Has anyone cut out the center divider to their kitchen cabinets?

It depends on whether or not its a supporting divider. If you need to cut it, its probably the supporting divider so its not the best idea to cut out but you can probably make a window in it. If its not a supporting divider, then you can punch it out and won't need to cut it. Good luck!

Can you post a picture of what you want to remove? Some cabinets are made with the large outer "box" with corner braces at the top or bottom to keep them square. Depending on whether they're base cabinets (sit on the floor) or wall cabinets (hang overhead), they'll have a countertop (base cabinet) or be open at the top when installed.

The "style" is the strip between the doors that divides a double cabinet into two sides. You have upper and lower shelves and some cabinets have the "divider" that usually sits behind the style which separates the two sides and upper/lower shelves.

Like Hillela said, these can act as supports, but most of the time once the caninet has been installed you're safe to remove it. If you want to be sure you can reinforce the cabinet before removing the divider.

The best way I can think of is to use a sawsall or router to get it started then change to a dremel or multi-tool to do the fine cutting next to the cabinet itself. That's without removing the cabinet. You can also remove the cabinet, disassemble it them replace it.

I intentionally purchased cabinets without the divider, because usually the divider is a support for the top frame of the cabinet. You might need to beef up the top frame to get the cabinet strong so it doesn't sag in the middle.

HELP! I have painted my kitchen cabinets a few years back and now they are peeling. Can not wipe them down each time I try to clean them they just peel more. I probably didn't prep them well enough before painting. I really don't know what type of surface they have. I do know they are slick. painted them with gloss paint. Any suggestions. It seem that I could if I wanted to just peel the paint right off and start from scratch.

Thanks Carol

I had those in the home we just bought. Couldn't get large objects in and if I took them out there was a space. Couldn't replace the doors without doing the entire kitchen. The cabinet shop we went to said there were screw in the back and then glued. Remove the screws and tap out the center board. Mark on one of the doors first to see how far the door over laps. When the center was removed we screwed the center piece to one of the doors using the mark as a guide. Now we have full cabinets. The shop said the most common time they are used for support is with heavy sinks, the rest of the time it is just a style.