Base Cabinet Height Changes The Look

Listing #4059 Listed on: 02/18/2013 Company Name: Hudson Cabinetmaking, Inc.
Name: Russell Hudson Member
Website:   www.hudsoncabinetmaking.com

WOODWEB Content Editor, Brett Hagstrom, Interviewed Russell Hudson in April 2014. You can listen to the audio interview by clicking on the link below.

  • Listen to: Base Cabinet HeightOne of the most standard of cabinet configurations is the ‘hutch’ (also referred to as a ‘hutch and base’). It consists of a unit of shelves placed above a lower cabinet (that has either doors or drawers). Most often the base cab is deeper than the upper cab. This format has proved to be so useful that virtually every kitchen is made this way.
    I have written the following on my website (on a page called ‘design and construction’)…‘The primary purpose of a piece determines it’s shape, it’s size, and it’s location in the home or office.’ In other words…“form follows function”. This is perhaps the most important axiom in utilitarian design. Simply put, a thing looks better when its appearance reflects what it was made for.
    Having built more in this configuration than I can count after 30 years in this business, I’ve come to realize that the most notable variation in this look…is with the difference in height of the base cabinet(s).
    I’ve built base cabs as short as 16″ in height and as tall as 54″. All according to what they were to be used for…but what I can’t help but notice is how interestingly different they make the cabinetry/furniture appear.
    Let me give you some examples…The first is a 54" high bedroom dresser.


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