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How To Build Modern Kitchen Cabinets
The top (M) has an opening cut in it to take the basin of a flat-rim sink. A rabbet will have to be cut around the opening to permit the rim of the sink to set flush with the upper face of the top. The width and depth of this rabbet will depend on the sink that is to be placed in the cabinet. The backboard (N) is fastened to the top with 13/4" No. 10 flathead screws. The completed top is fastened to the cabinet with 11/4" No. 7 flathead screws.
The cabinet should be painted and enameled in whatever color is desired before the sink and linoleum are installed. When the cabinet is being painted, the top (M) and back member (N) need not be finished. The sink is placed in position and the metal or plastic edging is applied around the sink as well as to the front of the top and to the top of the back. If the cabinet is to stand by itself, that is if additional cabinets are not to be joined to it, this edging should be carried along the ends of the top as well as along the ends of the back piece. Corners are mitered. The corner formed where the back and top meet may be filled in with a small wooden cove molding over which is applied the linoleum top, or the linoleum may be applied to produce a square corner and a plastic or metal cove may be applied as in Detail 10. The linoleum is cemented to the top and back piece.
False Wall Above Cabinets Improves Room
M OST built-in kitchen cabinets are designed so that the hanging wall units and full-length cabinets are no higher than 7 feet above the floor. There is a definite reason for observance of this standard. Any shelf placed higher than can be found in a 7-foot cabinet would be out of reach without the aid of a stepladder. However, cabinets installed at the standard height leave an open space near the ceiling where dust can collect. One of the best methods of closing this space involves construction of a false wall extending from the top of the cabinet to the ceiling. This principle of closing wasted space and keeping out dust is adaptable to a single wall unit, a series of wall units and a scheme in which two wall units are separated by a window.
