I flanked my sink with glass and also my cooktop cabinet. I chose etched glass though, so all of my junk would be hidden away. Here's a couple pics for you.

I have LOTS of them so I put my every day dishes, bowls, coffee cups, and all my serving dishes because they are mostley all white. Then my moms china is up in the top corner and I thew some spices and other stuff in there too. The cabinet next to the wine holds the booze glasses and a few decorative things for color. I like things very plain and I love white. My girlfriend has glass cabinets and she has red and blue cereal bowls mixed with her china and every day dishes and it looks great. I am more matchy matchy but she just threw stuff in there and all the different colors look fun. Don't be afraid to just put stuff in there. I love glass cabinets...can you tell. :)

I am also thinking about having some glass cabinets. Even if we get glass that we can only partially see through would it look bad if we put shelves on different levels in 2 glass cabinets close to each other? And if we put these 2 cabinets by the gas range, one on each side, would the glass get grease/food splatter because it's lower than the range hood?

Hi judydel! I'm not sure if mine are helpful to you or not. All my uppers are glass front, so they're very utilitarian. I can easily reach the bottom two shelves, and can reach the third shelf with a struggle on my tiptoes. I have a walk in pantry for most of my food items.

Next to my range I have a small cabinet for spices:
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On the opposite wall and to the left of the sink I have my oils & vinegars, rice and pasta in glass jars, mixing bowls, my kitchen scale and pitchers:
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To the right of the sink, close to the dishwasher and the breakfast room I have all my dishes, glasses (except wine glasses which are stored in the breakfast room cabinet), platters, toaster and coffee supplies:
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I hope this helps!

Judy, how exciting for you to be at this point in your reno!
My husband was concerned I'd want them to be "showcase" cabinets only and I used to think it would drive me crazy to have a bunch of glass fronted cabinets, having to keep them "tidy" but it really hasn't been an issue and I think I would have done fine if I'd have made all of mine glass fronted, but I really don't have a lot of upper cabinets anyway so it worked out well. I do admit that it took me a couple *tries* with different arrangements before I liked how they looked. My engineer husband likes the symmetry of having the same bowls on the top shelf of both cabinets!!

The cabinets to the left of the sink have bowls and mugs I use frequently, then lots of other stuff I use from time to time.

The right hand one has my everyday dishes and glasses within easy reach and near my DW. Hmm I must have used a lot of glasses before I took this pic, they normally fill up the second shelf from the bottom.

Dish pantry, with all of my crystal and more formal stemware. The top shelf holds my special silver salt and pepper shakers, a few crystal bowls, some antique figurines, china teapots, and vases.

Show us pictures when you get yours done!

Kat :)

Thank you judydel for starting this thread. This is exactly what I'm trying to decide right now--how many uppers with glass and their placement. I would love to see more pictures. I've just recently joined and am so excited to have found this site. I'm hoping to start my kitchen remodel soon and have spent the last week gleaning info from gw.