Wow! That is just ridiculously gorgeous! Can't wait to see it completed.

It is amazing!!!!!!

I do LOVE the floors, and am looking for something just like them. Where did you find them? What are they!!!

Absolutely stunning!!!!

congrats

Stunning!!! Great cabinet choice. Love the furniture legs!

Really beautiful! It was a really good idea to upgrade the molding and change to arched doors. It helps add that extra something. As far as the cabinet door, they should be able to fix at least the door and I wouldn't think it would be too difficult to change now. You have concealed hinges, so they should just be able to make a new door to fit and re-attach it on the left. I would think they should even be able to fix the tray divider without removing the entire cabinet. If it was in the contract, they are definitely responsible for fixing it or if you can live with it, giving a decent refund. If you have to have your contractor fix the tray divider, they should pay for his labor costs if they won't fix it themselves (in addition to providing the new door). You may want to post this problem in a separate thread. You'll get more ideas and it will help alert people to potential problems and will help others searching for a similar topic. I actually ordered the same cabinet that you were supposed to get and now think I better double-check how my door will look.

Anyway, the kitchen is really beautiful and nice job on the farm sink!

Be still my heart! THAT is TRULY GORGEOUS.
I love those beautiful arched doorways. your flooring, cabinets and wall color. I cannot wait to see this finished!!

Stunning space. Quel elegance, just as it is. Since you have a working kitchen elsewhere on the premises, you can preserve this one in its current state, as an objet d'arte.

Your kitchen is looking lovely despite it not being "done" ;).
I love your dining room walls. Is that stenciling? I love how it does not go up to the molding.

Looking just gorgeous! Very exciting to see things come together so well, and happy for you to have a carpenter you can trust.

Wow, thanks for all the kind words! We tried to get some sort of reaction out of our kids and the workers but no one was saying much ;-) I should have known I could count on gardenweb!

linb007, the floors are common 1 and 2 random width (3-5-7) american black walnut. I fell in love with some I saw at 32 dollars a sq foot (of course) and hunted them like prey until I found them for less than a quarter of that. We got them from Blackford & Sons out of Tennessee, unfinished with hand scrapped edges. My contact there is Luke Blackford. They are sweethearts there. I can send you his email if you want.

kitchenkrazed, I am going to post this seperately (cabinet issue), I need the GW advice! The firm is a very reputable firm, HOWEVER, our designer left a week before we placed the order. So we are in a sort of odd situation and they never gave us a list of exact cabinets (I wasnt liking that but that is how they said it worked), they gave us 100 drawings and elevations and the cabinet type and finish, etc. but not a detailed BOM. So we are discussing it with them right now but I dont like that I dont have my original designer to clearly state that this is not what we discussed.

honorbilkit, yes, we are surprised to find out that we are doing ok without the first floor. Esp since we always say the house is too small for us (we love our neighborhood though). My 6 year old said today he doesnt want to move back into the first floor. I thought he liked the closeness of all of us. Turns out he liked being able to watch TV while eating (basement set up, not allowed in real life upstairs). Rascal.

Dinalo, yes that is stenciling, or as we like to say: entertainment for the onsite crew. Its one of my "Projects" where i experiment and stress out my husband. We had rich blue walls (faux sky) before so to cover it, I laid a TON of primer and ceiling white, and I COULD STILL SEE THE BLUE! So then I lugged 50 lbs of joint compound in (this is where the workers perked up wondering what the heck I was up to) and slathered it on. Then I color washed it with acrylics. Then I did a dimensional damask stencil with some of the bottom metallic paint mixed in. Since this photo I have added metallic highlighting to match under chair rail and then started distressed it with sandpaper (not done) b/c my highlighting was too "new" looking. Its like an 18 layer wall. I think I need to be committed if I make any starts towards 19. It's been sort of fun, Ive been cranking the ipod and putting movies on for the kids, but I think most people could skip 80% of my steps and get a similar effect! Lol.

This is just beautiful! I love all the detailed decos. Where is the old kitchen?

Also, where did you get your doorknobs? Are they Emtek?

I am in NOva and need a carpenter to make a downstairs bar and garage cabinets. Can youpost his contact info here or email me?
Thank you..

You kitchen is simply a ajaw dropper and that floor, I think it is a fabulous look! Great buy too.

Here is the old kitchen:
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Yes the door hardware is Emtek- good eye! Flat black, cortina, #8 rosette. We got it at Simpsonshardware.com. Nice people and the best price online since lockhouse went under.

peytonorad- I will message you the info.

Thank you for the info!

Amazing transformation!!

Can they slice your legs in half? That should reduce quite a bit of weight.

Absolutely beautiful! I can't wait to see it finished! I love everything about it.

We started our demo on Oct 4th and we got our hardwood floors installed last week. My cabinet builder is behind and is just going to start building my cabinets today. I hope to have cabinets before Christmas...

Please post finished pictures soon!