Hi All,

I posted a question earlier this week about casing for my kitchen windows flanking the range. Many asked for a picture and now I finally have one and I am ready to throw in the towel as now I think my whole vision for the kitchen is caput - LOL. The casing is now the least of my concerns.

Looking for advice on a plan B here. We have a modern kitchen planned - and our vision is to have equal spaces from range hood to window - window to upper cabinets. Because of where these windows were placed (no turning back on this - can't move them) we have 11.5'' surrounding the windows to have them equal - which is not ideal for planning upper cabinets. Note - the window measurement is incorrect here so we may have more space - I believe actual window size is 24 1/8''. I think the 3 upper cabinets do not appear functional (12'' seems way too skinny). We also have 10 ft ceilings for reference (another dilemma LOL). The cabinets will be used for plates, mugs, cups on the right hand side, left hand side the smaller closed off one would be oils and such and then coffee tea etc. (which now looking those should be flipped with the smaller closed off closer to the range.) Other concerns are 1 puck for 2 glass windows (wondering about equal light etc and symmetry) and the next concern is the measurements (some 7/8'' and some 1 3/4'' and 1''). I am not a cabinet expert so while this may be correct, I would think maybe they should all be uniform to achieve symmetry.

Questions I have are -

- if we keep 3 uppers - should there be 3 light pucks?

- any other option for uppers to be more functional and visually appealing (i think 2 uppers may be too wide particularly with glass uppers)? open shelving leaves for dust....not sure what to do here!

- should measurements between all cabs and spaces be equal (i.e. 1 3/4'' vs all varying measurements)?

Note - we have an 8 ft island w prep sink in front of this space, to the right is the sink and more lower cabinetry (window with no uppers planned) and to the left is the refrigerator. So the only space with uppers in our kitchen plan are these depicted here.

Thank you in advance for your expertise! Open to all suggestions!