Love your Buff Beauty. It looks better in your climate than in my hot one. It's a great rose; love love love the scent.

Thanks all! The granite on the perimeter will be giallo antico: And the island will be verniz tropical: We sold some of the old cabinets, but most of them are being installed in our "overflow pantry" area in our basement and the island is going to be installed in the playroom in the basement. The contractor brought a dumpster the first day and had next to nothing to put into it so he took it away again the first day! The pendants and lights for over the sink and kitchen table are from the Vaxcel Babylon series in ORB. The faucet is a Delta in ORB also. The stools will be black wood and the table set will be a butcherblock top in a wood similar in color to the cabinets with black legs and the same black chairs as the stools. I just haven't decided if I want traditional height or high top. http://jordans.com/Dining%20Sets/EZ0255950.aspx (with chairs instead of the bench) or if I want padded seats http://jordans.com/Dining%20Sets/LEGA-D00702850.aspx Both styles are available in either height, and there are a a few different chair back styles I could go with as well, also changing out let styles and color of the table top from brown to solid black.

erikanh, all the simplice faucets I've seen except the one in the photo have a separate handle (two hole installation) and I would prefer one like in the photo (one hole installation) but have not been able to find it except for in that photo! I am equally interested in the delta allora but am still hoping to see some in peoples' kitchens....thanks to others here, I've seen lots of simplice although again, only ones with the separate handle. So, I'm looking for photos of kitchens that have the allora installed and any info or pics on that particular simplice. I hope I've clarified.

violetwest Beware that you cannot remove the images you put in a post. You can however in the comments. So why can't you edit the images in a post? And if that's the case, why isn't it obvious. (it's not necessarily a common website or forum restriction.) There are still lots of people and lots of other reasons to make this available. And as it turns out it doesn't take much coding if any at all to add. I made a mistake when I posted and put images that I would have preferred remove once this post is no longer relevant. Why? Well, cause I should be able to do what I want with my images. (And yes I realize, I made the mistake.) Had I known the stipulations before hand or done any sleuthing I may have noticed and NEVER posted at all. Or simply swapped the images to the comments instead of posting them in the post with my question. But...I was excited to share and although I don't have an issue with the advice I got, it didn't need all the images I posted to get. I guess I'm just not like everyone else...I don't post pics of my belongings everywhere and was disappointed. I'm allowed to be. If you don't get it then don't beware.