How high are your ceilings? If they are less than 8'-6", then take the cabinets all the way up.

Hello. The ceilings in the house will be 9 feet. My plan is to have cabinets up to the ceiling...therefore no dust bunnies; but my real dilemna is do I have one solid cabinet go to the ceiling or pay $7k extra to have a solid cabinet and then a little cube glass cabinet above the solid cabinet that goes to the ceiling & can be lit up. I am not sure if the decorative cabinet it worth the extra $7k since they aren't really usable and are mainly for nick naks (sp?).

With a 9' ceiling I would either do the extra glass cabinets at the top or break up the doors of the single cabinets to look like there is a row at the top (either with or without glass). Examples of the latter:

I really like the idea of the door giving the illusion of another cabinet it's still functional. I love the look of the glass cabinets but I agree they are probably more wasted space. Even frosted glass allows enough to show through that you can't just fill it with anything (I know I this from my own kitchen.)