Upper Kitchen Cabinet Sizes

The upper cabinets in your kitchen are the first ones we ll talk about.

Upper kitchen cabinet sizes.

You want cabinets that are large enough to hold all of the things you need but you don t want them to be too large because they can take over the entire space in your kitchen. Standard base cabinet sizes. These are where you ll likely store things like glasses bowls and plates. These cabinets need to be very sturdy in order to form the base for your countertops.

Typically standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 h and 36 h from the floor to the top of the countertop when a countertop is installed the toe kick portion of the cabinet is 4 1 2 h the standard door height is 24 h and the top drawer height is 6 h equaling 34 1 2 h total. When choosing a size for base cabinets remember that the sizes are from floor to top of cabinet box they don t include the thickness of whatever countertop will sit atop the base cabinets. A standard base kitchen cabinet will measure about 34 1 2 high and 35 to 36 high from your kitchen floor with a countertop. It all depends on your design needs the standard size of a base cabinet is 34 5 inches tall without the countertop and 36 inches with the countertop.

Base cabinets may have a single door double doors a series of drawers or a combination of a drawer and doors. First let s look at the sizes of base cabinets.