Help with cabinet height and depth above dinette area

[SojournBill]

I've been struggling with trying to guesstimate some height and depth to cabinets for additional storage above the dinette of my Surfside 14'

I will be building some cabinets above both sides and end of the dinette area - and, the front ceiling area above the bench seat near the door.

After a lot of online research I have been considering making -

side cabinets that would hang 12" down from the ceiling with a 10" depth
(gives me 4" clearance when seated at the dinette - I'm 5'10")

rear cabinets 12" height with 18" to 21" depth.

Are these numbers realistic?

Would they be too claustrophobic?

or, could I consider making them a little deeper or taller?

I'm really struggling with this --

Thank you for your thoughts.

[honda03842]

Bill,

I'm not familiar with a Surfside but have added a lot of storage to our trailer.

I have added a lot of cabinets to our Scamp 16, cabinets over the dinette, over the couch, over the door, over the rear windows, on the bathroom wall.... As well I have added 5 drawers where there were none to make available space more useable. We have added 6 outside storage spaces as well.

If you go to the Modifications section, Preparing a 1991 Scamp 16 you may get some storage ideas.

[Donna D.]

Bill, Fred just recently finished exactly what you're talking about. He has a Boler, but this should give you an idea on measuring, etc. This link starts at post #84: Overhead Storage - There's a hole in my Boler

[SojournBill]

Wonderful!

Great ideas (hints) which I've been looking for.

I've been stuck for awhile on the dimensional aspects of some cabinets.
(height and depth)

I feel much more confident about moving forward now.

Thank you again for responding to my questions with some great
ideas!