The floors and fireplace are beautiful... congratulations. I'm not feelin' the gold counters since the fireplace is reading soft gray, a little creamish gray, and rose to me. I'd go in one of two opposite directions on this. Either soapstone to tie into the natural more rustic materials or something with a whiteish ground that will work with a slate backsplash. Love the idea of a slate (ie Fire and Ice) backsplash or quartzite BS in there.

We have scheduled templating for next week for Black Pearl leathered countertops with an eased edge. I would like to have the seam at the center of the sink. What products and process should I use not only for the seams, but also for the stainless undermount sink? Suggestions for front edge corner radius? Also after countertop installation I am considering installing a HUSH for support of our single bowl undermount sink. The website for the HUSH shows how to install with various sinks, but not for a single bowl, center drain. Suggestions?

Thank you. I agree. We tried to simulate paint colors on Ben Moore website and didn't like how the greys looked with the cabinets. We are leaning toward BM golden straw for the entire first floor to go with the floors and cabinets. Will it be too yellow? And for the granite we looked at Tanami( recently found out it's also called giallo ornamental). It looks creamy with brown specks on it. Would love to hear comments on these selections. Hard to visualize everything but hoping it will all come together in the end.

Yeah, seriously, you will be SO much happier with the dishwasher on the left. That whole thing we were talking about last week where you could stack your pile of dirty dishes to the left where they will be out of the way of your prepping just doesn't work as well if the dishwasher is not also on the left. I have that issue now -- the dishwasher in our condo is under the prep counter, so dishes accumulate on my prep counter with nowhere to stack them that is out of the way/handy for cleaning, AND I have to entirely move myself out of my own way in order to open the dishwasher and grab things or load them in order to get out of my way. I was just fighting with that last night -- my kitchen just flatly doesn't flow, and ugh. Don't do that to yourself! You may hate losing the 8 inches of storage, but as I said last week, what you are really gaining is 8" of dirty dish stacking space in addition to the 24" above the dishwasher, all of which will provide you ample room to stack dirty dishes out of your way when you prep in a place that puts them in the ideal spot for loading them into the dishwasher. It is a system that works extremely well, I promise. So those 8" definitely aren't lost or pointless. I know you're really focused on the cabinets and storage now, so it seems like a big problem, but when you are actually in the kitchen and using it, having your movements while cooking not be so constrained and awkward as mine are in my kitchen will seem like a much, much bigger deal. Having a random extra 8" storage cabinet will not interfere with your use of the kitchen at all. A poorly-placed dishwasher DEFINITELY will.