My current plan has my pantry being 10x10 with a sink and window. My father in law's house has an 8x10 pantry and it stores all those huge appliances that there are no other spaces for them and also the big dutch pots. They don't shop but once a month for groceries so they need as much as possible due to it being more than 30 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. My reasons are that I have a big family and I hate grocery shopping. I want a huge area that I can keep a multitude of items on hand. I currently have a 4x3 pantry and it's not big enough. I also want a decent sized kitchen with an island. I have loads of dishes still in storage because I don't have enough cabinet space for them. It's so bad since I have to go into storage for my holiday plates and items. My master bath must consist of a tub. I love to shower but sometimes after a long day dealing with 3 kids and about to be 4, I need to relax in a warm bath while listening to the radio.

On Thanksgiving DH had all six burners of the BlueStar Rangetop humming. At the moment the photo was taken he happened to have placed the turkey, fresh from the oven, on two of the unlit burners. Two large stockpots (closest one on the left on simmer), a large wok, and 12-in saute pan (all of them All Clad) all fit very nicely. DH was in cook's heaven. The only glitch was that the convection oven had the turkey ready three hours before he'd planned. He thought a 25 lb bird would take a lot longer than it did. We simply moved dinner up a couple of hours. It all worked out. We're actually still under construction. The arched door in the photo was previously the front door, now leads to a back patio. Needs adjusting so it will lock--hence the board wedged under the door handle. Travertine tile floor in kitchen was laid two months ago but we still had the soft-krete floor with ridges over the hoses for the hydronic heating system. Tomorrow hickory hardwood floor will be completed in the dining area and family room--then they move upstairs to do the master and hallways. Will be so glad to be done with concrete dust--but that's another story.

Thank you :) I'm going to check on shipping on the tile to the company I work for. I work for a Printing & Publishing company and they have a loading bay. I'll get a picture of the palette with the sink tomorrow. I took the counter top with me when I picked the sink. I had thought about Truffle first til I put it next to the Biscotti. I don't have the mosaic here at the house. I've decided on the first pendant and chandelier pictured. The pendant did it for me. Love the curves in them. Thanks again for the input.

I remembered a bit of info about the sofa. The original design has a love seat extension on the right angle end, like most sectionals have. But I didn't want that much sofa and ordered just a single seat to add on to the curved section. That made it a custom order and bumped up the already formidable price (gulp). But I was afraid that a love seat extension would cut off access to the room's corner and make it dead space. And I didn't really want leather, but couldn't see paying for a nice piece of cloth upholstery that kitty would turn into a scratching post. She didn't scratch an old leather sofa we used to have, so I shut my eyes & wrote a check for the kitty-resistant leather sectional. It's probably the last sofa I'll ever buy. My DIL was with me when I picked it out. I told her that I hope she likes it, because she's inheriting it when I kick the bucket!