Plant #1 - Golden pea, perhaps? Definitely pea family. The other is a (short-lived) perennial foxglove. I have some and it will self-sow. Here is a link that might be useful: Golden pea

The new drawers will glide nicely if you bought good hardware--you are buying new drawers, not antique, right? We have two handles on all nine of our wide drawers. We often open them with one hand. Being able to open the drawer without standing directly in front of the drawer is wonderful--I can snag one of the open handle pulls with one finger and open a drawer while standing adjacent to it. I can reach in from the side, pull out a fork, and shut it again without moving from where I'm standing. We chose hardware that stands over an inch proud of the cabinet (using universal access concept). The double handles look sensible from an observer's point of view. Cabinet maker said hardware could take this kind of sideways stress, even with heavy contents in the drawer. We paid him for his strongest drawers and strongest glides. We tried taping our handles to the cabs and thinking about the pattern before we made our final decision. Worked for us. Knobs are more problematic--they require a full-hand grasp, not an index finger to open and you need to be more straight-on when operating drawers. Not sure how bin pulls work in this context.

My experience is with stained cabs but since DH and I are likely going to have a painted island and hutch, I've been doing some research into painted cab durability. I will admit to being hesitant, too, so it's great that you started this thread and that so many have responded. I hope you won't mind that I'm adding a question of my own. To owners of painted cabs: If your painted cabs are not factory painted - built and painted by local custom cab maker or built and painted in a paint booth or on site by your GC's painters - I'd love to know what kind of paint was used. TIA! kali2024, my neighbor has white cabs, nearly 20 yrs old. They are the 3rd owners, second owners with small children. And her twin boys are very hard on things. (They are also very curious, nearly ruined the vacuum because they wanted to see what happened when you vacuum yogurt! They crack me up but I'm glad they aren't mine!) Anyhoo, I noticed that despite the cab age and kid thing, only one cab in her kitchen has any visible damage. The drawer in the cab next to the sink has 2 small chips along the top edge. I don't know when these chips occurred or how they happened. For all I know, the chips happened when the POs had the 4x4 white tile counters replaced with 24 x 24 tile counters (the tile edge is quite deep). The builder didn't use any large, name brand cab company (he built our house, too), just a local cab maker. The cabs were likely painted on site by the builder's painters (that's how they painted all the woodwork in our homes). It was oil base paint because that's what they used 20 years ago. Paint needs time to cure before it's as durable as possible. Cure time will depend on how your cabs are painted: factory finished, sprayed in a paint booth by local painter or cab maker or painted on site. So treat them with care while they continue to cure on site (that can take up to 30 days from what I've read).

Mmmmm. . . I'm hungry now, too! I hope your dinner goes well tomorrow. Hugs, SadieSadie