When planning and designing the home for the first time, very few people think about details such as the empty spaces that might result after installing some structures. Kitchen wall cabinets are typically installed after considering the maximum possible height that you as the homeowner can reach to access the top shelf. The challenge comes in because standard houses are at a minimum height of 8 feet while the comfortable reach of cabinets is 5 feet. This leaves a space of about two to three feet between the top of the kitchen cabinets and the ceiling, the soffit.

Why homeowners think about soffits when remodelling

The space left on top of the cabinets creates some form of visual relief and makes the kitchen cabinets appear less bulky. However, these open areas tend to collect a lot of dust, and cleaning up can be tedious. At times, household pests and other vermin might even hide in these spaces. In case the soffit is proving to be an eyesore for you, think about the following remodelling ideas.

Removing the soffit

You can remove the current cabinets and have new ones designed to reach all the way up to the ceiling. You will have to buy taller wall cabinets to fill the entire space. This idea increases kitchen storage and eliminates areas where the dust might collect. Your remodelled kitchen will also have a seamless appearance.

Installing a bulkhead in the soffit area

Instead of leaving the open space above the cabinets, you can have your remodelling team creating a bulkhead above the kitchen cabinet soffit. The partition is made of drywall and can even help support additional cabinets to hand from the middle of the room.

Creating an Ad Hoc fill in cabinet in soffit area

Another way to fill this space would be to have your remodelling crew create a custom cabinet to fill in the soffit. The doors to the cabinets will help conceal any items that you might want to hide in the newly created storage space.

Other ideas that one can use to utilise this space is the creation of glass cabinets in the soffit area. The glass cabinet closes off the area, and no dust can collect, and space is open enough to display different items. You could also line the space with pretty ceramic tiles, making the cleaning of any dust simple, and at the same time giving your kitchen that needed a facelift. Consult professionals about home renovations to address this space.

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