Thanks everyone! The color in the Living Room is Majestic Pine by MAB paints. You don't hear much about MAB on the forum- I guess that they are a family paint business mostly on the East coast. Illinois is far as they go west. But I love their paints. Both of these really dark colors really went on in just 1 coat. They are the best! The Dining Room doesn't really have a name. I started with trying to match the Pueblo from Ellen Kennon, but it was too orange, so I asked the paint guys to make it more red. It turned out somewhere close to Ellen Kennon's Grand Teton Clay, but a little darker. It really is a neat color-sometimes it looks red, sometimes plum, and sometimes chocolately.

Quick update... I ended up ordering a spoon and fork from Target.com. Here's a pic of it installed on the back wall. Also finished up installing my DIY under cabinet lighting... these lights are bright!!!! So glad I used a dimmer switch...this is the dimming level I tend to keep it at. Also forgot to mention that one of the pantries is a broom closet. After living in my new kitchen for almost of month now, I feel like I got everything right and did the best I could with the space I have. Trash cabinet, baking tray cabinet, broom closet, sink drop down tray, spice rack, plus all of the additional cabinet space makes me one happy camper. :) My only regret is not putting in pull outs for my pots/pans and lids. It's a bit of a pain having to bend down and look back into the cabinet to find what I'm looking for. Maybe at a later time... since it's still possible. Another thing I'm finding an issue with is our fridge. We bought a counter depth so we could have additional room, but it's been tough living with the limited space. Luckily, we still have our old fridge, so we're thinking of keeping it now to store larger items.

birdly... makes total sense that you had to redo stuff if it were that one employee - you should have heard the subcontractors complain about that employees work :) The nice thing is Mark had them redo stuff without argument - a friends contractor fought him and tried to charge him on every little thing that he asked to be redone (and we are talking some obvious things) If you want I can let him know that my glowing review of his work was slightly tainted by a deck that took too long - he won't like that! Its sad that he was late for yours becuase both the person at international kitchens and the person I got the sink from commented on how hes on time. For me he was about 1 month late but given the circumstances that was not bad. Its surprising about the communication - he was great for me. It does sound like he was putting all his effort into my project - did you let him know that you were doing a kitchen and becuase he didn't handle the small project well he misses out on the bigger one? (FYI the contractor that was awful for my friend was Chermak construction - it was a 100k+ project and they tried to charge him when the electrician put in a 3 bank switch that only needed 2 switches so the electrician left a switch that did nothing - they told my friend that a "do nothing" switch was an "acceptable solution" - that was the worst example but there were tons of things like that). I am 95% sure Mark got the doors through PCS Millwork. They were WAY cheaper (talking less than 1/2) the cost of the equivalent doors through the lumber yard he normally uses. gwent, nightowl was asking about the dining lights - if you search (ctrl+f) the thread for "nightowl" and read those posts you should get all the details on the lights. For the pulls, believe it or not we got them at Loews. I went to all the fancy shops for a couple weeks stressing about hardware and finally stumbled on them at Loews of all places.

The floor tile is Emser Europa Bianca Glazed Porcelain. The countertop is Superwhite granite. Tub is Aquatica Purescape Acrylic 014a. Toilet Kohler Cimmaron round chair height. Tub faucet is from Signature Hardware - Leta Faucet. Sink faucet is Delta Olmsted. My splurge item was the trim kit recessed chandelier light over the tub....it is from Beaux-Artes...here's the stock pic of it. I just adore it! It is elegant but understated. You have to click on the pic w/the art to see it all. Mine is in white below: I used a gray paint from Walmart called Country Fog...it is a light gray w/hint of blue. Here's the stock photo of cabinet hardware: Amerelle 8335EN Leaf Euro Pull, Nickel Here's my artwork for over the tub