MaryLu I love your sink! You must have been so happy to find it in the barn when you bought the house. And that white hutch and victorian trim is sooooo pretty. You're kitchen already has a great look . . . I can't wait to see what you do next. Pllog thank you for all of your kind words. Regarding the antique hutch . . . my husband bought it when he was 18 year old 38 years ago. He moved furniture at the time. He said that this hutch was in the "maid's quarters". He also bought the matching table and chairs, which I use now in my office. The wood is walnut and I'm guessing that they are well over 100 years old. Bmorepanic I didn't even realize I was thinking of mixing deco with schoolhouse. I've never seen any of the deco fixtures in anyones house and didn't realize they were bathroomy and wouldn't go. Thanks for the heads up. I must tell you all that we built this addition September of 2007. We are now just getting around to finishing it. Last month my DH left his job at AT&T. They are laying off thousands so he took their early buy out offer. After 21 years he decided to call it quits. He'll have to find another job (he's only 56) but first he wants to take this as an opportunity to finish off all of the projects in the house. And believe me we have many. I'm not happy that DH is currently unemployed, but I am VERY excited to be working on the project again. I've been playing with my DD's cool camera and have taken a bunch of photos. I'm posting them on another thread called "Judydel's work in progress". I'll just keep updating as I go along. You may or may not be interested . . . but just so you know that is what I'm doing : ) I knew figuring out the lighting and shelves above the sink would be hard, that's why I've asked for advice. Grrrrrrrr, if I have to go with 30" above the sink then I don't think sconces will work out. If I do sconces I'm afraid that the shelves will be too high and I want to be able to use the stuff on the shelves and not just have it be display. This is my inspiration shelving photo. My DH thinks that it would be easier to just put in a couple of small spot lights over the drainboards. This is the schoolhouse light centered with the sink. Maybe he's right. Lanugget I like those fixtures that you suggested . . . just wondering if I should nix the whole sconce idea and do functional spots. Although, I also like the "olivet" on the link that you sent. I wonder if olivet would work just above the backsplash centered over the sink. It can take up to two 100 watt bulbs.

Oh my...what a fantastic home you have. I hope you don't mind that I looked at all the pics. :). What a wonderful sense of style and space you have. I love the foyer color and the art on your walls. The rock rug in the MBR...boy I would never have thought of that but it would have been perfect in my MBR. And I love the vanities. Your baking area is splendid. And the guesthouse and pool dining area. Are you still in the Keys? Thank you for sharing your delightful home. And thank you for your compliments on my kitchen . You can link to the rest of my pics on My Page. Caroline

Wow, suero...I actually love that first one! But the price makes that an impossibility. The cb2 model is a bit small, and too contemporary for my room. It's much more on the traditional side. Thanks for the link, though.

I'm function over form for the kitchen, so my pots and pans and some heavily used spices and lids and a utensil jar are all on the walls next to my range. These are all things that get touched/washed regularly, so not a lot of concern about grease. I have shelves further off (out of the grease zone) for decorative stuff and cookbooks. You have a lot of wall space going on to the sides of the kitchen. I'd skip 'decorating' next to the range and instead go all out with some dazzling art on those walls (plan ahead to light it).