Mallards are considered waterfowl as well and I feed mine cracked corn and grain ( wild bird starter). Also give them nuts and dried berries wild bird food which they love. If you mow your grass, you can give them fresh grass clippings and catch bugs for them that the mower stirs up-beetles,grasshoppers etc. I give them dead bugs from the pool and in the skimmer.I have also visited the bait store to get them worms and crickets. They go crazy over them!! Shoveling up leaves from under our bushes is good so they can forage under the leaves for bugs and worms.We are having to keep them penned until they feather out due to a hawk taking five of them so I am trying to make their dining experience enjoyable while they are temporarily cooped up. Best of luck Belinda

What a lovely home! Your blue and camel should look wonderful there. The view lining up three rooms reminded me of a similar example in a book about handling color, the point of that page being that people are drawn to the lightest space. The three colors in this particular case were all slightly different but from one analogous stretch on the color wheel for harmony, and they chose to have the foyer darkest, the middle (main) room the lightest, and the far room (dining? library?) slightly darker. It was a gorgeous example of fine design and of using light both to draw people to important rooms and using darker values to enhance transitions.

Thanks for all the compliments. Answering a few specific questions: sadiebrooklyn: I don't think we ordered a strainer separately, so it probably came with the garbage disposal. My DH picked that out, so I'd have to double-check, but I'm pretty sure it was the InSinkerator 3/4 hp Evolution. jsweenc: The floor is BR-111 engineered wood, called Amendoim. We had it already in the family, living and dining rooms, and had the same installers come back and extend it into the kitchen. They did a great job -- it's hard to tell where old floor ends and new floor begins. quincin: Yes, to be fair, it's harder to clean the corners than in our old drop-in enameled sink, which was all smooth curves. It's not a real pain in the neck, though... I just have to be sure I run one finger right into each one with a dishcloth. I do it once a day, after putting all the dishes into the DW in the evening. The rest of the time, we use the sprayer on the faucet. We have a zero reveal from our countertop to our sink -- vertically, the sink wall and the edge of the counter above the undermount sink are ligned up. This makes cleaning less of a chore. Do a search for sink reveal on the forum if I'm not writing about this clearly... it's something you'll want to specify when you order your countertop. rjr220: We had your review of the Stages sink printed out when it was time to put ours in, so yes, I do think we live in each others' dream kitchens! Oh, and our vent hod is higher off the counter than the specs say. 32 inches, I believe. artemis78: I'll keep typing our lighting saga.

Sorry no feedback on finishes, but... is there any flexibility to adjust the design? I'm worried that the right side door of the refrigerator won't open fully because of the wall right there. If there are many units like this, then potentially there will be many refrigerators that aren't ever properly cleaned because the drawers can't be pulled out. I'd try one of: make the pantry cabinets a few inches narrower and add a filler to the right of the ref; move the pantry cabinets to the right of the ref and shift everything left; make the wall a few inches shorter (if the place isn't built yet); split the pantry cabinets so you have a narrow pull out or broom closet or whatever at each end of the run.