It could be that they feel very large because they don't have doors. It's also possible that they feel large because they are full depth rather than 12" depth, which is what we use on kitchen uppers. Your cabinets are a nice, light color -- maybe have the doors installed, and if you really aren't happy, have the cabinets modified to be less deep. If neither of those seems right, then either shorter uppers, so that the doors are more in scale with the cabinets below, or just painted shelves.

Not a cabinet maker nor professional thus cannot offer suggestion on a “fix” to a semi custom piece — but most good cabinet makers can find a solution once they know the goal.

I have a similar nook (not for media) with a deep enclosed bottom cabinet and a 10-12 inch deep shelf above. It is visually pleasing and offers more interest than a top heavy boxy look.

Not sure why you are not getting more responses - perhaps you might get more activity if you do not limit yourself to only cabinetmakers and professionals.

Also, the photo of the cabinet design you like did not load. Without it, We have nothing to compare to.

I agree with la_la Girl. Although even with glass doors on the top section it might look OK once there is something behind the glass. Try it that way before you buy new doors. I actually think it would look strange without something on top, so I wouldn't be in a hurry to remove the top section. Have them put the back on and put the TV in before you make up your mind. It won't be too difficult to get solid doors installed on the top section after the fact, or to have the whole thing removed if you end up not liking it. I would at least have a shelf above the TV to fill in the upper space.

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Thanks all for the comments for the above mentioned dilemma.

Here are the pictures for idea that I was going after but I opted for clear glass cabinets rather than open shelves. The issue is that these cabinets look too big to me. I'm not sure if I should remove them and just have the space filled and have a plain shelf there?
or once everything is settled it will not look that boxy?
your input is highly appreciated!!

I can probably help but with a bit more info as I've built some frameless cabinets. Is your plan to have a shelf in the middle or do you need the full height open? And what is the current total height of the interior opening of that cabinet? There are a couple ways to manage it. One way is to use a fixed shelf in the middle to effectively split each side into two cabinet boxes with two doors. So you'd have 4 doors total. To have them both open upward though you'd probably have to go with Blum HK-XS hinge lifts, which require a minimum interior height of 9 3/8". So assuming your shelf is 3/4" thick, the current interior opening would need to be at least 19.5" high.

Alternatively you can keep the existing layout but have each door remade to look like two doors stacked on top of each other with the bottom one glass and the top solid. So when closed it would look like a glass door on bottom and solid door on top, but they would open as one large door.

If you really don't care about losing the space you can always of course add partitions in to close out the top and make shorter doors.

You can always put a false wall on the back it’s not so deep.