I think I'd buy the cheaper table. $200 isn't much, and if you don't like it when you get your kitchen finished, you can sell it on Craigslist. I would spend the time browsing Craigslist for a table I love, and refinish that. BTW, you'll get more responses with your post on Home Decorating. Furniture doesn't get a lot of traffic. Dee Here is a link that might be useful: Home Decorating

My concern is aisle widths. The width between the island and the right hand side is 3'1" (37"). If this doesn't take into account counter you will be down to perhaps 34" aisle width when subtracting potential counter overhang from both sides. I'm assuming you have kids given the homework room and I can envision (may not happen - you know your routines better than me that's for sure) a traffic spot that may require traffic lights and that is the area that comes out of the homework room (and whatever other rooms are down the hall) and into the kitchen or through to the dining room, coming down the stairs and into the kitchen and also standing at the beverage center. The other area of concern is the seating at the top of the table. The aisle width is 4'5" but if someone is trying to sit down and then sitting down they need about 2-3' to do that. It will be tough to walk behind them and you won't beable to open the DW. There's just no breathing room or air in this space. The room can't take a deep breath. But not my space.

Actually both are pretty poor. Agree that in both the garage is way too small. First the Clay: I just noticed that to get to the laundry room you need to climb up or down stairs on the landing to get into the room. And you open the laundry room door if you're inside and step down? VERY UNSAFE! Oh and it gets worse! To get to the master bathroom, you have to walk up two steps??? I'd hate to be trying that one in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep. Hate the two story family room for all the reasons stated already. Hate that the toilet is on the same wall as bedroom 4. Also hate that the closet takes up an outside wall so no chance for windows and cross ventilation on two walls. And not a single linen closet?? In the whole downstairs there is a total of 1 closet. Where do you store anything? The Paxton: Since you say you don't use a dining room, what will you use it for since you already have a rec room and a family room? At least there's a single closet downstairs besides the coat closet and the pantry. Still not much storage though. Again hate the open to below for all the reasons stated. This at least is not a hazard with the stairs coming out of rooms. Double doors into the bedroom? Where will you put light fixtures? Good luck walking around the tub to get to the toilet in the middle of the night if you're like me and hate turning on the light. That bathroom is very poorly designed. The master shower looks small. How can you have a sitting area if that's the space you need to walk past to get into the bathroom? The shower looks very small considering all the wasted space in the bathroom. Again, no linen closet for the other bathroom or for bedding? Personally, if it were me, I'd keep looking. That's a lot of space but most of it is not good usage.

DC I’m not sure if I went with the Cobblestone or the one lighter, but I did not go with the light one to blend. The designer/realtor/remodeler, does it all, who sold our house to the 2nd person to go through it, the first day, for over asking price, said you want to see the grout lines. Scroll up, because I showed the finished projects.