstairs. I had ordered my cabinets first and they were all here before demo. So once I found out about the bad news regarding the soffit, we basically played around with ideas after the cabinets were installed. I was so nervous but in the end I was really happy with the results. |
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- Posted by AboutToGetDusty (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 23:31
| Sorry, I think I misread your question. No, there is no moulding between the top of the cabinets and the bottom of the soffit. And in person I think it looks fine. I hadn't thought about covering the bottom of the soffit in moulding...trying to picture how that would look. Interesting idea! |
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| ATGD, The moulding on the bottom is just a thought to make it all look like one piece of furniture, I think to keep it easy we would just leave the bottom drywall as well. Thanks again for your input. |
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