I choose 10' ceilings and to have cabinets with crown. Love them!

Top cabinets and top shelf of the regular cabinets are for seasonal, hardly used items. I treat that area like the "kitchen attic. I use a dinning chair to get the items down from top cabinets and a step stool (or hubby) for the top shelf of the regular cabinets. (I'm 5'4")

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ETA: Look at the cabinet budget and cost. I shuffled allowances and sacrificed items to get these cabinets (choose lower level granite, cabinets in both bathrooms and laundry stop at 9'). Been here 1.5 years and would make the same decision again.