Oh Thanks everybody. We are over the moon with how everything has turned out. Your compliments are greatly appreciated and humbling. I'll try to answer your questions: "every morning when you walk into it? I would stand there in my jammies with my coffee and just stare at it!" -yes ginabmg, I do exactly that! I look at the light coming in, etc. My family is wondering if there is a problem with me due to the enormous amount of staring and thinking I do! "Where did you get your drawer pulls?" -tikibar--the pulls are from coolknobsandpulls.com. they are Amerock. Mine are satin nickel. Here is the link: http://coolknobsandpulls.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.searchResults&string=53722&submit=Go drjoann, so glad you have made a decision on your range. I can't wait to see when you start your kitchen project. Make sure to keep us up to date. "Wow so pretty and getting ready for company! Can I come over?" debpic1, of course, come on over! So glad you picked up on "the story" we were telling. "prepping for a dinner party". You have a good eye. "are those carrots real?" Of course they are! I had bought a bunch at the farmer's market on Saturday, but by Wednesday...ick. So I ran out Tuesday night and got those at the local grocery store! Go figure! "did you repaint the cabinetry in BM Cloud White? I saw your post in Jan 2010 about the yellowing issue - they don't look cream to me against the white tile. How did you fix that? " overourheads- Well, I seem to have a knack for "design by accident". The paint store played with the formula of the paint I had and made it match the paint on the cabinet in its yellowed situation. But after I painted the crown moulding and light rail (which were added about 6 months after the cabinets were painted) we thought the paint store made it too creamy. So I played with the paint, mixing in a little of "the creamier" Cloud White to the exising non-re-mixed paint. Finally, got it. But no, I did not paint the cabinets again. And how did I get that tile to match? I have absolutely no idea. Total luck. "But why not carry the backsplash up to the ceiling in the stove area?" flyleft, I can tell you came late to this....there were many many many threads about this decision. I had intentions of taking the tile to the bottom of the crown moulding, but after seeing it in person, I decided to end it just below the hood. And the reason for the 1" gap there is just so that we could end it with a full 1/2 tile, rather than pieces. I also like the way the dark color runs between the tile and the hood. "What kind of woven windowshade did you put over sink?" firsthous_mp--that is a shade from JCPenney. The color is walnut, and I did not use the made to measure ones, but the ones I used aren't listed, or at least I can't find them. But right now the made to measure ones are on sale. Here you go: http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM.aspx?GrpTyp=ENS&ItemID=16570b2&DeptID=70751&CatID=70822&SO=0&Ne=5+586+8+1031+580+1028+18+904+949+833&shopperType=G&N=4294953317&Nao=0&PSO=0&CmCatId=70751:70822 Prill: "How are you liking your dishwasher?", Loving it! Thanks for your help with that decision!

Thank you again for your support. I am so excited that everyone is liking my final choices! It means so much to me as I am so bad at these things. Good things to think about - currently not much out on my countertop and hoping to keep it that way - but things have a tendency to expand to all available space! I was planning on one run of accent but could do 2 or maybe just a bit of accent under the sink window. Badger - at least I have some copper so we can still be "sole mates" . The next few weeks are going to be crazy at work - so might not be living on GW as much - but will try to read even if I can't respond (I have a rule - no GW blogging while at work) Thanks again and hope to order the tile this week.

I'm not sure how I came across this post, I think it was displayed on the right side and I clicked on it being intrigued by the tile making. I was at one time interested in working with papercrete and hypertufa. But after enlisting my brother, who wasn't as enthusiastic, and my niece, who poured cement down my laundry room sink, which original to the house had lasted 70 years, and ruining three blenders, my interest waned. True to form, if I come upon difficulty in a project, I think of it as a sign for me not to continue. And really, after all these years of trying various crafts that result in crap, I should know better. I also should have known better than to ask my brother, who always says it can't be done to any of my unique design ideas. And I should have known better than to ask my niece, who once stayed up all night before having to drive to LA for an art show, cutting mat after mat after measuring once, twice, sometimes ten times, but always coming out with the wrong size. I think we both have math dyslexia. I should video us trying anything crafty to see where we go wrong. I think both of us having ADHD might have something to do with it. Sorry for the backstory and run on sentences. So, I just wanted to see if you continued with your venture. And to say sorry for whatever tragedy occurred to cause you to have to move to Florida. Not that there is anything wrong with Florida, but it isn't Panama. Which is one of my favorite places in the western hemisphere. I hope no one is upset that I brought up a seven year old post.

So tired of hearing " but that will make it look dated" or "it wouldn't be good for resale" Everything is going to be dated at some point, the kitchen designers, cabinet companies and appliance companies make sure of that. Example: stainless steel appliances were just coming on the market 15 years ago when we gutted our kitchen for a remodel. It was hard for me to find stainless in my area at that time, I live in a small mid western town. So, have you noticed in the past few years appliance companies have been trying to bring out new colors, grayed looking stainless, now ice white etc. they are trying to make people think their stainless appliances are soon going to be "dated". But I have read in several articles that stainless is still the number one choice. I chose a cinnamon stained cherry wood for our new build. I thought about white because that is the trend right now, but I reasoned cherry cabinets will always be in style while the white trend Has just a few more years. I won't be a slave to trends. Just my opinion.