"if you dont find what your looking for feel free to ask all the questions you want, just please, pay attention =)" Oh don't worry, iliketerrariums -- I'm not new to the forums [I'm actually the one who started the terrarium forum] -- I just haven't had any time to pop in for some time. I also know what ya mean about "I hope no one gets offended but some tend to ask the same questions over and over =( we can only type so much!" Again been there done that -- wondering why some people don't read/search some posts first. :-D [Though I freely admit that there has been the odd occasion when I haven't had the time to do a thorough, I've posted and been more than happy if someone can connect me to the best appropriate post LOL] Btw, is the terr you posted one of the ones you made from scratch? Looks good. What's the white "basket" in the ceiling. [That is the only part that would be nice to hide if that were at all possible.] Nice terr back2eight -- that looks like quite a large tank! While 55 gal is definitely a bit larger than my 30 tall, it isn't THAT much bigger dimension-wise [much to my suprise] and, as I said, is actually shorter. So I'm going to have to be judicious with my use of the available space. Water features tend to consume space quickly so I know I will wish to keep it relatively small. I expect an assortment of plants will eventually call it home. Primarily I'd like to focus on my mini orchids.

greencleaning - Thanks for the compliments! singingmicki - "shallow cabinet beside the fridge" "put upper cabinets and a countertop but leave the bottom open for your dog's needs" - Brilliant! We love this idea! What a perfect spot! (I didn't want to get rid of the hutch next to the fridge in order to put the dog bowls there, and now we don't have to.) Thank You!! buehl - We do have a dining room and need to banquette to seat a family of 4. I see what you mean about the leg room issue. From your post, I think we're going to need to put a Lot more thought into the banquette. Thank you for all the great info! davidro1 - Again, thank you so much for your reply and terrific advice! We will take everything into consideration and we revisit the fridge wall options. Right now, we're trying to finalize the "L" cabinets. We put together 2 mockups based on all of the great suggestions we've been receiving here and on IkeaFans. What option does everyone like best for the "L?" CHOICE A: SYMMETRICAL 15's ALL of the wall cabinet have 15" doors (on both the stove and sink sides)! LOVE the symmetry (achieved by cutting down the upper corner cabinet). [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40167831@N08/5672410282/) Stove wall base cabinets: From left to right: \* corner piece (with two 12" doors, one on each wall) \* small cutting board pullout \* 15" (not sure if I would do all drawers or some drawers...still need to decide on that) \* stove \* 15" drawers And I gain a bigger stretch of countertop between the stove and the sink. Sink wall base cabinets: From left to right: \* 18" drawers \* 24" dishwasher \* 24" Domsjo single bowl sink \* 15" (for pull out garbage) \* corner piece with two 12" doors (one on each wall) Questions: 1\) Glass cabinets \- I'm not sure that I have enough pretty dishes to fill the deep corner cabinet too. Would it look strange to keep that as a regular door? 2\) There are 2" of extra space to the left of the far left wall cabinet (next to the nook) \- DH would love it if the wall space flanking the nook window was symmetrical (not displayed in pic). Right now it is 13" to the left and 15" to the right. Is there anything that can be done with that extra 2" inches to fill it in? (We ended the backsplash to match the upper \- not sure if that's the best idea either.) CHOICE B: BLIND UPPER CORNER CABINET AND SHELVES Stove wall: [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40167831@N08/5672410196/) [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40167831@N08/5671843445/) Stove Wall Uppers: \* a 30" (which has 12" hidden) with an 18" next to it (two 18" doors so it LOOKS like a 36" cabinet) \* 30" above the microwave (two 15" doors) \* 18" with a 6" shelf on the end to fill in the space. Stove Wall Base: \* corner piece (two 12" doors, one on each wall) \* 12" \- yes \- bottom section for cookie sheets and things \* stove \* 24" drawers Sink wall: Here's where it gets super custom. [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40167831@N08/5671843503/) [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40167831@N08/5671843323/) Sink Wall Uppers: From left to right: \* 6" shelf \* 27" custom cabinet \* window \* 27" custom cabinet \* (not seen \- but there would be 12 inches of the blind cabinet from the stove wall) The two 27" glass cabinets flanking the sink should be the perfect amount of storage to put my beloved dishes. Loving the symmetry here. Now 27" cabs are not that much bigger than the 24" cabs with 12" doors that I was trying to avoid. I think this plan would commit us to paint grade Shaker doors since we'd need custom door sizes. I saw companies selling paint grade doors that might actually be cheaper than Adel White (which is making DH very happy), but more research is needed. Also, while it would give me an excuse to buy some adorable ironstone creamers and/or pretty colored glass vases to decorate the corner shelves \- I'm not sure about all that dusting. Sink Wall Base From left to right (same as Choice A): \* 18" drawers (the pic is wrong \- it should be all drawers) \* 24" dishwasher \* 24" Domsjo single bowl sink \* 15" (for pull out garbage) \* corner piece with two 12" doors (one on each wall) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you all again for your help!!

"Open" being not filled with cabinets. Not narrow depth on the sink run - all 3 of those elevations are the corner perpendicular to the sink run leading to the ?garage door. The first one is looking at the wall almost as you drew it. Just taking the two small base cabinets(12" drawers and 18" narrow depth and consolidating together as one narrow depth, all door cabinet. And replacing the cabinet from the window to the corner with open shelves. The second replaces the top cabinet between the window and the door and the narrow depth base with a 24-30" wide, tall narrow depth cabinet or even the 15" deep pax wardrobe with shelves. Still shows open shelves between the window and the sink run wall. The third kills everything. It's optimized for gear storage and not so much for counter area = you've kinda got a lot on the baker's table? Everything between the door and the corner is narrow depth. So, from the top down, those are two matching 39" tall by 36" wall cabinets down at counter height, depending on your ceiling height, you might be able stack more on top. You can have doors or not as you wish. The bottom is an array of narrow depth door cabinets, again with or without doors as you wish. The other thing I thought about was their wide sliding door units. Storage is directly provided by shelves and "drawers" by baskets or bins or the narrow depth drawers. There is an opportunity to make a counter bow out below the window for a "parking area" or perhaps your spouse could be cleaver with a wide pull-out counter. The exchange for the loss of the 12" drawers and the narrow depths is that the cabinet beside the cooktop - currently 12" drawers - could become 24" wide full depth drawers.

I don't have enough info to decide whether it needs to be removed: space available, distance from buildings, utilities, sidewalks, etc, etc, but I typically don't have trees removed until they seem likely to soon cause an issue. However, I live in a rural area, and considerations of cost of removal, other issues such as location of hazards such as overhead wires, buildings, other trees, etc. may influence your decision and are probably different in your more populated area.