cindy, here is a picture of the cabs above my range: The door to the left is as low as it can go, and is 1/4" higher than the double doors in the middle. The rightmost "door" is actually a fixed end panel, and is under 1/8" off from the doors in the middle. No way to line them all up. Note that the bottoms of the cabs flanking the hood are perfectly aligned, so this is not an installation problem. A closeup of the left transition (please overlook my GC's attempt at using filler pieces): The drawers in the island have some major variation (5/16") also, but it could probably have been fixed if we or the GC had noticed it before the pulls went on. :( In Starmark's defense, I did not call this to their attention, so gave them no opportunity to make it right. Remodel fatigue -- I decided to live with it, and I don't notice it anymore. allison, those pendants are Pottery Barn. They originally came with chains, but I really dislike chains for pendants, so my GC replaced them with the fabric-covered wire.

Kudos to your fabricator...he had the courtesy to call and ask you...unlike IglooChic's and others' experiences!

Please be careful with the rx -- I think that's one of the many that's gotten negative press lately. And please be proud of your beautiful oak cabinets -- they are timeless, and all they needed to be fashionable was the granite and the sink! Did you see the post today on how white appliances are back in? I have a brick fireplace hearth, and everyone asks me whether I will keep it -- truthfully, I like brick and don't really care about trends, and someday it will be in fashion again anyway.

Keepingitsimple: I wish I could tell you a name for the stain, but it is a custom stain. We gave the cabinet maker some pictures we liked of different stains. He mixed up some samples and put them on a sample door. We chose from among those. It turned out great, but it was a rocky ride. The color I see on my monitor seems fairly true, but I will mention that if I take a flash photo directly of the cabinets they end up looking a bit orangeish. I would not describe what I see in person as orange at all though, but I guess it's in there. Since we were looking for a brown with a hint of orange or red I would say we got what we wanted. I don't know if any of that helps you. - Jim