Unfinished Pantry Cabinets

Unfinished Maple Shaker Tall Cabinets

Unfinished Maple Shaker Tall Cabinets provide floor-to-ceiling storage while giving you complete freedom to paint, stain, or apply a clear finish that complements your home. Whether you're adding a pantry, surrounding a refrigerator, incorporating a built-in oven, or creating organized storage in a laundry room or utility space, tall cabinets make better use of vertical space than almost any other cabinet.

Every American Made Cabinets Tall Cabinet is proudly built in Louisiana using solid maple face frames, solid maple Shaker door frames, maple plywood recessed center panels, and durable birch plywood cabinet boxes.

We never use particleboard, MDF, HDF, or other engineered wood products in our cabinet construction. Every cabinet includes finished ends, pre-hung doors, soft-close concealed hinges, adjustable shelving where applicable, pocket-hole Ready-to-Assemble construction, and a 20-year warranty.

Why Choose a Tall Cabinet?

Tall cabinets make use of vertical storage that would otherwise remain unused. Instead of spreading food, cookware, household supplies, or built-in appliances throughout multiple cabinets, a tall cabinet creates one organized location that improves both storage capacity and everyday convenience.

Depending on the cabinet style, Tall Cabinets can be used as:

• Pantry Cabinets
• Built-in Oven Cabinets
• Utility Cabinets
• Laundry Storage Cabinets
• Household Storage Cabinets
• Garage Storage Cabinets

Pantry Cabinets

Pantry Cabinets are the most common Tall Cabinet because they provide organized storage for food, cookware, small appliances, serving pieces, paper products, and household supplies.

Rather than distributing these items throughout several base and wall cabinets, a pantry creates one centralized storage location that's easier to organize and maintain.

Whenever space allows, we often recommend using one larger pantry instead of several smaller storage cabinets.

Built-In Oven Cabinets

Tall Cabinets are also used to create built-in oven installations. Positioning the oven higher in the cabinet places it closer to a comfortable working height while creating additional storage above or below the appliance.

Before selecting an oven cabinet, verify the appliance manufacturer's installation dimensions, ventilation requirements, electrical location, and required clearances.

Choosing the Right Cabinet Height

Tall cabinet height should be selected according to the finished ceiling height, surrounding cabinetry, crown molding, and overall kitchen design.

Before ordering, verify the finished ceiling height and allow adequate space for installation, leveling, and any planned trim or crown molding.

Plan Tall Cabinets Early in the Layout

Tall cabinets influence the entire kitchen layout because they occupy full-height wall space. Their location affects appliance placement, countertop runs, refrigerator openings, walkways, and the overall visual balance of the room.

Rather than adding a tall cabinet after the kitchen has been designed, we recommend placing it early in the planning process and then arranging the remaining cabinets around it.

For additional planning guidance, review our Cabinet Layout and Design Guide.

Professional Recommendation

We frequently recommend locating a pantry cabinet beside the refrigerator whenever the layout allows. Keeping refrigerated food, dry goods, snacks, and cooking ingredients together creates a more efficient kitchen while giving the refrigerator a more built-in appearance.

If your project includes a built-in oven, determine the appliance location before finalizing the surrounding tall cabinets so the kitchen remains balanced and functional.

Finish Before Assembly

The solid maple doors, face frames, and exposed cabinet surfaces arrive unfinished and can be painted, stained, or protected with a clear finish. Cabinet interiors already have a clear protective finish and should not be painted or stained.

When staining maple, test your complete finishing process before finishing the cabinets. Review our Cabinet Finishing Guide for Unfinished Maple Cabinets before beginning.

Before You Order

Before ordering a Tall Cabinet, verify the cabinet location, finished ceiling height, appliance clearances, adjacent cabinets, walkway clearance, door swing, required fillers, trim, and the storage purpose of each cabinet.

Start with our How to Measure for Cabinets guide.

For an open room, new home, or complete renovation, follow How to Measure for New Construction or Total Renovations.

If the existing flooring will remain, review How to Measure for Cabinets When Keeping Existing Flooring.

Floor-to-Ceiling Storage for a Better Organized Home

Unfinished Maple Shaker Tall Cabinets make better use of vertical space while creating organized storage for food, cookware, household supplies, built-in appliances, and other everyday items.

You can find additional guidance on planning, measuring, finishing, assembly, and installation in the Cabinet Learning Center.

If you'd like help incorporating Tall Cabinets into your kitchen layout, use our Free Cabinet Design Service before ordering.