Here's some pic's of a recent pool with a cabana and a summer kitchen. This buyer really stepped up by having us install cable TV, AV receiver, DVD player, and surround sound. The best summer kitchens come with all the quality stainless cooking goodies like your describing for yours. The low burner you mentioned is called a Power Burner. It's a dual ring side burner that's dropped to a 12 to 15" lower elevation than the countertop. This is so you can manhandle the big pots required for you to cook your crawfish or turkeys in. Do you know what size of gas pipe your home builder stubbed out for you? Most home builders typically stub out a 1/2" galvanized or black iron pipe for the buyers. It won't deliver enough gas to satisfy the appetite of a high BTU 36" grill or a power burner. It'll still work for slow cooking, you just can't get the max BTU's the cookware is capable of delivering for grilling or frying. See ya, Kelly

Tomorrow I'll take a peek under the sink and see how they attached the hose. Mama goose -- I love that sink -- I can see it going to work in the back yard. Sold the old cabs on Craigslist today! Here the cabinets that we thought were particle board turned out to be plywood. They had coated the inside with this odd speckled coating that made it look like particle board. Oh, well . . . .

Thanks for all of your thoughts! Mamadadapaige & Desertsteph: My off-to-college kids are my girls, and the lack of laundry floating around here now is a silver lining given their absence! But, my son leaving? Can't go there yet! He may require at least 10 minutes? Desertsteph - I'm 5'2". Glad to hear your shallower sink works for you. A shallower sink might be an answer for me. I don't like leaning over for an under-mount, deeper sink, but I DO like being able to keep dishes out of view when needed. I've never had a farmhouse style sink, but it seems that one would mean less leaning...? Drachiele - You make beautiful sinks, and I'm sure you've done lots of research on both sinks and faucets. Your explanation of how the aerator in a faucet would affect splashing makes a whole lot of sense. We are currently planning a Waterstone Fulton faucet on the main kitchen sink. Is there a number or something online that I look at that determines how effective an aerator is? Somewhat like how a stainless sink would be measured by the 14/16/18/etc gauge? Anybody have any thoughts on how easy/hard it would be to keep a solid granite sink looking good over many years?

For the bbq area when we build built in bbqs it actually has footings and is built of block so u could build it outside the patio shown and use the patio for walking space but on... would have to be a pre built item u just set on it. For zen zen area u can have a loveseat against the glass area next to the door and chairs across from that. If u plant some plants along the fence it could help hide the fence and be more inviting.