modular kitchen with loft A well designed modular kitchen will have a base unit, overhead unit and lofts above the overhead unit. The base unit will have storage spaces in the form of hinged storage and steel baskets or tandem box. The overhead unit will also have storage space in the form of hinged storage, sliding doors and shelves. The lofts are made above the overhead unit. It will have mostly hinged storage space, in some rare cases, it will have a sliding shutters.