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really cute stuff! so i originally thought it would be nice to be positioned to look out the window at night and in the morning too, but then everyone was adament about pushing the bed against the wall. i think lazygardens is right - i'll just let him decide. thing is, he can't conceptualize so i'll have to wait until we move in which isn't the end of the world. also, quick update... i finished the nightstands last night!! little mini reveal?? BEFORE: and VOILA! i'm not claiming to be original here so no need to pick apart my work for those of you bored to tears by the lack of originality on this forum and on houzz. :)

Rhome you are correct - we did go back and forth with everyone here previously on the fridge location -deciding between to the right of the mudroom door/left of the sink , vs where it currently is. And we actually got consensus on moving it to the range wall (closer to breakfast room, family room , access to range etc.) after many of your posts pushing for it there. The brainstorming just brought that to the surface again. I have no problem with thoughts being raised even without all the answers. You guys are the best at just making us all think this through during the hard parts! Malhgold-you definitely have me rethinking our mudroom space -it has room for cubbies and a closet. But the spare fridge there vs. the laundry room would be a lot better . Not sure if my DH will give up the 48" -that's the one thing he wants, but will see. I guess it comes down to making the 2 hutches more functional really. And finding food storage space other than the back pantry area. The left hutch is under utilized but it was thought since it was the first thing you see coming in the house that it should look nice (ie. no appliances) and could serve as a serving hutch or something for the breakfast room/screen porch. It would have made a nice spot as well for the wet bar (closer to breakfast room,family room, screened porch but it was thought that a sink,undercounter fridge etc. wasn't the best first impression coming in the door . Maybe it wouldn;t look so bad? I guess that is the hard part at this point is making the best use of both of those hutches whether they are wet bar, breakfast ctr,snacks ,storage , etc. so that more of the kitchen is used on a daily basis. bmore=glad you are chiming in. I know you preferred the other plan so any help in improving this one is really appreciated!! I thought the advantium would be more convenient by the range vs. by in the wet bar/snack area. I do feel I use a MW now more for meal prep -than for kids snacks (other than popcorn).So it seems better placed on the cooking side of the kitchen.Maybe as the kids get older(they are 3,7,9) they will be looking to use it more for quick snacks/meals. So I guess either location could be beneficial. The NanaWall system is awesome! I am not sure it would work in the kitchen as the folding part would require too much space (and maybe not convenient for kids in and out), but it is a possibility we considered along the wall between the breakfast room and screenporch.I think the Nanawall inspired us on the whole remodel actually to make the breakfast room and porch feel as one big room! The price for a 10' section was $8K. So when reality of the cost of the whole project sits in we will likely go with the french sliders in both sections! If we had a nice pool to walk out to like in all the photos of the NanaWall, we may splurge!

I didn't mean to abandon this thread. Thank you for all your responses. Made me mull over it for few days. We realized that the kitchen's U-shape prevented us from having enough clearance for a reasonable sized island with seating. And considering I really prefer an island over peninsula, we decided to make it into an L-shape kitchen opening up the wall that had the fridge and MW/Oven. So we will have Patio door- MW/oven-counter-sink-dishwasher-counter on one side, counter-cooktop-counter-pantry door on one side and just fridge enclosed in a cabinet- on the third side with rest of that wall open to accomodate perhaps a 4ft island depth with seating on the open side. Any thoughts? I lose some counter space, but hoping the bigger island can make up for that. Feels like this will give me a better looking kitchen/eating space. How do I line up the island to the left? That will determine the length of the island. Also is there a max clearance between cooktop to island counters? Don't want the island too far from my cooking area. And yes, we will be meeting a kitchen designer tomorrow for more input. Rest of the plan-Jan Moyer and Patricia Colwell Consulting- unfortunately the framing is up already and can only make minor changes. The entry through garage was retained from before. It had worked okay for us with storage cabinets just on the wall above the laundry (we leave our shoes and such out in the shelves in the garage area and we don't live where it snows and such...so in general we have fewer things that are kept in a typical mud room). The 4th bedroom will be the guest room and will not be used regularly. Yes, the bath there is right outside the bedroom, but the closet opens from inside the room and we are okay with this set up. The only thing I didn't like after seeing all the framing up is the storage closet that seems to open into the family room!! I have asked to just close that wall up and incorporate the storage closet into the office room closet with the entry just from the office...it will just have a bigger walk-in closet to store bulkier things like comforters etc. Again we don't intend to use it as a formal office space...it will be a room used for miscellaneous purposes. Hope this helps. Appreciate any inputs you might have. Thank you!