Smarge, I've been looking everywhere to find your Nexxt 800 series shown in laundry rooms to no avail. What I did find is a nice laundry room that has something along your concept. Your washer and dryer are 37" in height; standard counter height is 36" with bathrooms at 30". You would need some room to accommodate the underlayings and thickness of the quartz counter, so your counter height will be above average. In the bottom picture, they have demarcated the washing and drying units with a floor-to-ceiling vertical cabinet dividers on the left and right sides. If you followed something along these lines then you would not have to do a cutout in your quartz countertop. Also, if you were to sell your residence, washer and dryer heights vary as the ones we are receiving are 40" in height. A setup that would allow repositioning (although it might entail some remodeling) the countertop to a different height, without affecting the other portions of the cabinetry, might be an asset. I have no idea of the floor plan, and elevations of your laundry room remodel so I am simply exhibiting what I've found; how close or far off base it pertains to your situation is a guess on my part. I hope I'm helping versus hindering what you are trying to achieve.

I went back and forth on this a million times, ORB or Satin Nickel...exposed hinges or hidden hinges...I ended up with exposed hinges in ORB (thanks to advice and pics from GW) and I really do like it. My ORB hinges and knobs look more black in the photos but they aren't quite as dark in person and have a warmer undertone. Be sure you see the ORB in person because some ORB is more on the brown side and some has a blacker tone, like mine. My cabinets aren't as creamy as some, they are more white, but a soft white and I don't think it's too jarring. Good luck, it's so exciting when you get down to those final details isn't it?!

Cabinet hardware, to a certain extent, is driven by the style of your cabinets & kitchen as well as the color family (silver/gold/copper/etc.) you're using for other components. There area a lot of different styles. Have you gone to a major home improvement store or several kitchen show places to see what's available? Look at styles first, then color family or other composition. In my experience, most styles can be found in various finishes & at various price points (often an indicator of composition & finish quality...but not always!) So... What style are your cabinets? Your kitchen in general? The rest of your home (particularly if your kitchen is open to the other rooms)? What color family are your appliances and other fixtures...faucet/soap dispenser/air switch, sink, hinges (if not hidden), lights, etc.? What color is your countertop (e.g.. if black, often silver-family items look better...but not always.) Cabinet color? Note: As with all decorating, these are guidelines to make it easier, but they are by no means "rules"! You certainly can mix color families, etc., but when you have no idea what to do sometimes this type of advice helps. In my case, I have a transitional kitchen. My color family is silver...pewter pendants, antique iron hardware, satin nickel faucets/soap dispensers/air switch. Black countertops. Cherry cabinets w/mandarin orange stain & coffee glaze. While my sink & appliances are all SS and certainly fit in the silver-family, I think they're neutral enough that they will also fit with most other color families as well. I put knobs on all doors & the 6" pullouts flanking my cooktop. I put drawer pulls on all drawers & the trash pullout. The knobs are spaced 1" in from the side and on the upper cabinets 3" up from the bottom edge, while on the base cabinets 3" down from the top edge. For the drawers, I put one pull on drawers = 30" wide. The pulls are centered vertically. Horizontally, when there's one pull, it's centered; where there are two knobs, they vary...the ones on the 36" drawers are 8" from the edge, on the 33" drawers they're 7-1/2" from the edge, on the 30" drawers they're 7" from the edge. "Birdcage" Knob: "Birdcage" Drawer Pull (4" on center): 36" drawer spacing: Knob spacing: Overviews (they're a little dark, but hopefully you can get a good idea of what they look like.)

onedogedie has a great idea and I'm going to use it and paint this weekend......Thanks onedogedie! I painted/stained my toekicks Espresso so I think I'll paint the space just above the fridge in the same. Although, I must admit, at 5'5", I don't really notice that space but I asked Mr. Amity about it and he said the manual that came with the fridge had specified it needed a 2" clearance at the top and 1" at the back to account for ventilation and water supply tubing. I have "Stuff" on the fridge in front of that space so maybe that's why I don't notice it. The things dangling in the front of the topiary are the pulls to the ceiling fan. And please excuse the homemade pull-down shades. Haven't gotten around to ordering the blinds for the windows yet. Side View (and more "stuff")