Kitchen bookshelf with stock cabinets

[memenee]

hi, we are renovating our kitchen in September. I love everything about our plan except for my lack of a bookshelf or something for my cookbooks. Wondering if I could take the doors off a small cabinet that will be above the microwave and have the contractor do something (add trim? I don’t know) as a kind of open shelving little cookbook spot. Doable? Or will this look totally janky.

I thought of having the contractor do shelves there but it’s boxed in by other cabinets and don’t think it will look right. Thoughts or suggestions?

[Deleted]

Any contractor worth their salt should be able to make this happen. It might actually work better to put a smaller/shorter upper cabinet in that space and then build a shelf beneath in the open space, that way there is less customization. Something like this: lindsaystephenson.com/blog/2012/12/ikea-hack-how-to-make-cookbook-shelf-html/

[memenee]

@sameoldstory thanks so much for that link -
The visual is perfect!

[lilac05]

Is your microwave above your range? If so, I’d avoid that spot because it can get gross up there if your vent isn’t working properly.

We had a built-in wine rack on the end of our island. We took out the slots and added a shelf and now it’s a bookshelf at the end of the island. I love it.

[memenee]

lilac05 thank you for responding. No, the new microwave will not be over the stove, so I’m hoping it will work!