[jyl]

Can you convert the lower doors (the ones that sweep the counter) to top hinging? Either swing up to open, or swing up and push in (recess).

To help reach the pullout shelves behind the upper doors, maybe a foot ledge or foot bar mounted to the knee wall under the counter, about 12” high? Depends how limber you/she are, I guess. If not, then a step stool that is light, folds thin, and stashes away somewhere discreet but easily accessible. Then slides that let the shelves pull way the heck out.

If the very top shelf were also pullout, and you had a step stool - or the foot ledge/bar thing mentioned above - then it seems stuff would be more reachable. It’d still be a place for stuff that isn’t retrieved very frequently.

I assume there is something behind that wall and under the counter, that prevents putting cabinets under the counter.