Wow, that is a beautiful soapstone!! I think it looks terrific with your other choices. It has been very neat to lurk and watch your progress. It is nice to see it all pulling together for you.

I have a garage full of cabinets that were delivered last week. It is hard to not rip open all the boxes!

Anything that makes you do the happy dance is a keeper.

Ohh.

I want that.

That is a really beautiful stone. The color looks great with your cabinets.

Waiting for Ikea delivery due today and visited my soapstone slab yesterday. Your combo is great looking. Question: what color walls are you doing? I am dithering with several BM colors--tending toward Paris Rain or Northern Cliffs. I am thinking calcutta gold marble for backsplash, but may go with a white caesarstone remnant that the fabricator is just about giving me.

That is some seriously beautiful soapstone!

That soapstone is wonderful! That doesn't look like any Ikea front I've seen. Is it newer, or are your fronts coming from another company?

All of your choices look great together. No wonder you're happy!

The front is my sample Premium QS oak from Scheers. We're going with slab... not the routered edge that's shown. My walls are SW colors I had made in Aura by BM. The main walls are 50% Lattice and I have accent walls in Raindance. If you do a search, the colors are somewhere on a thread. It's really hard to photograph the colors because they are subtle.

OY... first box, first cabinet, two parts (3 each) missing. Guess where I'll be headed first thing in the morning!

I've learned not to do the happy dance. At least not until AFTER I know ALL the news.

WaitÂdonÂt go to Ikea yet, wait a few days until you go over everything a few times and save yourself a few trips. Love the soapstone you picked, funny how we switch toward the end on countertops. I had planned on soapstone or Virginia mist and ended up with granite and quartzite. ItÂs all meant to be! IÂm really getting a good feeling of your kitchen with the QS Oak, your baking table and that stoneÂI mean I really love the feeling that it all evokesÂespecially with the slab door, it just gives it all a little edge.

That soapstone is beautiful, just beautiful! I love it with your oak cabinets and can't wait to see it put together.

Oy vay. Mine all went in the other direction - I had lots and lots of parts left over. Can I mail you something?

I am not at all unsettled by the trips back and forth to IKEA. I kinda prepared myself for it to be part of the IKEA experience. DH has been in a slump; and truth be told, it'll be worth the extra trip(s) to get him motivated again. Hegot enthused when the boxes got delivered and that's why we started on a cab tonight. 15 minutes drive, the walking through the store takes longer!!

I'm not 100% set on this stone. I still am dying to roam to stone yards. It's been my fantasy part since I starting planning 3 years ago. This is the fun part!!

I LOVE the stone. Can't wait to see it all come together!

They have some nice stones up on tenth right off I95, also off Blue Hurron blvd up Gardeb rd, just east of I95...three in a row, but no soapstone,

I will mark that on my list of places to roam jterr once we get the cabs together. DH is groovin' on this piece of SS though. I love the matte finish part too. Anything I get, I do want honed. I'm not seeing a shiny finish in my kitchen. Wish I could get some of these pesky pictures outta my head!

That soapstone looks so cool!!!!

(Hope the rest of the boxes have all the parts they're supposed to!)

What is with the left over parts??! The appliance guy handed me three boxes. One for the hood, one for the fridge, and one for the oven/microwave/cooktop.

Uh, weren't you supposed to use these things??

I'm also missing 4 of those shelve holder up doodads... need to either call the cab seller or visit the friendly local ACE... Hm.. which is less stressful :)

I wet down my sample so see what it would look like waxed/oiled... something I didnt' think I would want to do but YIKES! The colors! I took a closeup so you could see it and tried to pick up the flecking more in the QS oak sample

Off to IKEA!

Ooooh baby! That oiled bit is pretty amazing.

Remodelfla, I'm so happy for you, having watched you go through so many plan variations and head-scratching over the past two years on this forum. This will be a stellar kitchen and such a well-deserved happy space to make your home together. Yay! :-)

We have Piracema (yes, a soft stone) and it has those gorgeous sea glass veins in it. I love it. It also has some gold-ish veining (camel hair coat color, almost) that just makes my brass *sing*.

I don't think I could pass on that pretty soapstone! I've seen your found pieces and I think the patina of soapstone is going to be perfect.

E - I can't believe I missed this!!! I haven't been on in quite a few days. That soapstone is to die for. I'm so happy you found one that you love. That is really going to pull all of your elements together. I have to search for your paint colors to see what they are. Things will really start to zip along now.

It is really really hard to capture paint color in a photo. I dont' have most of my lighting up yet so it's not too accurate but this was the best pic I could get. The lighter color is taupey/grayish/blue/green... actually changes throughout the day and in differnt light. It's on the light side but since the house is small and open, I thought it best to be subtle. The greenish/silvery color (on left) is on 3 accent walls. One at the front of the house, on the wall where the kitchen table will go, and on the back wall that overlooks the screenroom/pool/backyard.

I think the soft green/blue will really pick up the bakers table. And as long as I'm sharing... this is what I'd like to get for above the bakers table (there will be 4" of wall above it) ... just one row running up to the frig. That is of course if Trikeean is still in business. I can pick any colors I want.

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Gorgeous! That green/blue paint color looks like it would really pick up the lighter color of the veining in the stone. I'm excited for you :-)

That is some gorgeous soapstone!!! Go do your rounds of the stoneyards, just for kicks, but come back to what you know you really, really want. :)

That soapstone has everything I would want in a soapstone but I think your right in just looking because one you pick it is all over and it was the frosting on the cake for me. When I read Blue Heron Blvd. I-95 pulled at heartstrings. I was in that area for 25 years. I like your paint color as well. It will look super with what you have so far if you keep the soapstone. Good luck with the cabinets.

Look at this pretty curved glass 6"x9" tile
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that tile would be beautiful with your soapstone, and unique!

Holy smokes! Look at that soapstone!! That is absolutely glorious! Something about it reminds me of the ocean. It will look spectacular with your cabinets.

I'm getting so excited about your kitchen! The paint colors look beautiful, and if Trikeenan's around, that tile will add just the right amount of sparkle. It's something special in real life.

If you're looking for a marble, we used honed White Mountain Danby marble. It's white, and the veins have a very slightly green tint. It complements soapstone very well. Here's a crummy photo of our marble. It's whiter than it appears here. We used a less dramatic part for the kitchen. The rest of our slab will go to the butler's pantry and our master bath.

prill... I have no idea how much that tile is or if I can buy it directly. I found it while playing yesterday. I must have googled every combination of words relating to tile possible. The manufacturer is Soli. I'm jumping way ahead (for a change) cause I probably won't be able to afford the SS until the beginning of the year... never mind the backsplash. But save I will and I won't be in a rush. I've waited 3 years, I might as well hunker down for the long haul cause I really don't want to compromise. Unless that is, that the tile is some ridiculous price like Ann Sacks tile. I won't go over a certain price per sq.ft. There's just too much pretty tile out there.

pickles... I LOVE Danby marble and your slab looks beautiful. I actually had considered it as one of my choices for the entire kitchen. I am smitten with this SS though now. I'm hoping to find a marble remnant for the bakers table. I need approx. 72"x30"... I haven't slab shopped yet so i don't know if that qualifies as remnant size. In the meantime, I check craigslist daily... you never know!

I spoke to Florida Joshua. When the time comes, he'll be able to do the SS for me. It'll involve some planning, and extra trip charges (we are about 3 1/2 hours away); but well worth the money to know that the fabrication will be absolutely perfect.

I"m very very very excited. DH and I came to the decision, that come the end of the year; we'll permanently move into this house whether we're done or not. Then I'll be able to rent my house and save the money I need to do the things we want. First, I'll have to do some tweaking work to my house to get it top dollar rental ready.

So glad you have Florida Joshua all lined up. YUP, the wait will be worth it.
Yes, tile is just mind boggling. My daughter is trying to pick something for her kitchen. I think she thought I was nuts when I looked at sooooo many tile samples, but NOW she understands.

Have you tried assembling the boxes yet? Wish I was right near by and could give you a hand. It's kind of fun once you get the hang of it.

DH assembled the corner unit first. Today I just numbered the boxes for him in order of our layout. That way he'll work on it while I'm at work. He's like me in the sense that he likes to talk to himself and have a system when he works. When I'm here I keep buttin' in and asking... "can I help... do you need me... what can I do?". Me thinks he prefers to do it when I'm not around!

As much as I hate all this waiting... at least I'm not creating debt doing all this. Of course everything (excpet the cabinets) is costing more then anticipated.

Bet you all thought there actually never was going to be a kitchen!

Gorgeous soapstone! I really love it when it's "oiled" (or wet, in this case)!

I'm so glad things are moving along for you and I bet you're excited to move into this house full-time...and it'll be nice to have the rental income to finance the remodel!

Good luck!