Thanks so much Sandra! I'm sorry I haven't replied until now. My work schedule this past week and just life in general was hectic... I really like the last one of the 3 black stools. They work well with the table in the morning room. I wonder if they would stay clean though, with kids (and adults--b/c we make messes too!). I looked a little bit today in real life, but couldn't find anything that stood out. Thank you to the others as well, for your kind compliments! I did find drawer pulls today for the island and to replace on the other cabinets! And they were 1/2 off b/c The Great Indoors is closing near us! I haven't made a decision on pendants yet either. I still need to look at backsplash too...but now I'm realizing that the tumbled marble I was envisioning probably won't work with the granite...it will be too hard to match. We'll see...

Thank you for the nice comments!!! The countertop is Basalt Slate - Formice, the sink is a single 25" undermount sink which I'm just starting to get used to, the faucet is Moen and I love it. I'm looking for suggestions on paint color and the back splash will probably be subway tiles and would welcome any choices on color for them, Black, White, or possibly taracotta.

Hello, I think we have finally figured out our kitchen design! After months of struggling to make a decision, we did go with an angled pantry as well as a 48 inch range. No double oven. THought about the sink at the island but opted against it (I know this is a big no-no from you experts! :-). Anyway, few things that were important to me were to give the illusion of symmetry on the range wall. This is why we went with the 36 inch cabinets, but 42 inch tall on the corners. I know staggered may not be popular anymore, but whenever I saw the design with just straight cabinets across, I lost the symmetry look I was going for. Not sure how else I would have been able to create it. One other question I had was for the end point of the island. I always thought the end of the island should align with the ends of the cabinets in the kitchen. My design lines up with neither end. Is this important aesthetically or truly a non-consideration? I will probably add trash cabinet (replacing cabinet 15 with 1 trash and 1 smaller cabinet. I am also considering replacing cabinets 40 and 35 with one 42 inch Pullout cabinet facing the range to give me additional pot and pan storage. I am also creating island seating on the long side of the fridge. I have the walking space to do so and some people have told me they love this secondary space for the kids to sit and have quick snacks/meals. In regards to the fridge, I originally had standard size fridge with pull out cabinetry to the right (if you are facing fridge). I then thought I didn't need the additional cabinet space and changed to 42 inch built in fridge but now I don't think I like all the wall space (certainly don't like the expense of the fridge). Any and all feedback would be appreciated! Many thanks! Below is the design. Few thing

it's hard to tell from the pics but the blue really isn't that dark