I had one in my old kitchen -- I have just a room shot so you don't really get a sense of it.

Instead of having a drawer and a cabinet below I had one long drawer (full size) with a pull at the top and it all rolled out together. My cabinets were Shaker and that worked well with the look. Since the cabinet front was attached -- I don't see any reason not to have any false front look you want. I loved my tall kitchen trash -- I can't stand those little ones -- with 4 kids I'd be taking trash out every 2 hours :-)