I have never been able to find out much about the Atlantic stone either. The stone suppliers list it with their granite, but it is not actually granite. They sell it in polished and honed, which resembles soapstone or a medium grey marble. The stone company I dealt with actually used it as the background for the large sign in front of their business. It is very, very hard, and the fabricators were a little unsure about it at first. They did not have any problems with it at all. The seams are perfect and this stone does not etch or stain. Here is a link to the stone company that I used. They shipped it to my fabricator. http://www.cosmosgranite.com/productlist.php?cat=Granite&from=a&to=f&ltype=R I am sending another picture. Thanks for asking!

Staining cabinets are way much easier then painting them. Your cabinets look like they're in excellent shape. The also have a shaker style to them. I agree to not paint them. I would stain them one of these colors. With a little degreaser wipe down, sand grit paper, a sander,and cloth you can refinish the cabinets for way cheaper than you would pay someone to do them. Maybe make it a spring or summer week long project. Here are some cool stain ideas. I love the burnt oak stain with all the wood veining showing.

Buehl, wow. This is amazing. You are showing me exactly what I need to see and it then becomes more clear the problems and best approach for layout. You make good points. I woke up realizing I wanted to hang on to the existing style pantry and was happy to see Dan and HU-457756048 mention it as well. Unfortunately IKEA’s are 6 hours away. Our builder suggested KK as they are decent quality and have been available during supply chain issues and fit our kitchen budget nicely.

I glanced over all the previous comments and here are a couple of thoughts from someone who co-owns and manages a vacation rental. 1) Agree with Patricia about doing a 24" pullout pantry cabinet. I would put it at the end of the cabinet run farthest from the refrigerator. That's more than enough space for a short-term rental. 2) Agree about the powder room location - glad it's being addressed. 3) Open shelves in a kitchen only look good IF they are kept neat and organized. Short-term renters will NOT keep them neat and tidy and they will look like a colossal mess the majority of the time. Renters have a hard enough time putting dishes in cabinets where they go let alone stacked neatly on a shelf. I don't think having a fridge and a tall pantry cabinet on each end of the front wall will allow for upper cabinets BUT you could use some drawer stacks in the lower cabinets and put the plates, cups, etc. there. We use one of our lower drawers for our plates, bowls, etc. and LOVE having it there. 4) Re: Mantel Mount - we have one and love it. HOWEVER, I will say that unless used carefully pulling down and pushing back up, tv's can be damaged. It happened to one of mine when it got pushed back up a little too hurriedly and the jar from impact made lines on the screen. Plus, you have to be careful about heat from the fireplace when lowered. In a home, you'd be careful of that as we are, but renters will not be. Trust me ;) 5) Which direction will the cabin face? Those windows are nice BUT afternoon glaring sun is not. Be sure to wire the windows for automatic shades. Those windows will not be easy to clean either which could lead to negative reviews on your rental. We were in a cabin in the Smokies last fall and it didn't look like the owners had cleaned their upper windows in a decade. They were nasty. I'm not exactly sure how they could have cleaned them given where the windows were located and the steepness of the bank directly below. They weren't casement windows, either, so they couldn't be rolled out to clean from the inside. I'm in southern KY so I know that fogs can be bad in KY and TN as are bugs in the summer. Those windows will need to be cleaned at least monthly. Please take all this into consideration. Also, definitely consider using black window frames because it will hide the bug debris and spider droppings much better than white.....ask me how I know ;) 6) I definitely agree with splitting those front windows and putting the stove and exhaust hood between them.