Had kitchen installers out today, to get firm measurements before we order cabinets from Lowes. Installer and designer are two seperate entities. We planned to have tall cabinets at the ends/corners of the kitchen, with lower height cabinets in between. We like the varying height as our kitchen will be a long U shape almost 18 ft long and almost 9 ft wide, and want to break up the tunnel look a little. These are the cabinets we are getting.
The problem apparently comes from my wanting lower height wall cabinets in the middles of the rows, you can see this in the photo, but not choosing increased or decreased depth cabinets, and the way crown moulding would work because of that. According to the installer, if I have two cabinets of the same depth, but different heights, butted up to one another, and both with crown moulding, the crown moulding on the lower height cabinet will not go flush up against the side of the taller height cabinet. That crown moulding, because of the way it's tilted out, would end up showing the side of the moulding instead of returning back on itself, because it wouldn't have anything to return to, since the neighboring cabinet is the same depth. So it would look like a shelf sticking out on some places, rather than looking like it's just the crown. I can picture this, but don't know what to do about it. He suggests changing the depth of some of the cabinets, either 2 inches in on the middles or 2 inches out on the end/tall cabinets. The two pantry cabinets aren't affected, as they are already countertop depth.
So, the question is, is there some resolve that can be suggested other than decreasing or increasing the depth of any of the cabinets, and without having them all be the same height. The cost is already pushing our budget, increasing or decreasing depth makes the cabinets more expensive. I'm sticking with the big box due to fears of being burned by independent contractor. My dad has lost a good bit of money twice going with independent contractors. So I just won't go there. We'll change whatever we need to on the cabinets, I'm just hoping there is some other option without greatly increasing the cost. Thanks for any ideas.
Melissa