My layout plan has only one upper that extends down to the counter, but I have two full-height pantries in addition to lower cabs to make up the difference. I think it's a great idea, especially for the vertically challenged (I'm 5'2" tall).

I am! We're still under construction, and cabinets are not in, but mpagmom's kitchen is my inspiration. I will have one wall of uppers (refrigerator and stove wall), which will go up to ceiling (I'll have a step ladder for rarely used things in the top). A huge, approx. 9' wide triple window will be over the (30 inch, I want room to work!) prep sink. Cleanup will be in the island, facing the family room. I decided at the last minute to put the prep sink under the pretty window, as I enjoy prep and would love to linger. Not so much with cleanup.

I am also 5'2", so upper cabinets have never been my friend (I'll try not to fill up these extra tall ones!). Drawers everywhere (I'm getting a little excited)!

Yes, I am eliminating uppers for windows and a more open space. Work in progress.

i am doing the same. 1 tall pantry and upper cabinets next to frig, thats it..prob doing my reveal in 2 weeks.....

Can anyone post plans? My desk area will be converted to pantry. With the fridge and double oven wall having tall cabinets. Not sure if I'm keeping u shape or turning it into an L shape and flipping island to other direction. I want more light and openness and with the sink and oven probably on that back wall.

We are in the beginning building stages and I am planning to forgo upper cabinets on one wall in favor of Windows.

If you mean expand the window over the sink to take up as much of the area as possible? Yes, I would do it if the cost wasn't too much.

I can't put in windows but I'm losing 4' of upper cabinets to make the long wall feel less crowded. I'm putting in a larger hood and 2' of empty space around the hood.

Thats 4' x 42" that I gave up in storage.

we are still in full reno, but we are eliminating almost all uppers. Unfortunately we aren't putting in windows but opens shelves. Windows would just have a view of the side of my neighbors house just a few yards away (suburbia). That view is just not worth the cost so open shelves instead.

I have a small 8x12 peninsula (galley) kitchen that opens up to the living room. I took down the upper cabinets over the peninsula a long time ago. No regrets, but I had to get rid of excess stuff. Now the kitchen only has what I use frequently.

The kitchen needs more cabinets, so when I remodel, I will do a full 8' wall of floor to ceiling cabinets in the open dining room next to the kitchen, with an open buffet in the middle and glass door uppers over the buffet. It will look like a 8'x8' hutch, I think. It will be totally out of the way, but only six inches from the refrigerator, so it will be functional for a pantry of close daily storage and 6 feet or so of less frequently accessed storage.

When I remodel, I will take down the rest of the uppers against the wall to make room for a hood, and add back an upper over the refrigerator and two glass door uppers flanking the window on the short end of the kitchen. Those will house my white dishes, mugs and glasses that I use every day. I like to put clean dishes in an upper cabinet - they are pretty easy to reach and I feel better about their staying clean when they are stored in an upper cabinet. These two cabinets will be nestled in an alcove so they won't be in the way of my head especially since the doors will open toward walls.

In my case I would eliminate all uppers except for the fridge wall and desk area. I love this!

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Ikalzamora, when we were thinking about adding windows to the dining area, it seemed counterintuitive to do so. Because the original dining window looked out over the neighbors house. But, by doing so, it actually played down how close the house is.

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We just remodeled a small ranch, eliminated most of the upper cabinets, and tripled the window size.

On our plans for our new much larger kitchen, we're eliminating most of our uppers on the North wall. We're moving the sink to the north wall , and to its right we'll add the only uppers in the new kitchen: 2 30" horizontal cabs next to each other (with one 60" door spanning both of them). Below that we're planning an open shelf for everyday dishes. We won't be adding uppers to the West wall since currently it's all windows there and we're planning on mostly keeping them - one has to go to make room for the exhaust fan above the stove top. I'm a sucker for windows, but I'm not crying about losing that one, since the west wall windows look out at our neighbor's garage. No big loss.

Despite almost no planned uppers, I'm not worried about lack of storage for the new, much larger kitchen. On the contrary, we'll be having difficulty filling all the drawers in those new cabinets ;-)