Pelmet or no? With pictures

[jellybean30]

Sorry for spamming the property forum recently with kitchen questions. I've had great advice so one last one please - we're having a kitchen fitted, and are having to make a final and rather last minute decision about pelmets. See photos for how the pelmet and cabinet fronts would look.

It's a white shaker style kitchen with white marble effect quartz top, Zellige tiles, in an Edwardian with period features. The distance between the bottom of the wall units and worktop will be 57cm, or 50cm with pelmet. We are 5 10 and over 6 ft.

Do we pelmet?

Hopeful bump!

Yes! It will finish it off lovely. Are you having cornice too?

Oh gosh cornice too. I think not. But should we??

I would. I did. 😃

yes definitely go for cornice and pelmet it finishes the cupboards off they dont look like council ones these are mine with both and dont forget end panels too

Yes, definitely. Will look cheap otherwise I think. A very simple pelmet will look lovely.

If you plan to have under-cabinet lighting (and you should) then some kind of minimal pelmet is essential in my opinion.

@Isseywith3witchycats

yes definitely go for cornice and pelmet it finishes the cupboards off they dont look like council ones these are mine with both and dont forget end panels too

Yours don't have cornice or pelmet though. 😟

This is mine, cornice and pelmet.

Yes, definitely.

Cornice and pelmet Every. Time.

I went for pelmets above and below the cabinets, as I don't like the slanted shape of the cornices.

I feel like the traditional cornices are a bit much, but ok I hear you about pelmets.

@skippy67 please may I see what pelmets above and below in your kitchen looks like?

I thought this thread would be about curtains 😂 I though oh no, pelmets surely they aren’t fashionable again.

Phew, kitchens yes I agree, pelmet & cornice really finish a kitchen off, doesn’t cost that much more in the grand scheme of things. And gives a higher quality look.

A possible issue - side panel has not been oversized in terms of height, so it's exactly the same height as the carcass. Can we even still fit a pelmet? The pictures I've seen online tend to have the side panel coming down to meet the pelmet.

mine do have cornice and pelmet the surround is seperate to the cupboards

@jellybean30, I'll take a pic in the morning.

Practical note - do whatever you can to get any gap between top of cupboards and ceiling filled in - Builder / fitter can do this easily. I speak as one who had to get on step ladders to clean the little gap between cupboards and ceiling of all sort of stickiness. If huge gap useful for storage - different matter.

@Isseywith3witchycats

mine do have cornice and pelmet the surround is seperate to the cupboards

To be fair, i can see what @clarrylove is saying. They just look like doors in a cupboard, rather than a pelmet and cornice. Maybe because they are single units? They look very nice, though. 🙂