Thank you all so much! Starpooh - sure! Just let me know what I need to do and when. jen - The floors are bamboo. marti - The bigger window and door were added with the small addition. The original kitchen ended where the prep sink is. Everything past that was added on. breezy - You may have seen photos of our crazy house before but have not connected them back to the kitchen. I included a photo below of the center of our house. The upstairs rooms all overlook a pool on the lower level. vidyaram - Yes, that is the tile company. We used the smaller subway tiles and the pebble blend. The actual colors of our tiles are ivory (subways and pebble mix), sky grey and steel grey. The 'boulders' frame the pool and waterfall:

These are wonderful! I'm embarrassed to say I had only been searching ON Gardenweb's site for kitchens, it hadn't occurred to me to use Google (I feel like a dunce)... Mpagmom your link had kitchens that I hadn't seen but are also beautiful and great inspiration, so thank you! I'm working on my layout and will post it soon, I'm so looking forward to getting opinions and suggestions from all the knowledgeable people here!

thanks all for the positive comments! The cabinet color is BM Simply White. There are kicks under the cabs but they are recessed about 4 or 5" back so they only show at certain angles. I have not yet painted them black, but think I will so they further recess when you do see them. The floors are Quarter-sawn red oak random plank hardwood floors to match the rest of the flooring in the house. So glad I extended them into the kitchen, I really like having hardwood in the kitchen. Kitty cats love the new kitchen but the orange one is less than pleased that I put latches on the cabinets - he cannot "cabinet cruise" anymore. thanks again, will post finish pics when available.

I know how you feel about leaving such a wonderful kitchen, but my guess is like cefreeman said, that was your practice kitchen and your new one will be even better. It was gorgeous and whoever bought your place was very lucky to get it.