I found this on out swing door security. We have one too and never thought about security until today. copied from link below Security ��" The first red flag most people throw out when I recommend an outswing door is the security risk. They feel the exposed hinge pins are a weak spot thieves can exploit. That may have been the case many years ago but security style hinges are common and standard on outswing and many inswing doors. Tabs or studs on the hinges prevent the door panel from being removed even when the pins are popped out. The tabs and studs are either integrated into the hinge leaves or can be retrofitted to old hinge models. And some hinges also have special threaded pins that resist extraction without a special tool. So with the hinge issue off the table, an outswing door is actually more secure than an inswing door. Inswing doors are a cinch to kick in even when deadbolts and deep-screwed strike plates are used. Outswing doors on the other hand are next to impossible to kick-in and unlikely to be yanked out on the strike side (unless a thief chains the door handle the bumper of a waiting car). The main downside to outswing doors is availability. None of my local lumberyards stock outswing frames so they need to be ordered. One practical downside I can see is when there is an insufficiently sized exterior landing to permit someone to stand while opening or closing the door. But aside from the landing problem, why mess with a door design that has an inherent flaw when an outswing door threshold design is superior? Here is a link that might be useful: Inswing or Outswing doors

fairfieldcircle, With my back up against the jamb, I extend one arm to the right and the other to the left - something like a book. The front cover is the inside door (my right arm) and the storm door is the back cover (my left arm). This is a door installers' rule of thumb. Although occasionally there is a real reason why the above would not work, but most of the time its' best. Although porches are my first love, I've installed windows and doors for thirty years to pay the bills and have seen em all. Keep both doors' hinges on the same side of the jamb and be careful to mount the storm door handle at a height where it won't interfear with the inside doors' handle. Good Luck. The PorchGuy Here is a link that might be useful: My Album

what riverspots said. honestly, unless these are photos of the actual slabs of granite you can install in your kitchen (and even your actual stone wall) this could be a disappointing exercise. (We are trying to coordinate a marble slab and there are some lots with tones I prefer, others with movement I prefer-yet to find just the right one-even within the same name from yard to yard the difference is vast depending on the particular lot.) Have you done the exercise where you step back and sort of force your eyes out of focus and see what you think, what speaks to you from that blur? (It sounds crazy explaining it in writing, but that often helps me to see whether things "go"-to my eye-what is standing out and is that what I want to stand out?) If those aren't actual slabs then I think the most helpful thing would be to figure out between 1st and 2nd choice, do you prefer more (#1) or less (#2) color contrast AND then do you prefer stones with less movement (1/2) or one with more movement like (3/4.) If the counter is the star-what are YOU drawn to? Also what is your floor choice-is that also a natural stone or...? Personally I do like the feeling of calm (which I think comes from having some restraint in our choices) that just having one or two special features brings to a room. Maybe go to the stoneyard and let yourself fall in love with your slab (for countertop) or stone lot (for your wall) and then look with fresh eyes for what compliments what you've fallen in love with. Now it doesn't matter what "they" say ;) if YOU like having the stone wall together with the granite slab and stone (?) floor. Obviously, given how people have voted for all of your choices, none of these are awful choices :)

@jdesign_gw, thanks. I gave up on the extra complications awhile back. Ordering at least two Godmorgons and sticking with the IKEA sinks (and probably faucets). The Cabinet Face and a few others offer side panels as well as drawer fronts in the wood veneers, so I'm going with that. And I sent my G.C. to IKEA (and provided videos) so he could see the plumbing differences. :) I was just asking the question in case somehow we wrecked a drawer front at some point. Wondering how difficult it is to replace (do you have to take the whole thing apart, or replace the whole cabinet too?).