I'd think you would want your upper and lower to be symmetrical. What are they going to put on the face of the cabinet directly below the upper 9" cabinet? A lower cabinet would make a nice space for cookie sheets. Have they given you a drawing of what it would look like?

Yes it would bother me. I think a cabinet that small would look strange and be pretty useless. And it would make me look below where I assume I would see a gap between the dishwasher and the wall - or were they planning to put a trim piece there? Maybe I'm not just able to visualize the area you are talking about.

Why can't they replace one of your adjoining cabinets (uppers) with a larger cabinet to fill the 6 inches?

Good questions. I have not received a drawing yet (I'll re-request).
According to the GC, moving over the blind base will make things more symmetrical than adding a 9", as we'll have an 18" door on the upper and lower. A little more than half of the blind base cabinet will be blocked by the dishwasher. You will never see the empty space - it is literally in a corner and we will have the granite cover it. It is more NEXT to the blind base and dishwasher than behind.

My GC talked about replacing the upper with a 27" Cab, but it would make everything less symmetrical. The upper cab in question is next to the microwave hood, and matches the cab on the other side.

Did I answer all of your questions? Any other thoughts?

I am going to ask my KD as well. DH feels a bit like we were offered and agreed to a solution of adding two 9" cabs, and now they are only offering one - but obviously, we want to go with what will look best.

I don't see any use for a 9 inch upper cabinet. Even 12 inches is tight. I have seen cute little nooks built into a small upper space though. Sometimes they fill them up with cookbooks.

Or wine bottles.

Yes, yes! I think the open shelves or wine rack would be the best solution. And from what you describe the base cabinet will not be noticable at all.

Thanks for the idea! An open cabinet actually wouldn't work b/c the 9 inch is in the middle of the run - next to corner cab. It is taking the place of what was going to be a 3 inch filler. Looks like it might be good for cookie sheets or something though!

On the bottom, I just ahve my blind base to deal with (which is getting a better door front now) - and the 4 inches of empty space in the corner - blocked by blind base and dishwasher - so only I will know it's totally vacant space. Oh well! I hope I love it all when it's done!

How can you fit cookie sheets in an upper cabinet that is only about 12" deep? I still think an open cabinet or wine rack would look fine, but its hard to visualize your space. Do you have pics?

You can put a wine rack or open shelf cab in a corner. Look on Houzz for examples.

I love mayflowers idea in the first picture!!!!

We have a 9" space next to the fridge that we filled with 8" slideout drawers, and are able to keep almost all our pantry items in there. I also love the cookbook shelf idea -- the upper half of a kitchen wall is not an ideal place to keep wine, since heat rises.

Here are cookbooks in a corner. How cute is that?

I will try to figure out how to post pics later. Thanks for the ideas!

I think this is the kitchen, though it doesn't look so rich in this pic as in the OP's pic...though I love the cabinet color and the monochrome counter/tile combo.

DH? Do you think it's time for a new kitchen yet????
:)

[Traditional Kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107)

Here is a link that might be useful: [From houzz[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/granite-traditional-kitchen-phvw-vp~43565)