Are you just asking about that bar area if so I would just do a horizontal set of cabinets with glass doors no towers or regular wall cabinets then tile the whole wall for a really cool look for the dining areaBTW no overhang where stools will get in the way of traffic from the doorway.

is there any way to remove the lowered portion and raise it? is it a dropped ceiling? you haven't said if you're getting new cabinets.

I have a similar layout to what you want. thse were custom cabs built back in 04 that I had painted. I wished we would have brought up the ceiling before we did it.

here's how it looks w/the two diff heights and th little desktop area. I don't know why we didn't go all the way up at the time. I probably would if I was redoing it today. (and I'd take up the ceiling)

up to you if you want to do glass. I'm a messy cabinet person, so I chose not to

Option a ruins the counter space, option b looks like an office, so I guess c with just the two floating cabinets, I would match the cabinet height and crown to the kitchen so they relate. Or no uppers if glass storage is nearby.

I would consider 1-2 open shelves instead of cabinets there.

None of the above. Definitely no towers!! I like Patricia's idea of a horizontal run of glass front cabinets the same length as the base cabs.

Thank you. I wish the kitchen ceiling could go up but has a bathroom above. The dining ceiling may be vaulted ‘someday.’