ideamom, Just a couple more questions about your hidden hinges. I went to Lowes today and they showed me the hinge I would need to do, but there is a round section about an inch in diameter that apparently needs to be drilled out on the door in order for this to fit. Then I re-read your reply which you do say about drilling out a hole. I assume it's this large round part of the hinge that jots out?? It looks like it might be a pina job??? Did your husband need to a use a router or a special tool? Or maybe it's not as bad as I think?? I assume you felt it was worth it?

Thanks for the positve comments.. I give the credit to my wife for the style and color combinations, I was so worried the colors would not blend. The cabinets were done from a local family owned cabinet shop for $5,500. Maple doors with 3/4 plywood frame and soft close hinges. The quality is no where near what you get from Kraftmaid or Shanendoa, but well within budget for maple. The handles are different sizes for the doors and drawers. The corner glass is frosted and have the largest handles. My wife was set on a cherry red look and me on a maple or birch budget. My toddler already scratched the lazy susan door, in retrospect the lazy susan door is to fragile for a hard working kitchen and I do not recomend. To match the color for scratch repair is going to be a difficult but not impossible. The Pillar faucet is very practical with dirty hands and the touch feature is easy to turn off. Instalation was not dificult and looks well with the overall look. The stainless steel sink scratches easily. The back splash is just AWSOME!! Its a combination of stone like tile and mint green glass. I was so worried when she brought it home, and until the day of instalation she was second guessing herself with the green. The granite is a Brazilan Delicatus with hints of green stone and blacks spirals. $3,000 installed. I was also not sure about the black spirals with dark red cabinets but it came together very well. I wanted a Alaskan White type granite with red spirals and I would have probobly ruined the look with to much red. The range is a kenmoore pro 30 dual feul as well as the dish washer and the refrideerator is a KA only 3 years old. My only observation on the range is the knobs rotate to easily and tempeature can be changed from leaning up against them. The range hood is from VentingDirect.com Cavaliere-Euro SV218D-30 for $500 and it comes with everything. Its not a great vent but it gets the job done well. 900 cfm it's also not very loud. I do not smell food from the living room when on and when I come home from work I can smell the food in the driveway. The filter is flimsey and dishwasher safe and the lights are in the back toward the wall and do not illuminate the range well. I recomend looking at range hoods in Costco, they have one from an Italian company called Ancona. Better build quality and equal prices. They will be having a 30 inch glass in the fall. I wish they would have hade it sooner. I hope that answers most questions, again thankyou fro the positive comments. And last but not least, no more HG network for me... I can go back to what I like to watch..

You did not say if the supply lines were leaking or the drain."Quite some time" can be a lot of different things and there could have been a substantial amount of water under the cabinet that may be producing mold,May be rotting the subfloor or may have wicked into the wall. I would get someone in to remove the bottom shelf of the cabinet and do an inspection to see what the issue is,fix any issues and then replace the bottom of the cabinet with something other than particle board.

Your idea of running the flooring UP TO the feet, is perfect! It is exactly what I told my customers when installing a floating floor in a kitchen. The Ikea toe kick will certainly cover all the ugly which is precisely why they do it this way (clever Ikea people! I love them!). Go for it. You will be fine. No need to caulk the edges of the raw wood cuts. If there is a big enough accident, you will need to remove the flooring, dry it out and then hope it can be reinstalled (probably won't be...which is why you carry house insurance!). Go for it! You are on the right track!