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Originally Posted by look 171
Only three base cabinets are removable, both ends and the one under the window while the both sink base are attached? What's the benefit or what are you trying to achieve?
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Primarily, I want to get an unfitted, freestanding, period kitchen of separate pieces standing on legs. The opposite of a modern fitted kitchen with continuous counters on boxes.
(I know there are box cabinets with faux legs.)
Then the question is, should I then screw each piece to the wall? It seems weird to not fasten a kitchen cabinet to the wall, but as I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a reason to do so. These will be pretty substantial pieces. It seems they shouldn’t slide around or wobble, any more than a solid dining table or china hutch does (I have a small center island that is a freestanding piece, it’s even on locking casters, and it is immobile enough). I compromised with myself by planning to use French cleats to hold the pieces in their location (or at least I’ll leave clearance behind the pieces to allow cleats; if the pieces are stable, then I may not actually install the cleats).
The sink cabinets seem different, because of the plumbing. In 1911, the one piece in a kitchen that was fixed in place was the sink. Sometimes it was even wall-mounted.