Hi Luvs, enjoying yourself? Have a good time with the hubby but be careful. The border leaves are done with a filbert (cat's tongue) brush. I double loaded it with Light Avocado and white for the lighter leaves and then just made one stroke. The darker leaves are Dark Green and Light Avocado on a small flat brush, double loaded. Then doing similar to Donna D, two stokes to make the leaf, keeping the lighter color to the outside. The vine is just line work. The dots are made by dipping the end of the paint brush in red, and I probably shaded with a darker red and highlighted with orange (not really sure if I did that or not.) thanks and talk to you later, B

You have not offended me at all. Feedback rarely feels like criticism. This is the plan after 2 kitchen designers loved the basics and made some changes. But that does not mean its a perfect plan, just that it works for this house in this space with this family as far as we could tell...which still doesn't mean it can't get better, plans can always get better. I am looking forward to playing with all your suggestions :) About the restaurant part: I was on prep most of the time lol! I am used to doing all my prep work first all at once and marinating, cutting and readying meat and other things and never beginning to cook until I am pretty much all set because of lack of space in the present area and because its so much easier for me. Which is good because induction cooking kind of requires all prep work be done in advance, which is what I do! The french doors could become a hall to the backyard, but its unlikely --- the french doors open onto a small balcony / deck that overlook the garden part of the back yard (27" elevation), the steps lead down into the garden. On the other side of the peninsula in about 5 feet are 14" glass sliding doors that lead out onto a patio that surrounds the pool, its more likely that all traffic headed for fun and sun in summer will head that way since all the bed rooms, the tv and the front door are on that side of the house. The laundry room had a wall between it and the kitchen but I removed it because the laundry machines are front loading and the same depth and height as every other machine in the kitchen wall, so I covered them over with one long granite counter for prep space, baking and clean-up - this is where dishes will wait if they have to. This area is not visible from the main part of the room, its blocked by the half-bath and the pantry. I really wanted the huge counter space for prep work and clean up after meals. We did think about the sink on the peninsula but could not go with the dirty dishes in public, plus I would lose the storage space required by the dishwasher...hmmm. I like moving the fridge. It would mean not recessing it to counter length which stopped us from making that change before but it might be worth it. But if I remove and refit the header above, there may be a way I can recess it more to fit the depth of the bar and pantry, but that would mean only dry wall between the toilet and the ridge which may not be okay...not sure but its a good question. I will play with the layout some more and use these suggestions. Thanks all!

Thank goodness it worked! Thank you, UK Ponds, for making this such a simple process to upload pictures. Big Kid

You could post it to a free photo service like imgur or flickr and link to it here.