Can I ask why the microwave is above the stove? Is this considered normal?
Yeah, this is normal. It's to get it off of the counter to give more counter space. It has a light and a vent under it. Usually has a small cabinet above, but GF wanted just an open space for huge 10qt and 12qt stock pans and stuff. That won't fit in a little 9in tall cabnet. There are also ones that integrate into floor to ceiling cabinets, but we got the microwave for free and we removed the floor to ceiling cabinet for more counterspace.