No Special Skills Required

No special skills are required when measuring for your kitchen project. All you need is a tape measure, pencil, paper, ruler, and a level. Below is a list of steps to take when measuring your kitchen space. This checklist of steps goes into further detail in the video below. 

Steps for Measuring For Kitchen Cabinets 

1.     Draw an outline of your kitchen, labeling all the openings and obstacles.  

2.     Measure solid walls from corner to corner.  

3.     Measure the width and height of openings.  

4.     Measure ceiling height.  

5.     Add in your appliances.  

6.     Mark plumbing and gas locations.  

Once all the steps above are completed, make sure to take photos and videos of your space from a variety of angles. You can either send your measurements to a designer or get started by using our dealer locator on our website, masterbrand.com.  

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Open Shelf Cabinets

A great way to showcase items in your kitchen is open shelving, or even more common, is open cabinets or glass cabinets. These look great by themselves, but the design can certainly be enhanced by grounding the cabinet to the countertop through a modification of the cabinet end panels’ construction to create a hutch-like appearance. In the example shown below, the designer even accentuated the lower cabinet back with a contrasting material and embellished with additional shelves and brackets. This solution provides enough flexibility to customize however you may want.

Kitchen Island End Panels

Islands are extremely functional, but they also serve a decorative purpose particularly when they are such a large feature within the space. Using the depth of the side of the islands as an opportunity to bring a style element into the design is a common practice. In the next inspiration, you can see the shiplap feature with a decorative leg support really transforms the farmhouse style into a statement piece. This example can be achieved in multiple ways depending on the cabinet brand you are working with. Additionally, the X-end motif cabinet end panels can also be achieved in a number of different ways to create a rustic or farmhouse aesthetic or even an industrial feel. These types of finishing details can be easily overlooked but can certainly take your design up a notch when used.

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