Condo Kitchen, Brookhaven
A narrow kitchen condo did not have accessible storage for the homeowner (she's on the short side). We added a chef's pantry for lots of easily reached storage space and made the upper cabinets bigger (to hang lower for easy reach). The cabinets to the side of the hood had to remain higher to give adequate clearance to the cooktop. We also held the upper cabinets down from the ceiling and created display space for the homeowner's glass collection -- she couldn't reach this space for everyday stuff anyway.
This also gave us the opportunity to provide indirect lighting from the tops of the cabinets.
Wood-Mode Fine Custom Cabinetry: Brookhaven's Pelham Manor
Detail on door design