thonotorose, congrats from me, too. I know, it is a big deal to have enough roses flowering to cut a beautiful bouquet. I am still working on this and haven't left the "one up to three roses in a vase stage", yet! Your roses are especially lovely and I also would be interested to get to know, which rose is which. Enjoy your beauties, I hope they last for a while in the vase!

That didn't take long. lol Karen

We bought our counter depth Frigidaire Gallery FGHC2342LF model at Lowes for $1200 we love it. It's very attractive and works well. We like the in door ice and water dispenser. Previously we had a Samsung RSG257AARS at our previous condo (sold with the condo). It was similar in form and function but cost $2400. So far we are just as happy with the less expensive fridge but we have not owned it very long so I can't speak to longevity. For dishwashers, I will never again buy a Whirlpool or any line made by the same company (that includes now Maytag, Frigidaire, and Kitchen Aide, possibly a few more!). We had a Whirlpool "Gold" dishwasher in our previous home, the motherboard died at 13 months of age - only 1 month out of warranty! Whirlpool would do nothing for us, not even offer us a discount on a future appliance or the part. The replacement part was $250 plus installation labor. Apparently the same motherboard is used in all the dishwashers made by Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Maytag, KA, etc. and it is notorious for failing. We chose to replace the Whirlpool with an entry level Bosch SHE43P05UC dishwasher, on sale at a local specialty appliance store for $600. I loved that dishwasher, I wish we could have taken it with us when we sold the place! Stainless inside and out, beautiful, whisper quiet, and everything came out clean, even with very hard water, every time. The Bosch warranty is 1 year complete and 5 years for parts including electronics/motherboard (which makes me feel better about the quality of the electronics). So when we bought our current home it came with a cheap-looking Frigidaire. It's "stainless look" which next to real stainless just looks silly. Anyway it stopped draining and it appears the pump is dead, and the part and labor to replace it is not worth it for a dishwasher that was not great to begin with. So I am at home today awaiting the delivery of our new Bosch SHE3AR56UC, this time in white, but still stainless inside, where it counts. Our cabinets are white so with the stainless version costing about $150 more, we opted for white this time to blend in with the cabinets. We had a Whirlpool Gold range at the old place and the new place also came with a Whirlpool range. Ours is entry level and just OK. We'll replace it some day but Whirlpool ranges seem OK based on my experience. We have an LG washer again model WM2650HWA (we had LG also at the previous home - so happy with it we bought another) and a Hotpoint cheap dryer. I didn't want to pay more for a fancy matching dryer since we didn't need to stack it- this one dries just fine! But I did want the front loading water efficient washer for 2 reasons - it is on the second floor and if the washer ever leaks, FL's have much less water in them so a disastrous flood is not as likely. Also water is expensive in CA and saving water is important, and after the $150 in rebates the LG on sale was actually cheaper than a top loader. This model WM2650HWA has steam and gets things nice and clean, they also solved the issue of smelly washers by putting a magnetic seal on the door so that when not in use it stays slightly open to dry, without endangering children or pets. It seems to me that you can't just choose one brand for each appliance, few brands make quality items for different applications. So you may want to gather some info on each type of appliance and find the best deal/quality rather than looking for a matched set. They tend to look the same once installed as long as the finish is all real stainless (some are just "stainless look" which is metallic painted plastic and I'd rather have white than that!)

buehl, Thanks SO much for the pictures. It makes it much easier for me to visualize. The sink will be in a peninsula in a cabinet that is 33 wide and 29 1/2 deep. The backside of the peninsula will be 45 inch high cabinet that will be topped with a slab of granite. That makes about a 9 inch high backsplash behind the sink. The extra depth should give me plenty of room to deal with the faucet, even with the overhang of the granite on top of the cabinet behind the faucet. I think with the sink being 3 inches narrower than your sink, the drain should be 1 1/2 inches closer to the center divide. Assuming the same relative placement of the faucet to the sink divide and the smaller faucet having a 2 inch shorter reach than yours, my faucet would hit the drain 1/2 inch closer to the divider than yours does. I think I could live with that. My first actual purchase has sparked a lot more serious discussion as to the timing of our project and we are now considering putting off our July start date to next year in hopes of fattening the cushion account before we start. (gee thanks Suze Orman :So I may just end up putting my new faucet in my old sink for the next year (it will work wonderfully there).... Does getting a new faucet count as a kitchen remodel? :)