I will be ordering kitchen cabinets. Since I have a 90" ceiling height I can get 36" inch cabinet bottoms and 36" cabinet tops, which leaves the standard 18" backsplash space. However, I really want trim on top of the cabinets for a more polished/finished look. We have two options:
1. Get 33" top cabinets - this allows for a 3" decorative trim and a full 18" backsplash (This option will cost more because we would have to order custom cabinets and we are losing 3" of cabinet space.)
2. Get the 36" cabinets but instead of the 3" inch trim, use a 1 and 1/2" trim. This means the cabinets will have to be 1 and 1/2" lower, thus limiting the backsplash space to 16 and 1/2" instead of the standard 18"

Thoughts?