Thanks again everyone! I enjoy cooking every night and spend a lot of time in there in general! Brooklyngalley--thank you! I just love the galley, and it flows so well! Bpathome--the placement was functional. At first I was going to place them all the same. Then I realized that the under sink would be different and my husband thought he would always pull the wrong way. I like them high for the drawers too. Very convenient. Deedles, the lights are Vaxcel Lighting SP53718 Spotlight Contemporary. I love them! They provide so much light. I loved that they were curved and had the square crystal glass. We do have task lighting too to avoid shadows. I love that we can direct the light. I have light directed into the pantry, the microwave, the bar area, and three directed at the stove/sink area. I am posting a link below. We bought the lights from Furgeson. Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen ceiling lights

tking, yes I have been very happy with the IKEA cabinets and drawers. I have been living with my remodel for a year and a half now and have zero complaints. I just wish I would have done it sooner. I lived with the awful "before" kitchen for 15 years! My kitchen is still very small. Adding the 12" deep pantries and drawers behind my dining area has really made it seem much larger. I also added cabinets below the breakfast bar area. My walls didn't move, but my storage almost doubled. I have "always" been drawn to white kitchens myself. Online, in magazines, & in model homes, white wins hands down for me! I find it much easier to keep clean. See a spot... wipe it up. My old cabinets hid spills too well. Good luck to you in whatever YOU decide!

Couple of ideas... Try moving the ref to the other end of the run and slide the entire range units up towards the dining room. Since its just paper, I'd also try disposing of the small pantry beside the dining room and increasing the amount of counter around the range. Perhaps add 6 inches or so onto the other tall unit. David's 2 sink idea or doing something like a stages sink with two faucets is about the best two worker idea in the least counter room. Also, there is no compelling reason for keeping the sink centered in the entire run. So if the range moved towards dining and the sink moved towards the eat-in space? Try centering it on the pony wall opening. Opinions.... Since the family room is a little small (no knock intended - our house is too small to even have one), perhaps think about shelves on the back of the sink run facing the family room and keeping the counter all one height. There is always something about the multiple heights and depths that creates visual confusion and makes a room feel smaller. Having a slightly wider aisle in a galley is actually a benefit in a two cook kitchen. Our previous kitchen had a 5 foot aisle and I really liked it. I think a lot of people like whatever they are used to. ANY aisle is too far carrying dripping veg or full pots. So, this drawing incorporates another sink by sacrificing the little pantry. It also shows a different way of treating the counter extension (all of the pony wall is buried) and the counter becomes a big project prep space. By adding a second sink, the two-bowl sink can become a single large bowl instead. If you stay with a single sink placement, I encourage you to place it where it creates the most benefit for you. Centering the sink on the run doesn't seem to be the best place to me. There isn't a "vista" of the centered side for the most part, so it isn't going to matter to visitors.

Okay, here's a better photo in which I got as much of my new kitchen in one photo as I could: It sure is hard to do that with a narrow space. for those of you who wanted details, here they are: Kitchen is 11' long by 6' wide on the right wall, left to right: 24" cab with pull out shelves (love this for my pots and pans) 24" sink cabinet 18" d/w 30" stove 15" cabinet The cabinets above correspond in width to the cabinets below on the wall with the fridge: 30" cabinet above fridge 15"wide by 96" high utility cabinet Thanks for the compliments re: the backsplash. They are not glass, but ceramic, and at the far less price of ceramic! One of the things I liked about it is how much it resembles glass. It's a light green cracked subway tile by Adex.