Cabinets Without Toe Kick
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Cabinets without toe kick. But any area that has a counter is a work zone and should have a toe kick. Without a toe kick users typically find themselves standing well back from a base cabinet in order to avoid stubbing the toes a posture that leads to leaning over and putting considerable strain on the back shoulders and arms. To me it seems obvious enough but i guess it isn t to others so that s the reason for this blog post. Things you will need tape measure paint or stain miter saw hand held planer finishing nails hammer nail setter wood putty.
We had the cabinet maker craft the boxes without the toekicks. So i added toe kicks. You can go without toe kicks but i am pretty careless and rough on things so i would be accidentally kicking the bottom of the cabinets constantly and scuffing them up. We did both because we had to.
Let s think about this. I would only put a kick on a piece that i was planning on spending some time standing in front of. Those who have looked at purchased or are going to purchase cabinets have probably seen many different types and brands out there. You can either put the cabinets on feet like any other piece of furniture or you can build up the molding at the base of the cabinets.
Realistically there s two choices. Cut out toe kicks on base cabinets most kitchen cabinets have toe kicks on the base cabinets. Put a base mold of some kind on it. Make the bottom rail a bit wider and use an arch to match the top no toe kick.
The toe kick is a simple concept but so many people never consider this when purchasing storage or tool cabinets. Considering that you need to lower the cabinets and you won t be standing the whole toe kick or leg issue isn t really a concern. Let the hampton bay 90 in. Some toe kicks have a decorative piece of quarter round trim on the bottom that hides the bottom edge of the board.
And like someone mentioned above in cabinets that are for storage only like on a storage wall then i agree that no toe kicks aren t critical. If you don t want the arch then an applied molding of some kind would look very good as well. Removing the toe kick from base cabinets is a relatively simple matter of prying the boards away from the cabinet. Step 1 position the end of the pry bar between the top of the quarter round molding and the toe kick board.
Most of our cabinets are on furniture feet.