Using kitchen wall cabinets as base units

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Has anyone does this? I want to install two extra cupboards in the kitchen but haven't enough space for base units. Can it be done as a diy project?

I dont see why you couldnt. We built our own kitchen from IKEA and the wall units were exactly the same as the base units, just not as deep.

We have done this and works really well

Yes we’ve done it before - you can just buy legs separately

IKEA do base units in two depths.

I would just do open shelves and baskets. I think it would look at bit odd. What about the plinth and work surface?

Yep I did this years ago. It was a galley kitchen and space was tight so I had full depth base units with wall units above on one side and wall units as base units with nothing above on the other. It worked brilliantly - made everything feel lighter and less cramped.

DIY Kitchens also do shallow base units, lots of places do, so you can still have them up on legs and a plinth in front.

We're doing this in our kitchen with IKEA; run of normal base units then a couple of shallower ones on the end so there's more table room. Worktop will be solid laminate so can run across both without exposed edge being a problem.

Had a normal plinth underneath and worktop was obviously just narrower. Wall and base units are generally the same height so it works fine. You may just need to buy extra legs to go underneath.

We did it as a diy job although my then partner was very handy. (Rubbish at literally everything else, mind you..)

Yes very easy.

Or get a full height shallow cupboard if space allows and you don't need the worktop.

We built a whole pantry wall into our kitchen with Billy bookcases, with METHOD doors to the front. Looks great and only 30cm deep, it's perfectly in the gap. We had to cut the bookcase down in height to match the doors.

yes

if the room is very narrow, consider double half-width doors as they will not be in the way so much.

btw if for some reason you can't get them, you can cut down ordinary floor units to any size you want by whizzing a saw round the back and sides. Factory made rigid units will be OK; if self assembly, do it before assembling them, as you may need to add extra screws to hold them together.

We did this and it worked really well and gave us an extra ledge.

Yep, I did this, the standard wall cupboards are same height as base units, you just need to buy some legs. The plinth fits under then in the same way as it would on a base unit.
Then you just need to cut the work surface so its narrower.

Thanks for all of your suggestions.
So how would you get the worktop cut down to a narrower depth? Would somewhere like Ikea do it for you if you bought the worktop from them? Or is there somewhere that sells worktops in non-standard sizes?
I am a bit clueless! DH is quite competent at DIY but has shown zero interest so trying to work it out myself.
Like the billy bookcases idea with doors too, genius!!

I think worktops come in a standard size so you’d need whatever tool it is you need to cut them down. I think fitting worktops is a bit more specialist so might need to get a pro in for that bit?

The worktop works the same as it does on a breakfast bar. It's very simple to do.