Hi from St. John, Creativity counts because I am not good at "giving up anything" First, went off island to purchase everything.Had on island quote for Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets. Quoted price of $46,700.00 Eeeeek my budget was $20,000. That one quote started me on my new mission to stay on budget and look for bargains. Went to Expo Design Center on Pine Island Florida. Had a fantastic designer Robert Fabian. I chose and ordered Kraftmaid cabinets for my kitchen and the apt kitchen downstairs only the price was $17,000.00 versus $46,000.00 for my kitchen comparable to what I was quoted here. Sixteen ceiling fans,all plumbing fixtures,all plumbing hardware,all door hardware all GE appliances both kitchens plus outdoor kitchen, except for a Subzero refrigerator and Subzero freezer which I bought at Coral Springs Appliances because Home Expo doesn't carry SZ's.Bamboo flooring for husband's bonus room. 4000 sq.ft of travertine marble for all floors and apt shower @ $2.94 sq.ft. The list was huge but so was the discount by buying everything at one place. The designer gave me a discount plus ordered what I needed the week the store offered a cabinet discount or appliance discount etc.The most miraculous part was everything and I mean everything was exactly what we ordered and in perfect condition. That means alot when you had to ship everything to an island and truck to a site on the side of a hill. The other fantastic savings was for what I couldn't afford to special order.I found the Habitat for Humanity Rehab Stores in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami they are in many cities.I wanted all armoire and drawer built-ins for the bathrooms and bedrooms instead of closets.I found armoire cabinets for $75.00 with raised panel doors.We are building those all in and ordering matching cabinet doors and drawer fronts from Scherr's a cabinet manufacturer recommended on the Kitchen forum.When all is built in everything gets painted with Bin a white pigmented shellac and then with with the appropriate finishing paint.The estimate for our masterbath cabinets was $18,000 from Expo. When all is said and done I think we will end up under $1500.00 with unfinished cabinet doors from Scherr's sweat equity and paint. Another great find was a salvage door store in Ft. Lauderdale recommended by a friend. We bought all of our interior glass french doors bedroom and bathroom doors for $400.00 many of which were brand new. I am making all my own decorative friezes not because I have any talent but what I like by Focal Point I can't afford. I purchased all the acanthus appliques at Constantines on line. I am attaching them to strips of luan and then priming and using brads to secure them to the ceiling trim boards. Crown molding will be attached above as budget permits. Sweat equity is a must to stay on budget. I do all the jobs I can do. I have primed and put two coats of paint on the entire interior and entire exterior surfaces of an all concrete house.We have blue jobs and pink jobs. . A substantial savings was not buying the spiral stairway we wanted from York Spiral Stairs in Maine. It is gorgeous a double helix with wide stringer $10,000.00 plus 6800.00 to ship it here.A poster on this forum showed pictures of their built in spiral stairs, we did that with the help of a local carpenter the labor and materials were 4200.00 complete. I think you have to look at the big picture cutting back items you can't upgrade later makes no financial sense. You can always change hardware lighting appliances etc but it is difficult to add square footage and roof lines that you won't always love.The best of luck.

The main goal of an indoor pool is to reduce/ eliminate condensation. Condensation occurs when the surface temperature is lower than the dew point of the air arount it. So to reduce condensation you need to raise the surface temp or lower the dew point. Lets look at a window surface, since we can't control the weather we are stuck with that. If it is 10° outside the surface temperature inside will be higher but how much? That is where the quality of the window and doors come in. You need to buy a well insulated window that has a full thermal break. It is also important to blow air across the window to reduce condensation. When a dehumidifying system is running you will have relatively dry air blowing across the cold window surface. So you need to ductwork circling the pool with diffusers blowing air on the windows. You can accomplish this with underground ductwork and floor diffusers or exposed spiral duct above the ceiling with diffusers point down to the windows. If you don't like the look of spiral duct you could probably build a soffit to hide it. We haven't talked about the air conditioning/ dehumidifying unit yet. I'll let you digest this a little. Dectron is manufacturer that sells units for indoor pools. Here is a link that might be useful: dectron

Welcome, adaisy! There are several of us Floridians here. I'm a beginning mosaic addict from over in Deltona area... but there are several others on the west coast side. Actually DH and I are headed to St. Pete next weekend for a music camp. Maybe one day all of us central FL gals can get together for lunch and shopping! Again... welcome!

What is your ventilation setup if you are on an island? If you are getting a gas, I am curious why you prefer a 2 burner unit instad of the Miele single burner high BTU wok unit. Your induction should have plenty of spots for simmering pots.