Thanks! This is more of a house flipping situation. And no I'm not sure I can get the house cheap enough but I'm going to try. First I need to do my homework and see how much everything will cost... Any and all help is welcome!

It doesn't sound like the co-op KD spent very much time on your design. Don't feel guilty about asking for a quote and then not using them. A kitchen renovation is a big investment and you want to make sure that your money is well spent. I got 6 quotes in all, and I'm really glad I did. You're in Boston? I live in Southern NH, and I found a huge range in prices from one cabinet source to the next. By the way, why not post your design here and ask for advice from the resident layout experts? I'm so grateful that some people here on the forum pointed out a couple problems with my layout before I ordered my cabinets. Good luck! Erika

I found the tile on the Best Tile website. Hopefully you can scroll down towards the bottom of the page to see it. It probably is the Ceramiche Piemme tile that numbersjunkie found. Here is a link that might be useful: valentino fashion coffee tile

redroze- They are coming to start the floors this week- right now, they have been told to match the existing floors so I will ask them what stain they are using and pass it on to you. I am not sure if they are red or white, but I will find out. Houseful- I agree with you that the old kitchen was nice. I was afraid someone was going to call me out on that:) However, it did not function well for me. Those were marble counters, and they were polished. It was my lesson that I as not able to be a marble counter person, as my kids drink lots of acidic drinks, especially lemonade, and the counters were basically looking horrific after 7 years with the etching. I almost went with honed marble, as I still really yearned for it, but in the end went with granite for my own sanity. We gave the marble to some friends who were renovating and they were able to use most of it by having it honed and cut down. I am not sure they saved that much $$ as the fabrication costs were still involved.