These are the actual cabinets and color, this is the store display. My 4 upper cabinets have frosted glass no dividers just solid glass, they will have crown on all the uppers. I didn't want many uppers I can't really reach them. I got pretty much all drawer base units, one by the sink is trash, one by the range is for tall pan storage and access to the plumbing for the counter mounted pot filler faucet. And the fantasy Brown quartzite countertops.

Really nice!

I know you can't reach upper cabinets, but if you ever plan to sell the house, potential buyers would probably want more upper cabinets.

Agree, And they are easy to add or open shelves but it is very trending to have less uppers. I just prefer the uncluttered look. We will put one wall that you can't see of open shelves for my colorful enamel cast iron cookware. And other things that I can display. I have a large hutch that will go next to the window at the far end of the kitchen which is the front of the house. My island will be movable on casters, just the stone top on a custom made heavy metal frame. Here's a picture of one at the granite guys place.

I like the cabinets! A walk-in pantry!! You called up a great memory of being in my aunt's walk-in pantry. Thank you:) Can't wait to the pictures when it's all finished!

Is the window over the sink already set? If not, I might make it a little bigger and then do the uppers. I find, looking at it that the proportions of the windows, fridge, empty space and cabinets a little off. If you can't change the window then perhaps increase the size of your cabinets just a bit and move them away from the windows a little more. The sink area needs some breathing space.

Your counter top is stunning! That is gorgeous.

The window is literally set in stone lol so no can't change any of them I would love to have a bigger window. The window on the range side is a big window that looks into the atrium. One of the changes is more space at the window I thought it looked a little squished too. I think my kitchen window is bigger than the drawing but my husband said it's correct. But I already told them I wanted a little more space. I unfortunately am also limited to the funds that were provided by fema insurance. So if I had more money it would be different. Thanks

Yes, it is hard to tell from the drawings how it's set. Could the cabinets be hung say 6" away from the window on either side. That might do the trick.

Looking forward to seeing the final results. You must be glad that it's almost over. I hope the installation process and final touches goes swimmingly. Oh maybe no references to water is best? :)

I was going to ask about whether the windows on one side or the other looked into the atrium or whether it's just a huge kitchen the width of the house. I am officially envious!

It is now a very long kitchen we knocked out the wall that was between the kitchen and formal dining room to make it all kitchen and off the end of the range run it curves around the corner into what was the formal living room which will be the dining room. Yes it will be no problem to make more space between the window and cabinets. I had told the cabinet guy that already. The big window by the range is to the atrium but that is outside. I think it's 13 1/2 feet across from sink window wall to wall at the range. It's 31 feet from the front of the house wall to the far wall of the kitchen all of that is now kitchen. I think he said around 500 sqft. LOL yes let's not mention water! It j can't happen soon enough. It's slow going because so many of us here on our street are going through the same situation and several of us are using the same contractor and crew. So they move from house to house, if we had one crew dedicated just to our house we would be much farther along. But knowing I have people I can trust is worth a lot. It gets frustrating though. I want to be in my house.

I'll bet you do want to be in that house, you've been in your driveway an awfully long time ;0) Your kitchen will be gorgeous when you've finished, love the cabinets. I'm pretty jealous of the walk in pantry too, I don't have one. I don't really need one, have ample storage, but love the concept. Please keep sharing photos, I've never planned a kitchen from scratch and I'm really enjoying your choices and what you are doing with yours....

That isn't completely correct as I have seen and worked in houses where all were bottom cupboards, no upper ones at all.

I like the first diagrams with drawers then the bottom you show cupboards, they are pass'e due to trying to get in them and drawers can really work well

and you can see what is in them and put alot and stack things too in them.

Another suggestion is one house and I really liked she had all her small appliances and the plugs in one of the cupboards and it was great no hauling

up and down and on and off counters and outlets instead it was all in the cupboard she had outlets and small appliances.

I think you've made great choices and it's going to be stunning, you deserve it, that's for sure.

I will have all drawers on the lowers except for the trash pull out by the sink and one small cabinet with a pull out for tall trays beside the stove. We had to change that from the drawers because I will have a counter mounted pot filler faucet right there so if the plumbing had to be accessed they could with it being a cabinet. Everything else is drawers. Much easier to use and get into for me in my chair. The diagrams are the same way just hard to see on the dark ones. I wanted my bookcase back because I used it a lot for cookbooks and we had our charging station there, it's not shown on this plan but it is back at the end of the range run right where I had it before..

I have never done anything like this before either I am sure it's not perfect but I tried to work it out how it works for me and my situation. I will have much more room to maneuver around.

It will be such a lovely kitchen, Raven.

Love it Raven! Can't wait to see the finished product, it will be fab. Very happy for you, you deserve it.

Thank you! Katlan glad you are able to reply now!

The kitchen will look great. Is there a reason why the dishwasher is not to the left of the sink? I think it may get in the way of the prep area between the fridge and sink.

Will your drop down cabinet in front of the window be used for mixing/baking/kneading?

It's the existing location of the dishwasher. I am right handed and have always had the dishwasher to the right of the sink so it's intuitive to me after all this time. I would probably be trying to stick dirty dishes in whatever was there if I moved it lol. The fridge is about where it was before except a little further down the counter for less crowded work zone at sink and dishwasher. Mostly we have to change as little plumbing and stuff like that due to the amount of money fema allowed. As it is we won't have enough from them and some of the money will be out of our retirement money. Not happy about that. But we are doing a few things that needed to be done like replacing our 20 yr old hot water heater that was looking rusty, and removing the popcorn from all the ceilings to repair areas that had leaked. I am really happy to see the popcorn go away. We had no idea how many damaged areas we had in the ceilings. We also replaced the windows in the bedrooms because it was discovered that they had been leaking behind the drywall. We were not aware of this until the drywall was removed. All drywall in the house had to be removed from the floor to at least 4 feet up the wall. Depending on the depth of flood waters in the house determined how much drywall must be removed. It turns out there were a lot of bad things hidden behind the walls we were unaware of. Termite damage in one section of wall which was totally replaced and treatment for them. That the idiots who did the previous remodeling had put the emergency pop off water pipe of the hot water heater into the wall instead of piped to the exterior of the house! And it sits right next to 2 exterior drains. So had it gone off it would have flooded between the walls. Those kinds of things we absolutely had no choice but to fix and we're very glad we found them. We also re piped the house due to significantly deteriorated pipes. And since water got into the electrical outlets we had an electrician re wire the house so it would not catch on fire. Fema might reimburse us for some of the electrical because it was caused by the flood it will be a supplemental claim. That was a really big cost to us so we hope to see money for that. And the mortgage company not giving us our fema insurance money is not helping a bit.

I hear ya, Raven...I work with FEMA regs for the bank I work with. They are insane on what they will pay for and what they will not. (If that water heater got touched by flood waters, it should be covered by flood insurance.) But I also know one project leads into another as walls/floor/ceilings get opened up. Your kitchen will look great!

I saw something on the news that today was the last day to file for FEMA.

I'm happy your remodel is going well even if slower than desired. The wait will be worth it.

I do not know your age, but from experience, I would do a lot more upper cabinets.....bending is very hard on a back....especially as you age.

I am in a wheelchair so uppers are not easy for me to use which is why I have all drawers on the lowers and only 4 uppers. I use a rolling chair or my wheelchair and the island will be at the height for me to sit at and work.

Oh Raven, please excuse my comment...I had no idea you were in a wheelchair... Blessings to you in your new kitchen!

Oh no worries at all. I sometimes am able to get up and walk some just not long. I try to get up as much as possible to try to keep some muscle tone. But that's why I am having a nice work island the height of me seated.