What color are you planning on painting the bathroom? When designing it's best to get all your ducks in a row so it will all come together. What you're doing so far sounds wonderful. My choice would be to paint a dramatic dark color and then do a sink that complements the walls. For ex: I'd do something like a dark red wall, copper sink and then use white towels to pick up the marble color. Or paint the walls a soft blue and do a the clear glass sink so it gives a water effect. Lots of options but first you have to be clear on what you're trying to achieve in the room.

Good eye! You are right -- am seeing it now on a tablet on which I can super zoom in. Guess it further proves my point .... I'm sorry your kitchen soap dispenser has had issues; we've had one in our kitchen (for dish soap) for nine years and love it. We (and by "we" I mean my husband) feed the tube from the dispenser into a huge dish soap container (love you, Costco), so I envisioned doing the same in the bathroom, only into a huge liquid hand soap container (love you, Target). Thanks for your feedback.

When I built my dream kitchen, which I sadly had to sell due to my divorce, I used the following: GE 5 burner gas range. It was not a continuous grate burner so it wasn't as easy to move pots and pans around but it worked. If I were to do it again, I would look at Induction but, then I would have to replace all of my cookware. And I have a lot of money in my cookware. My wonderful ex-wife let me keep all the kitchenware. I would go with gas again, and with a 5 or 6 burner on a continuous grate cooktop. And, a separate wok burner. If I could afford it, I would go with Thermador as I like their star shaped burner. I had a GE Double Wall Oven. Both were electric and convection. Gas is a moist heat due to it's combustion and most baking needs dry heat. I would go with it again. And, I would look at a double door like the one above. Blodgett or similar. It makes more sense. I have OTC/OTR microwaves. I had the microwave in a cubby but it wasn't near the cooking area in that house. I would look at a drawer micro or mount it in a cabinet mid height. I would NOT get a Double Oven where one is a microwave. I only had one dishwasher in the old house. I would have two dishwashers in the new kitchen. One a standard dishwasher and one a drawer unit for quick wash like glasses, utensils, but NEVER knives. Knives need to be out of the way but accessible. In the old house, I just had them in a block. I know have them on the wall on a magnetic bar designed for knives. Much better. Another thing I would do in my new dream kitchen would be to move as much stuff off the counters as possible. And have more plug-ins. And more lighting. Those are my thoughts, from an amateur chef who has had recipe's published in popular magazines.

No gray or greige with Saltillo tile. Stick with white, warm white, or subtle greens on the walls. The beams are beautiful and add character to the house. Do not paint them. You can use a modern style for your furniture within a beautiful Mediterranean home. Don't try to change the home itself into something it is not.