I had a similar situation in my kitchen with a dark golden brown countertop and a Silgranit sink. I went with the Cafe Brown color even though nothing else in my kitchen was brown and the trim was all white because the sink blended with the counters better. I love it. I think you'd be really happy with the black for that reason. Also, my dark sink really does hide stains, discoloration, etc. I almost fear ever returning to a white sink!

Accurate measurements make such a difference, don't they? = ) You have 30" more to work with- yay! - and that makes all the difference. That should give you enough room to add peninsula seating back in. Let me play with your plan some more today and see if I can find a happy medium between storage and counter space, especially prep space. Have you done a tally, including measurements, of all your kitchen items? Doing that in addition to grouping items by use will help you determine how much storage you need and where you need or want it. Your current kitchen has a lot of doored base cabinets, which aren't nearly as efficient in storage as drawers so you may find a new kitchen holds a lot more than you think it will. We didn't change our kitchen's footprint but because my cab storage is heads and tails better than it used to be, I have room to spare. Would you be okay if you only had one sink near the range? I know it's not nearly as convenient but given your kitchen's modest size, I haven't been able to come up with a plan that puts both sinks near the range that still gives you decent counter space for prep between sink and range. One more sink question. What is the minimum single sink size you'd be okay with? Shrinking your sink cabs to 27" (bowl would still be larger than either bowl in your double sink) would help. Side note: My knowledge of Kosher kitchen needs is limited since none of my Jewish friends keep a Kosher kitchen so let me know if I goof on something in that regard. Sena, I missed seeing your suggestion until now. Sara, Sena is one of the talented GWers who can provide elevation drawings. One of these days I'll learn how to use my Chief Architect program so I'll be able to do elevations but I haven't set aside the time to delve into the program.

The backing is Widiboard(?). The 16x22" niche includes the lip around which is now covered up by the tile. Several people on here mentioned using smaller tile. I can't remember the exact size but I think my tile is 3 or 4x12". What size smaller tile? I was even thinking about going with the larger tile to avoid having so much grout. This is the mosaic I had planned the whole shower around (see pic). I LOVE this pattern but I'm going to return it and get something without a pattern.

What you need asap is not a kitchen designer but a lawyer. I'm less confident than LWO about my ability to predict the way that the construction and real estate worlds are going to go over the next few months. There are so many uncertainties and possible scenarios. Because of that, if you want to proceed with this, you need a lawyer to review your contract with the builder before you sign ANYTHING. Talk through with the lawyer the different scenarios. Maybe things will go as your plan. But. What if you can't sell your house? What if your mom can't sell her house? What if you both can, but real estate prices are way down? What if construction comes to a halt? What if your area is put under a stay-at-home order? If the builder is unwilling to build enough additional flexibility into the contract to provide you options and/or you can't afford to lose your deposit should your house not sell and you have to walk away, I would not go forward right now. I would also talk to a realtor in your area before going forward. What is the market like right now where you live? Are houses still closing (now, not two weeks ago, which was a whole different world)? What are they hearing from colleagues in other parts of the country? I can envision a scenario where it might still make sense to move forward, but you need to proceed with EXTREME caution, make plans that protect you in worst-case scenarios, and do even more due diligence than usual. (Just for comparison, two weeks ago at this time my daughter was in school, my husband was going in to work every day, we were planning for our spring break trip, and the housing market was just starting to get hot with houses coming on the market for spring. 13 days ago school was cancelled through March, then a few days later through April. We called off our travel. Work became mandatory work-from-home for anyone who can. Now our state is under a stay-at-home order, so there are no house showings. Even before the official order, buyers were not willing to schedule showings of occupied houses. Things change fast these days.)