We have the Kohler Demi-lav sinks with Kohler one-handle Purist faucet. Dh told the fabricator where to drill the hole for the faucet. (I was away from the house at the time). My sink was too far from the faucet, so when the plumber came, he was able to "jiggle" the sink a little further to the back, before it was siliconed. Since the sink is a drop-in sink, I would think you may have some lee-way....before giving up on your faucet. (I don't know if money is an issue, if you would be able to return your faucet) However, as a result the sink is a little further back from the front of the counter than I would have wanted.

Hi - I'm trying to look through because I think we have a lot of appliance overlap. We just redid our kitchen and "moved in" to use it in April, and I LOVE every appliance. Looking at your list, we have the Electrolux Icon All Fridge/Freezer, the Double Ovens and warming drawer. We're really pleased with all of them, especially the ovens. We did have one slight issue with a drawer front pulling off in the fridge, but hasn't been a problem in the freezer (on your list.) We have the Sharp 27" microwave drawer and while that was new, I really like that (as do my kids!) We got the 27" b/c our cabinet was 27" (and the 30" is really the same size microwave,) just has spacers on the side. Some people complained about the open/close mechanism being slow so we went with the model that you can either pull/push open/close OR use the button on the microwave. That works out well for our family. My kids love it b/c they can reach it (and I don't worry they'll spill boiling soup on their face!) We have the 36" Thermador gas cooktop. Love it! Can never go wrong with Thermador! And, last but certainly not least, we have a Miele Futura Dimension Plus, which both my husband and I agree was the best appliance purchase we made! The dishes are SPARKLING clean and we LOVE the cutlery rack, especially the little part that drops down in the middle for spoons and service pieces and such. I didn't need the LED lighting in the Diamond (for so much more $ - I don't tend to empty the dishwasher in the dark!) And the Futura Dimension PLUS has the feature that the DW pops open after the cycle is done so your dishes dry completely. EVERYTHING we put in is dry when we unload, including an entire top rack full of Tervis Tumblers (plastic) and tupperware lunch containers for my kids' lunches. (For a comparison, we have a Bosch in our wet bar and the stuff is sopping - ahem, 70% dry - when the cycle is done. It's ridiculous!) LOVE our Miele FDP! OK, let me know if you have any specific questions! And, good luck! It feels so good to have appliance purchasing behind you - then it's just the fun of using your new appliance heaven! :-)

So much misinformation, so little time... "At the price of those bulbs..." I paid about $1 each for CFLs purchased in the last 8 years or so. Have some and haven't replaced for so long I don't maintain a watch on price but often see them for $1 or less. A decent incandescent is not much less than that. It'd be far more ethically accurate to say they cost "a few cents more" rather than "many times more". The savings on use is something you can calculate easily. The less you use it, the less the savings. I still have incandescent in the hallway lights because one is seldom used and the other is on and off a lot, on for only a very short time, sometimes seconds only, and that's not good for CFL. Otherwise I've converted my whole house to CFL inside and out for the most part. In 10-12 years of use, I've had 3 bulbs die. I'm not going into detail on the math, but I could see the savings on the electric bill when I put the first 4 CFLs in. LED is a tougher sell for me. Here the price is still over $20 for a bulb and the cost savings in use between CFL and LED is not as significant as CFL to incandescent. So I'm waiting until LED cost drops and for CFLs to die before I'll consider going LED. When someone uses the criteria of costing many times, not much difference, and the like, well they're not going to be able to see a savings. Without doing some basic math you'll never know if there's a savings. And I suspect you don't want to see a savings either. Some people are just plain paranoid about energy savings and logic won't change that. Fine, it's their quirk, so be it, but don't try to tell me that I'm not saving money with it. I'd be happy to compare electric bills with you and maybe that would be as good as the consideration that 76% is only "saving a little power". I should also say that for reading I use less CFL lighting than I required for incandescent adding to savings. The original fluorescent tube bulbs I put in are over 30 years old and going strong. Some of the original CFLs I put in are 14+ years old. I have probably 25+ CFLs in my house. I replaced the outdoor bulbs a few years ago and though they're not supposed to be for outdoor use, even incandescent are not always for outdoor use and I've never replaced them and they work fine, even at -40°F which is about the coldest I've been here with them on. I replaced the outdoor ones about 5 years ago, and none have died. I also have CFLs in swag/globe fixtures since they run cooler. Also use 4 of them in my ceiling fan light fixture (52 watts instead of 240). So 60%-75% electric savings on 25+ bulbs - well, you can do the math on what I've saved. Or not saved. For $1 a bulb, investment lately too. Granted I paid about $5-$6 per bulb on the first 4 or so bulbs. I have no doubt I've recouped that cost many times over. The problem is I have a box of the incandescent bulbs sitting in the basement because incands needed constant replacing in certain areas here. I suppose I could sell them on ebay to the paranoids. I'm willing to bet that people who have these bulb dying prematurely are mishandling the bulbs. Are you cranking away on them by the spiral glass part? If you do, NO WONDER they die early! LOL Secondly when you put them in, are you running them for a while or just start flipping them on and off? Even incandescents die prematurely when you don't give them the "burn in" they need. Jannie hit it on the head. Much of the hatred is because they're different and some people cannot deal with change. I bought one of the conventional "bulb shaped" types for the shade that clips onto the bulb. Maybe that would appease the paranoid. There's also the hysteria over CFLs containing mercury. Yes you should not throw them in the garbage, but you do NOT have to take them to a "hazardous waste facility". That's just more hysteria and misinformation being sent out in emails along with the Nigerian General and the $250 cookie recipe. All you have to do is take them to a recycling place usually or take them to your local hardware or DIY store. They send them in for recycling. And people should do a little research on the mercury scare rather than taking emails for gospel. Do you live near a coal-fired power plant? If you do, that plant puts more mercury INTO THE AIR, in one day, (or is it one hour?) than is contained in all the CFL bulbs in the world. You're breathing in the mercury in the air but that doesn't concern people. Mercury in a contained bulb scares people into hysteria! Why are people so scared of mercury? It's probably in a lot of the fish you eat. It definitely is in many headlights on cars, thermostats and thermometers. Have you ever heard of mercury vapor lights? Many streetlights are mercvaps. Are you afraid to go outdoors? Pilot light sensors in gas appliances, thermostat probes, gauges, relays, switches, clothes irons, children's chemistry sets, vintage toys can contain mercury. Some batteries and paint contain mercury. It's in some children's shoes for cryin out loud! LOL Oh and when you go into a store you probably have fluorescent lighting shining on you. Guess what they contain! Come on now, you get 3 guesses! (Sniff, sniff), I think I smell red herring. In fairness, they do advise caution on cleaning up a broken bulb. No caution on breathing near power plants though. I remember in school (and at home) breaking thermometers and handling the mercury. The little silver balls. Anyone else remember fever themometers? Did you ever break one of them? Did you call your house a "hazardous waste site" when it was broken? I'll bet not. BTW, I still have mercury thermometers in my house and I don't run scared from them.

Thanks squirrel. That is more of less how I had the sofa before. I agree it does not need to be centered. The rule of thumb I've always followed is to either center or put off center to make it look intentional. I'll try playing with the chairs and drum tables. In that pic they are both on the sofa side, though I've been playing around with a few different arrangements. I'm going to leave in about 1 hour for the painting--hope it looks as good IRL as your photoshopped version. Need to know, though, about the console/demilune table as that lady is having a garage sale (and it's kindof on the way), yey or nay..... Not sure if you saw my other thread about art placement and botancial prints I started yesterday. I could really use some help there--about how to display and group the prints since it looks like I'm going to have to go to some expense to frame, I want to do it right.