Is the trim in the rest of the kitchen stained or painted? If the crown molding doesn't work out you could fill in that space with sheetrock and paint it to match the walls or ceiling.

A friend of mine had the same problem. Her cabinets were stained and too good to replace. Her father trimmed them out with a board and crown moulding painted black. They also added a small piece of moulding (painted black)at the bottom of the cabinets to hide the undercabinet lights. The effect was wonderful!! It made her kitchen look so custom!

I just read your post again. I thought you had 2-3 inches above your cabinets (as it says in the post) but, in the heading, you say 2-3 feet. Therefore, I'm not sure my solution of black crown moulding would work. Let us know if you have 2-3 inches or feet to work with.

2 to 3 foot of space is a lot of space. How tall are your ceilings? Maybe get some really big pieces and spread them out up there and make a statement.

Someone who does custom cabinets should be able to match the stain for you. You would need to take a door off for them to use.

I'm such a dope, it is 2-3 Inches, not feet. I corrected the subject. If it was a bigger area I would put stuff up there but 2 inches isn't enough room!! Sheetrock is an option, I thought about that, definite possibility.

Art, the rest of the kitchen is painted. I don't want to paint the cabinets, I like seeing the woodgrain.

Ann, It's funny you mentioned that, about the colored board. I was doing picture searches today on the web and saw cabinets done like that and I thought that might be an option. Then when I was at Lowes, I grabbed a bunch of free cabinet books for ideas, and one of them showed that style. I wanted to incorporate more of the cranberry/ pomegranate color into the room and that might just be the place to do it... I'm definitely going to consider that!

I forgot to say, Sue, great idea about having the stain matched.

(the subject is still the same... I wish it would let me change it!)

Even when you use " in the title it changes it to ' so not your fault. I'd say look for thin cove molding, you don't have enough room for crown unless there is a lot of room b/t the tops of the cabinet doors and the tops of the cabinets themselves. Without seeing the stain color I can't recommend what color for the molding, but black pretty much goes with everything. Not sure about cranberry. It might not be as hard to match the stain as you think.

I'd definitely add some type of crown/trim there. Do you have crown up already or not? If you already have crown, you can built up by adding a stacked crown. I'd definitely consult with a custom woodworker who is experienced with trim work and see if they can match the trim to what you already have. If not, perhaps adding some black crown would be a nice accent, though difficult to make suggestions without seeing a picture.

Regarding the feet "mistake", it's actually a GW bug. In the title you need to put in double quotes to get the inches--otherwise it ends up reading as a single quote.

The crown molding sounds like a great idea...I would do that if it were me.