What top cabinets?

So, with a kitchen this large I wondered if we could do without top cabinets.  Its all the rage now, I understand.  

Here is a picture of the cabinets in place and with the bar still intact See Removing of the bar for that project.  

With top cabinets

We shook, yanked, and pulled on those cabinets for an hour.

One side down, now for the other

This side was a &*##@, they had to come down connected to the each other.  If you were there when I took the picture, you'd hear us calling those cabinets every horrible curse word in the book, and lots of exhausted breath catching.  

They had to come down together.


And now.....
What cabinets?

What cabinets?

Before removing these cabinets I had the brilliant idea of using them in the butlers pantry <pictures of that coming soon> but all you have to do is flip it over and build up the counter-top or build a box for them to sit on to get them to counter-top height.
By flipping them, the handles are now off the floor and nearer the counter-top, plus inside the shelves are now flipped over and look nice and new with the bowing changed.
The picture below gives you an idea of the cabinet flipped, but you are going to have to wait to see where I used them.  

What bar?

Although the idea of this bar was a good one for the former owners, it was not good for us.  The kitchen side was rough sawed lumber and plywood scraps.  No doors or proper storage at all.  The front was outdoor paneling.  It also sucked up all the light from the two bright windows in the dining room.  

I knew it had been installed to hide something, as the floors in the rest of the home are wood.  The kitchen floor is concrete and obviously they'd not gotten around to removing everything and building up that floor to match the others.  

Sure enough, a 1 1/2 inch step.  

It is what it is.  A different flooring design between the kitchen and dining room should save my drunken tripping expected in the future.  

Bar from the dining room looking into the kitchen

From the dining room looking into the kitchen and almost down

What bar?