Your OT idea sounds like it would make the baker's table look great, but it's another way of breaking up the lines of your kitchen. If you keep the cabinets over the same as the other uppers it'll draw the eye along to the end of the room, and help to neutralize the way the table itself (its rather wonderful self!) breaks things up. An alternative might be, instead, to use smaller details to differentiate the baker's table section. Like using similar hardware on the uppers. I love your idea in isolation, but considering the room as a whole, maybe you could make yourself a list of all the eclectic notions you love (baker's table, apron sink, cabinets (pseudo hutch) to match baker's table, etc.) and prioritize them. Choose one, or at most two, to be the highlight feature. Like what they say about jewelry--finish off your outfit by taking some off. On the other hand, there's the Auntie Rosy look. You know, the auntie who has half a dozen rings, dangly earrings, beads, chains, a pendant and a charm bracelet--and manages to make it all look good! For that, lard it on. Go for the apron front, and the painted cabs, the glass fronts, different hardware in each section, etc., etc. Maybe even a different colored end wall. That much mismatch in a confined space will take some special care to achieve harmony, but it could come out looking like a funky European kitchen, really different, colorful, and compact rather than claustrophobic.

Hi bristlingacres, I am the writer of the Decorating in Prairie style articles on the rug website. I wanted to explain what I mean by "organic architecture". It is different from what most people think of "organic". Most people describe "organic" as something that looks like plants, flowers, along the lines of "organic gardening". Also people looking at Modern designs describe organic shapes as very elongated curvy types designs. Nothing rigid. I think the shapes the "stuff" in a lava lamp are organic. For "organic architecture" that I write about, it means that the home and all the furnishings are designed for the specific site. Frank Lloyd Wright used the term all the time, so since my rugs are geared towards people who like that concept, I use the term organic in that context. Since the Prairie style houses are generally low, horizontal, rectilinear structures, the furniture designed for those homes were rectilinear. The art glass windows were mostly designs of the wild plants found near the building site of the house. The architects of the time would do geometric abstractions of those plants in the window design. If rugs were designed specifically for the home, then they would echo those geometric designs. Thus (finally got here, whew) the rug designs tend to be geometric motifs and not the curvy or plant like designs that most associate with the term organic. I agree, my designs are not for everyone, but for the people who are attracted to the whole concept and like a linear abstraction - they seem to be the ticket. By the way I think the rug you picked is a great addition to a Craftsman look and feel. Thanks for looking at my website.

>hould I make the mural smaller (20 x 16) and use a wider border/frame or go larger (24 x 18) with the mural and use a thinner border/frame? That depends. Was there a subtle color in the image you could use for the border? I don't think I'd like it with a significant color like purple or green, but if there was a shaded light tone you could get in the mini subways, I'd do the deeper border. Actually, personally, I'd do a smaller image and a deeper border (of some other sort, like double frame effect in your picture but using a plain time in between instead of the leaves if you don't like them) in any case. I don't like the wine bottles, myself--they look too much like a photo transfer rather than a hand painted effect.

and I like the soft gold because it's a nice compliment to all the gray, and it's warm enough to pick up on the tones in the floor. nickel is safe. the gold one, little more pizzazz. it's fine if you want nickel lights. mixing the two metals works.