I am doing something similar and plan to panel my DW. It is costing more but the look will be cleaner and the balance will make the sink "stand out" that much more. MHO

Opinion: I would panel the dishwasher.

Another vote for panelling the DW. If you're going for a 'furniture look', a DW panel enhances that look and a big sheet of stainless detracts from it.

Sounds like the perfect spot for a paneled DW!

It will be gorgeous!

I'm the first to normally say NO to paneling (all of my applicances are SS and I prefer to be able to find them even in the deepest of drunk stupors) :oP But, in this case...I think that you must panel the DW. The reason being that you're shooting for a really gorgeous look, and a slab of stainless right next to the sink cabinet will definately look out of place.

I'm curious....Is 1.5" a standard measurement for this? I think my set in sink is something like 3" and in the bathroom where we jut out it's 3" as well. Do they make skinny legs??? (Just curious really) :)

Ditto what IglooChic said...all of it ;-)

I'm curious about the 1-1/2" as well...I thought 3" was what most people did.

Wow, lightning fast replies from the GW community! Many thanks to all. I'd welcome additional opinions, since everyone so far has taken my wife's position rather than mine. (But I think I now know what we're going to do.) : )

Igloochic, to answer your question, the "legs" will be extremely short, and simply cut out of the cabinet front. In other words, instead of a recessed toekick, the cabinet front will extend all the way to the floor, but the cabinet company will make an arch-shaped cutout in it extending across its width but curving down on the left and right to create "legs" that are several inches high. This will create room for your feet and there will still be a toekick hidden behind the arched front to keep debris from scooting back there too far.

Kitchen designer says that with this method--which is what fits our budget--3" is too far and 1.5" looks right.

Igloochic is right, 1.5" may not be enough to make them noticeable. We did this in our new kitchen with our cooktop base cab and the two narrow pull-out cabs that flank it and brought them out 3". We added feet on the front and love the look. As for whether to panel the dishwasher, I agree with everyone else here. . . do it! I think it'll add instead of distract, as a SS door would (IMHO). Here's a pic of mine, that I just went and lightened enough that you can see the bumped out cabs better. The colors are off, but you can see that even with 3", the difference is noticeable but still subtle.
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We have a very similar run in our kitchen, and I didn't even worry about it. We simply left the dishwasher (and fridge) un-paneled, because I think of stainless as being neutral or null -- not a factor. (Of course, our cabinets are painted maple, so the contrast is not as much. And one might argue that balance is provided by the stainless wine storage and fridge at the end of the runs. Your mileage will, of course, vary.)

(Please excuse the white walls, wallpaper border, and window treatments ... they are history!)

I agree...DW panel! But get the integrated kind. It will blend in and look like another cabinet.

I noticed one thing about your description. You mentioned that you'll have a corner base w/ a 45 degree angle to the right of your dishwasher. Another word for this cabinet is 'diagonal lazy susan'.

Typically, the diagonal type corner bases are not recommended to be adjacent to a dishwasher or range, for clearance issues. I hope you have a filler board planned in between. Just thought I'd mention this, in case it helped avoid a problem down the road.

Kompy

Hi. Another firm weigh-in on your wife's side for paneling the dishwasher. :) If you prefer not to, you could always not bump the sink. One bumpout often works really well to define a center of attention anyway.

I am not a big fan of paneled appliances either. We didn't panel our fridge. But we did panel the dishwasher (except for the Miele control panel) for that very reason. I recommend you panel it. Don't break up the wood.

Ivette

Another vote for a paneled front.

However, we did put a black DW next to a 3" pulled out sink base and it looked fine ... for a rental.
Pulling the sink out 3" gave it a little pizzazz for no added cost!