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NKBA 40 Guidelines For Kitchen Design
Section 2 Cabinets & Storage
Guideline 8 Base Cabinet Frontage
Guideline 8 picture 1
Calculating
Your Score
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frontage widths
to obtain score
15" B15
21" B21
30" 36LS
21" B21
21" BD21-4
48" B48
156"

Total
Frontage

   
Guideline 8
Small Kitchens
Small kitchens - under 150 sq. ft. - allow at least 156" of base cabinet frontage, with cabinets at least 21" deep (or equivalent). The blind portion of a blind corner box does not count. (Fig. 1) Standard base cabinets are 24" deep.

Guideline 8 picture 2
Calculating
Your Score
Add cabinet
frontage widths
to obtain score
33" B33
21" B21
30" 36LS
21" B21
21" BD21-4
66" 2 B33
192"

Total
Frontage

 
Guideline 8
Large Kitchens
Large kitchens - over 150 sq. ft. - require at least 192" of base cabinet frontage, with cabinets at least 21" deep (or equivalent). The blind portion of a blind corner box does not count. (Fig. 2) Standard base cabinets are 24" deep.

Guideline 8 picture 3
Lazy Susan-Pie Cut or Easy Reach Corner Base Cabinets
Guideline 8
Clarification 1
In both small and large kitchens, pie cut-lazy susan base cabinets count as a total of 30". (Fig. 3)

Guideline 8 picture 4
Guideline 8
Clarification 2

Tall cabinets 72" or taller can count as either base or wall cabinets, but not both. (Fig 4) The calculation is as follows:
  • 12" deep tall units = 1 x the base lineal footage, 2 x the wall lineal footage.

  • 18" deep tall units = 1.5 x the base lineal footage, 3 x the wall lineal footage.

  • 21" to 24" deep tall units = 2 x the base lineal footage, 4 x the wall lineal footage.

Comment: In calculating total frontage do not count appliance frontage or sink base frontage.
Guidelines used by permission from the National Kitchen & Bath Association
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