If you're looking for a SW white, check out White Duck.

There are TONS of better quality coatings out there than Gallery. Find a refinisher that uses Renner, Centurion, Milesi, Icro, etc. A next generation European waterborne 2K. This is a large kitchen. With door replacement, you are easily going to be 15-20K for a true cabinet finisher to make these changes.

Thank you Zumi. As far as paint products, I am also discussing a quote with Spray-Net, he says it is a "proprietary" product....not sure exactly what that is, but he uses BM colors.

Another contractor told me he used catalysed lacquer, not sure exactly what that product is actually called. What do you think of that one? Is Galaxy the same as Gallery paint? I am not paint savvy, but I want a good durable finish.

And, yep, I think you are right about cost. My first quote was right in the middle of those numbers. YIKES, ouch. And that is not including countertops at all. AND only painting island, hood, and pantry. UGH.

And door replacement is only going to be on the pantry, these large iron encrusted doors are going away. It's time, let's face it.

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Are you sure those will fit on you small tower drawers?

Don’t feel the need to ‘match’ the hardware to the chandelier any more than you would match your bureau pulls to your bedside light. I don’t like that fancy backplate in black- it’s a rococo style which should be gold or metallic traditionally, looks forced in black. To me. Not my house.

Well, I had to look up what rococo style was, so that tells you how much I know. Part of the definition said that it was a “style without rules” so maybe that’s what I’ll lean into.

And I agree that if I could get the crystal knob with only the black circle plate, rather than the long elaborate plate, I would definitely like to use that on some of the placements. I’ll need to investigate.

@JP L - For the past 18 months, in between Phase I and Phase II of our full house renovation, my husband and I have shared one full bathroom located in the hall, with a lovely pedestal sink. It’s pretty large, but just by nature of what it is, there is zero storage involved, nor is there any place for anything to sit out on it.

However, we had the foresight (and the space) to put a couple of electrical outlets and lots of shelves in the good-sized closet right there in the bathroom across from the sink. It’s worked out beautifully - we don’t even miss a vanity. Again, that’s where the electric toothbrushes, WaterPik, Q-tips, etc. live. This set-up is what sealed the deal as far as how much space I was willing to use for the vanity in the new ensuite primary bathroom we’ve had built. I had other things that were much more important, including 2 walk-in closets as part of the space. Yup…more storage. And now we’ll each have our own tower at the bathroom sink so I don’t have to see his clutter ever! Win/win - and our marriage can survive another 35 years. LOL

I know, for a fact, our layout would not work for everyone. But for us, it’s perfect.

Find a cabinet finisher, not a painter - they are not the same thing.

So far not done! 8' Ceiling

Your cabinets look amazing so far!
You are correct…my dining wall is SW Iron Ore. Here is a pic of the pantry door with the reeded glass. I like how it came out. On to the next project!

We'd like to help, but your post is one run-on VERY long sentence that's difficult to understand without taking a lot of time to decipher what you're trying to say.

Could you please edit it to make it easy to understand?

We used Sonoma Boka in the color smoke.

One of the two darker ones. I like the one on the far left (darker of the two dark ones) the best, it matches the Taj veins almost perfectly from what I can tell on my monitor, while the lighter of the two dark ones looks great with the background color of the stone. So either one of the two darks, they both go well with teh counter and would look good with teh white cabs.

That said, I do agree with Jan on Taj not needing any competition. Your slabs are particularly beautiful, so proceed with caution and your eyes wide open whatever you choose.

I think that for the small amount of backsplash, the darker tiles will give the room a bit of oomph, but won't overwhelm the Taj, especially on the island--it's definitely very prominent and won't lost any of its cache if the b/s is dark. My 2cents.

We chose to make ours the same width as the mirrors.

With the advent of LED lighting, you don't have to think about heat so much so you can more easily recess lighting. There are a few commercial light fixtures I have seen that I think look good but I'm generally bored with the bathroom lighting sections in lighting sales areas. I haven't done this but I think you could put four smallish recessed or flush-mount LED lights in your space. I think the ones you have planned over the mirrors will be good but won't they cast shadows downward on your face? This might be a new concept but adding a flush-mount (minimalist) light about face height on the right and left side-walls might give you good lighting and not distract from your other designs. Consider using a dimmer so you can adjust the intensity.

We had Ecowater installed by the previous owners. I would not recommend. They use proprietary filters and it was constantly flashing to tell us that we needed to replace them. Whatever sensor they use does not really monitor how much water passes through it. We replaced it, I'm not sure of the brand.

Good, I think you will be happy with that system.

About the rabbit hole of pure water: Presumably none of us are a large team of epidemiologists, chemists, biologists, medical doctors, with access to large data sets, peer review, etc. that we would need to really weigh the risk / cost / benefit of various chemicals. And you CERTAINLY won't find that on a website selling water treatment. Those people exist in universities, the EPA, Health Departments, etc.

People are very bad about weighing relative risk: I once had a co-worker who was going on about residual chemicals on the apple I was about to eat. Of course I had washed the apple off, and I do recognize that we want to minimize exposure to that - but this co-worker was a smoker.

Her smoking was hundreds of times worse for her than whatever was left on that apple.

Same with the automobile example: That "new car smell" is off-gassing from dozens of chemicals from the plastics, foam, paint, fabrics, sealants, coatings etc. The interior of a new car is a "huffing bag" with a stereo and comfy seats. Actually driving someplace is statistically very dangerous. And lord help us on a motorcycle.

We tend to downplay the risks where we think we have control, such as driving. We also downplay risks based on their reward. We accept the risk of driving because it gets us to work and the grocery store. We elevate risks we don't understand - such as chemical residue.

There are very boring things that we can do to dramatically improve our health and live a long active life: Stop smoking, lose weight, be more active, improve our diets, dramatically reduce alcohol use, and get guns out of your home - particularly if you have children, young adults or middle age or older men in the home. Fluoride in the water is not on the list anywhere... but that, and things like it, is what distracts our attention from the real risks.

Jake, very well said (last paragraph) about the things we can control in our lives that improve our health and wellbeing.

Clerestory : )

Yes there are two different drawers with two different screws that are coming loose

Dresser looks like maple, not oak - should take paint well.

One more vote for painting the dresser white with gold touches. It's a beautiful piece and I think it will look amazing. Of course, it's for a 16-year-old, so maybe she would like the grey/pink details, something colorful and creative.

Thanks everyone! i love the idea of white walls and I’m also going to put hardwood on the floors in her room and rip out the dirty beige carpet. she had a white with gold knobbed dressser but its poor quality. I love this golf wall decor someonr posted in this thread. So far i havr primed it. I would like to leave the top and bottom natural wood. Her bedding is boho themed. with dark blues / charcoal .