Remove. We did that in our house and it felt like the kitchen got bigger. We loved it!

I would remove them and leave the space open. Perhaps you could reinstall them in the garage for extra storage.

i'm not sure you'll be able to resuse these in another location as only the last one has a finished side. take everything out and use your kitchen for a while. if you are able to reassign everything to a new location you may not need to worry about putting them someplace else.

Gotta go! Maybe you could use the storage in the garage...paint them or something.

I would remove them completely. Do not hang along the side wall as you mentioned. It would not look good at all and you would hit it as you walk buy. Perhaps hang them in garage to store things you do not use on a daily basis.

remove them and if there isn't anything in the soffit remove that also.

Take them down! I had the same problem. I removed mine and for extra storage I had a free standing pantry built. Here are before and after pics. I absolutely love my kitchen now!

Remove. I did the same thing in my kitchen. It had the added benefit of motivating me to reduce unused and infrequently used items, which was great.

In fact I would see about removing the wall with the pass through too your kitchen would feel twice as big and I agree get a nice cabinet for the DR to hold dishes and glassware

take them down !

Yes I agree...take them down and open up the pass through. You're blocking such a pretty view outside :)

Adios ;)

aka, Hasta La Bye-Bye. Before our K reno we had similar configuration. A key part of reno was to blow-up low-hanging uppers over peninsula. Unbelievable our much more light our north-facing K gets now, not to mention greatly improved sight lines from entry through K to DR.

Remove them, it will open up the entire area! I'am sure u will be delighted with the effect.

LOL! Thank you all. I was leaning on removing them and that wall with the pass through space. You are right also with the comments about removing it also will reduce the ever increasing kitchen junk down to essentials. The move to the garage is very sensible and doable. Thank you much. Glad I am not the only one that hated those hanging cabinets. Thanks for those that shared their before and afters!