So pretty! You kept what works and changed what didn't, and THAT works. Your island is beautiful, that's why the cat likes it. The refrigerator is in exactly the right place...handy when you want to add a slash of wine to the sauce (or the cook). Love your sink and the insert.

How do you like your corner drawers?

You added a lot of functionality without changing the footprint, and I'll bet you wonder what you ever did without those cupboards where the microwave used to be!

Jealous. Yours is finished and I've yet to start. Looks great and functional. Best of all worlds.

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Congrats!! It looks beautiful! Your cabinets look gorgeous and I love the island. And don't you just love that silgranit sink?? I feel the same way about my super single. It's one of my favorite parts of the entire kitchen. The look. The feel. The ease to clean. Who knew you could love a sink so much?!? Enjoy your lovely new kitchen!

It's very pretty!!! Like you, I would be very nervous about that gorgeous walnut top. It's beautiful, but I know that I would be leery using it for prep work.

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Beautiful!

Never tired of white cabs,lol. Bravo! What a delightful kitchen!

Beautiful! Love the corner drawers - did you get that idea from GW? (I think pllog has some similar.) Also love the pull out next to the range and the one for spices. Wish I had the same. :)

And that gorgeous island top... yes, I'd want to protect it too.

Congrats!

I love it! I love everything about it, especially that gorgeous and functional island, and your fabric window shades are to die for. Congratulations!

So pretty! Thank you for sharing.

I am considering the same floor. How do you like it? th whole room is beautiful Enjoy your lovely space!
Gayle

nice job. Lovely backsplash. How are you liking the corner drawers? I always thought those looked cool but we didn't have room for them.

Thanks all!

For those who asked about the corner drawers. I really like them. I just have to make sure that they are closed when I close the oven (sometimes I have both open if I am grabbing a pot holder) because the oven door will hit them if they are open all of the way! And I did get the idea from GW. I also wouldn't have known about silgranit sinks without GW!

Errant - I probably should just get my first scratch so that I am less stressed. lol.

bpathome - I love that extra set of cabinets where the awful micro cart was. We have so much space now that one drawer is still empty!

footballmom - I love the floor - easy to clean and not as hard as real tile. I would have loved wood, but my dog's nails are like evil, scratching & gouging knives - even when trimmed! The one drawback is that she finds it a little slippery - more so than the sheet vinyl that was there before. So I have to have runners to give her old bones some traction!

Stunning! It must be a joy to work in.

So nice! What kind of things do you keep in the cabinets by the fridge, and do you use the countertops on that side? We have a very similar layout - and I am always trying to figure out better ways to use the space by the fridge!

Very nice and such a different feel than the original. Yours is a great example of how switching finishes and just do minor tweaks can result in a fabulous transformation.

I have sink envy!!

Gorgeous. I always love white cabinets but what I particularly like in your kitchen is the way the floor, backsplash and window treatments are all tied together and give the kitchen a very pretty and interesting touch. Well done.

Jillies01- we have cereal, flour, sugar & cookbooks in those cabinets. We mainly use that counter as a landing spot for mail and keys. Our dog takes lots of meds, so they usually sit on that counter.

Thanks for the kind comments, lyfia and bifenton. Merrygardener- I love the sink. The elevated basket is perfect for drying stuff and I can fit whole cookie sheets in it! Big difference from the double bowl six inch deep sink we had!

Gorgeous! Interesting sink, it has giving me another thing to consider. Thanks for sharing.

LOVE that backsplash & those corner drawers!!!

I'm glad your reveal popped up - somehow I missed it. So pretty. My faves - the backsplash, the dark hardware (like black buttons on a tuxedo shirt) & your wood countertop. Is it maple cuz it sure looks like walnut?
I have an island with a wood top with a similar finish. It's not my prep surface- my prep surface is marble. These RangeKleen Silverwave countertop mats will protect your wood surface. They are padded on the bottom, although watch the edges. I store mine in the verticle storage where I keep cookie sheets, cutting boards, etc. They are extremely light weight & I just grab a couple of them to prep on. You can buy them from multiple sources but I like Home Depot (only online). If they arrive damaged, it's easy to return them to the local HD. Free shipping with a $35 order.
Between these & the plexiglass things in my next post, I had 30 for Christmas with no scratches or etches. We set up a buffet on the wood island.

Plexiglass cutting board with a lip - although I don't use it as a cutting board. Not as lightweight or as easy to store as the counter-mats but another option to protect your wood. Available online from Improvements.com.

Beautiful...funny we are starting our upgrade and our color scheme is the same as yours!

Would you please share the name/maker of the backspash? Where did you order it from?

Thanks for those suggestions romy718! I'll have to try out those solutions. I almost want to start scratching it so the I get to the "don't care" point faster. As for the wood, I feel like the paperwork said maple & the price seemed like maple!

Gardengrl - the backsplash is by Sonoma. It is their Stellar line (more homogeneous than the artisan tiles) in 2x8, platinum color crackle tile. Here is a tile closer up - tho the color is prob off in this pic. It didn't come w/bullnose for the edges tho, so I used Schluter edging in a brushed nickle.

Hope that helps!

Your kitchen went from pretty but darker and not so updated to a wow beautiful functional kitchen that is so happy and light. I love the backsplash, the cabinets, the new floors, the island, the window treatments and the corner drawers! Thanks for sharing. I am never tired of beautiful white kitchens.

" Yours is a great example of how switching finishes and just do minor tweaks can result in a fabulous transformation."

I was thinking the same. Then things like cost, hassle, time, stress jumped into my thinking... Still, it is amazing how color, a bit change of style/some updates, w/o knocking out a wall, adding on space, vaulting a ceiling etc. makes so much difference!

It IS lovely! the island counter top is so beautiful - would scare me to death - lol! love all those drawers!
plllog's corner drawers are the first I remember being on here and I think I've been here over 4 yrs now.

I do like your floor ... so much like my Armstrong planks. I tested some out on my puppy who slid and skid across a 6'x6' span of it just outside my bedroom door. I'd be on the bed watching tv (or trying to nap) and I'd throw her toy thru the door clear into the LR and off she'd race after it. Fly back to me and pounce on me... her nails were sharp and a bit rough (a lot) - I still have scars from them. BUT, the plank section didn't have any scratches to be seen even after about 6 wks of her wear and tear on it. I knew it was the floor for me. The color is about the same too.
I've been thru the old dog (and meds) and slippery flooring. My old girl's last yr I carried her into the vet office for appts and someone there thought she couldn't walk (I guess I was cruel not to put her down). She walked fine (boy did she walk - wore me out) just not on their slippery tile floors! I didn't want her to fall on them with her little boney body.