Thank you all for your support.Yaya i am in Woolwich about a hour away.I LOVE the Bridgton area. My husband and I travel threw on our yearly North Conway trip. Allison Thank you. My stove is tiny. The cupboards were made around it. It was hard when i moved in but i am very used to cooking in it. Turkeys are a snap. I am replacing the white appliance with stainless steel. I am also going with a counter depth fridge that is very tall with freezer on the bottom. It is a (Summit FFBF285SSIM). The wall side with old hutch will have new cabinets to match the old.On top with be 3 large shelves. Similar to the blog inspiration.

Cute stove! Since it doesn't get hot on the sides, you can probably move the fridge closer than you have been showing in your drawings. Of course, you will want to look at the booklet that comes with the stove or contact the manufacturer to be sure you stay in compliance. I'm so glad you're doing mock-ups. I think that's the best way to really be sure. And your temporary peninsula sounds great! I'm sorry I don't have anything specific to add other than to say, if I haven't yet, that I much prefer the range not in the corner. If you have a small work table in the kitchen, you can use that to set things right out of the fridge. You don't need a lot of counter between fridge and range. You do want as much work counter as possible between sink and range. That's your prime prep area. So the range in the corner takes away some of your prep space. Also, think about people standing and the space they take up. If the range is in the corner and someone is prepping while someone else is working at the range, they will be quite tight together, without good clearance between each other for standing, moving arms, etc. All in all, I think you're on the right track. If you haven't done so yet, please find the post titled "New to Kitchens - Read Me First". It's usually on one of the first pages of this forum. It has a lot of links in it to good stuff that might be helpful. Also, google "Starcraft's 31 Illustrated Rules of Kitchen Design". This is another excellent resource. Basically, it gives you the NKBA's recommended guidelines for clearances for safety and workflow in illustrations to make it easy to understand and ensure you follow. For example, I never remember exactly what the recommended minimum counter is on each side of the range. I think it's something like 15-18". But you will want to look that up so that you have sufficient space between range and fridge. You don't need more than the minimum in that spot as you won't really be using that for a work counter but you don't want any less than recommended either. Last point. The best storage is use-in-place storage. People who have taken the time to figure out just what they want to do in which place in the kitchen, and then measure their items to get proper drawer sizes to store those items where they need it, typically are the most happy with their kitchens. Oh, another last point. Drawers. All your lowers should be drawers. So much more accessible and they can actually store more than lower cabinets, even those with roll-out shelves. See how moving the range down gives you a much nicer prep area! And the table gives you a decent secondary prep area. With your baking center, you're in good shape.

I think it really depends on how the cabinets come out...painted gray with blue-green on the ends?? For what you describe with floor and counters you have cool grays and so forth......the blue green tweak to cabinets would say you really could do a very cool pale yellow [blue undertones] and generally the yellow will give this all a liveliness. Not hearing about your backsplash....maybe get that nailed down and then go for the paint lastly. With paint, generally you can just blend it all together with a similar tone, or make contrast , or take your color tones you are working with but add intensity.....I think this kind of a choice depends on you and your tolerance as well as how the space reads as far as size/ character/ need for a new element, namely color....or need for restraint in that regard.

Sorry took so long to update....These are some photos of the bathroom, although it was still not completely finished at the time these were taken. The door and shelves have been stained a Carbon gray gel stain that almost perfectly matches the vanity. I used 8" white shiplap through out. The wall lights purchased through Lowe's online. The mirror purchased at Pier 1. The shower tile feature is carrera marble patterned, and a sea grey tile purchased at 'The Tile Shop' in Urbandale, Iowa. The laminate wood floors are from Home Depot in Mushroom? or the next grayer color. The vanity is 60" dark grey with carrera marble top, sink, and faucet included. I changed the knobs. I think I ordered from Houzz but can't remember. It's also on Wayfair. It all looks better in person than in the photos. I don't love that the toilet is right in the middle as you open the door but I didn't want the hassle of changing the layout/footprint of the bathroom. Overall I am happy with my choices. The mirror is a little fancy to me but my husband loved it and the design echos the patterned shower tile so I went with it.