Like I need another low grower, but that is going on my want list for sure. That is just to cute!! Adamark do you have a problem with powdery mildew on your bee balm since you plant it in partial shade?? I ask cause I purchased some red bee balm and I know the jacob's clime is good on mildew resistance but the ones I purchased were of the panaroma series and I would love to plant mine in partial shade. Though I don't want to deal with powdery mildew either. I guess I am just curious hearing from someone in a cooler zone than me how theirs does.

Thank you everyone for viewing my photos. Lily: I have no name for the flower in the first picture but I believe it's something like aster (?) Yes, token, it's a fuchsia in the 3rd pic. The fuchsia I have grows quite tall and blooms all the year round. Xuan

Oskar's a real sweetie, too!!! He really knows how to make "guests" feel welcome! Oh, and you and your hubby do, too, "Poppi"! LOL Love the pics.! If you think they look good in those pics, ya'll should see them "in person"--even better! :O) Sure got real dark around 4:00 p.m. didn't it, Poppi!!! Janice

@benjesbride Yes, the 11'1" will be open to the dining room area(once we knock down that portion of the wall). On the other side of that 3'5" wall is just space that belongs to the living room.. And the the door on the 10'6" wall near the bump is the entrance to the kitchen from the hallway.. The second door should have been removed, sorry for the confusion. It's really a shallow pantry (12") with bifold doors that we're going to close off in order to place cabinets besides the fridge. You're right in that it is tight.. It's not showing on the rendering, but I wanted the island counter to be 3'X6' including the one foot overhang. The space between the island to the bump will be 3'7"... the space between the island and dishwasher is 3'3" and, island to oven is 3'1. I read that minimum passageways through a kitchen is 3' so I was hoping it would work? @mayflowers I'll have to check if it's feasible to move the stove over, since the hood vent will also have to move. That would be ideal though.. If I couldn't move the stove over, would it still be better to still reduce pantry width to at least have longer counter space between the stove and fridge? @emilyam819 here is a drawing with the island rotated.. I left about 3' between island and counters.. and you can see it's quite tight with that bump in the wall. Foregoing seating would make it work, but I really wanted to have seating. @dyhgarden Your kitchen is gorgeous! I love the clean, white look you have going on (this is what I also hope to achieve); it looks so roomy with your high ceilings not to mention that entire wall of built-ins! The patisserie stand is a really nice touch as well. I really like that it's free standing and so I wouldn't have to make holes in my backsplash :) Is your backsplash a hexagon pattern? Thank you so much for sharing!