Just a response to a couple of folks that had comments or questions directed to me. Don't want to hijack the thread, but since it seems to be completed, perhaps no one will mind. NCamy: we're almost neighbors, as our lake house is 1-1/2 hours west of Asheville, on a lake that is better known for the river rafting provided by the dam on our lake. I'm sure you can guess which one. Asheville is one of my favorite haunts. Mindstorm: Thanks for the compliments on the DR chairs and library desk. The dining room chairs (and table) were made by a local craftsman in Asheville, NC - Jan Derr of Placeways Studio. Their design was a collaboration between Jan, our architect and interior designer. The desk in the library is my favorite piece of furniture in the entire house. It was made by Brian Fireman of Tryon, NC. I cannot recommend Brian highly enough - fantastic craftsman. I agree 100% with Fori that restraint is key in designing an arts and crafts home to keep it from looking like a cliched imitation of the real thing. I love each and every one of the kitchens posted by Garden Web members, but some of those others above are just over the top, overdone. Lastly, Powertoolpatriot (the OP): I still have a clipping from the Winter/Spring issue of Style 1900 Magazine that lists the features that "if you choose from these features, you'll end up with a kitchen you won't regret thirty minutes or several years later" at least according to the author of this article (I think it was Jane Powell based on a credit on the other side of the page). Although this topic has been debated ad nauseum on this forum, and I don't agree with all of the list, I'm happy to mail this to you if you will send me your USPS mailing address (my email address is on my member page - yours is not). Good luck and be sure to post your kitchen when it is done (she says shamed faced, not having posted her own kitchen...).

vermonter 2009- In our last house we used Boos maple counters, they were well made and Boos was great to work with, good customer service, product arrived on time and in the correct configuration. Their work is good, but quite utilitarin (no fancy style edges, no exotic woods, etc.). I have heard that Brooks makes nice stuff, and is more of a custom shop, but while I have seen their stuff in a showroom, I have no direct experience with their products. We have an American cherry butcher block that is over 25 years old, and well used (we cut on it daily), the color is still vibrant and the unit looks great (it's a Pompanoosic Mills product). Nice choice. Good luck- sandyponder (ex Vermonter)

I LOVE that period of design too. Lately I've been drawn to the early A&C when there were still traces of Victorian in evidence, and later, when some Deco influences were showing. The Prarie subset of A&C can come off as a little austere, and I like a more colorful, richly textured and detailed space. thebrightspot.com is an excellent source for lighting of this sort, and have excellent prices and service. None are installed yet but here are some of my choices: I'll have 3 of the pendants over the island, 2 over the sink. Frankly, I might have used ones like yours in the sink area if I'd seen them first. I'm worried that a total of 9 of those shades might be too much of a good thing. Ceiling is beadboard with beams. I love each of the elements, but I may be going a little over the top... Using emtek for all the doors, haven't chosen cab hardware yet.

I would say the cabinets in the scullery are original and doubt there was an icebox. Also, don't think the window is original and no there is no door. It is quite cramped in there. But over the years something was done to that area as you can see the 1960s molding they put around the window and the opening. Well you guys have given me something to think about for sure. I was going to gut the left side so that I could put 30" cabinets on the right with a dishwasher, leaving the sink and the top cabinets on the right. In doing so we would be ruining the scullery by making it bigger making it part of the new kitchen??? Gosh I hate to ruin it. Regardless the bottom cabinets need to be replaced; they stink and are kinda soft they could be gumwood. The uppers appear to be some other kind of wood. Have a serious small budget however since we don't live in Buffalo - this is a second home. But there's no hurry. I will see if the Amish people can build some simple 24" cabinets to replace the bottoms. Maybe there's a way to get 24" cabinets at a reasonable cost? BTW the bigger room adjacent where we are going to put the appliances has so many window and door openings that it quite challenging to get many cabinets. A few around the stove and an island is about all we can do with it. I will post more pics and dimensions once we get back up there. Luckily for us, only the kitchen and bathroom require major work, the other rooms have been lived in quite lightly over the years. Amazing.