I still don't have pictures but will soon.. Please take a look at the links to my New Kitchen Remodel and let me know your thoughts. I have asked many Questions and appreciate any and all the help I can get! I am new here at GW..although I have been reading everything I could on here for a couple of months....this Forum is truly a Wealth of Knowledge and Help...and I am so thrilled to have found it! https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9abd80a9f0&view=att&th=1401d11f2ce2c67d&attid=0.2&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_BUYKjMQ500DbWX9DbbzZQ&sadet=1377380013551&sads=WfIeE8FQ77wwA4CBQvfZ2S0mJu4 This is looking into my Small U Kitchen AFTER the Remodel... ....Right now the stove is where the Dishwasher will be on the left side and the sink is where the stove will be. We are also closing up 24" of a 60" window over the sink on the right side (that looks out into an enclosed glassed entry porch) to accommodate the corner wall cabinet. The wall where the stove is now will be taken down from ceiling to floor and a 37" snack bar will be put there...this will help open the kitchen up to the small den. I will have one cabinet over the dishwasher for glasses, cups etc. The Back Wall is 108" and the left wall including the bar is 127".... the right wall with the Ref is the same127". The part of the kitchen not showing is the end wall with three windows and a very small table sitting in front of them. There is a very small pantry closet at one end of the table and on the other side a small short cabinet that I use to store potatoes and onions in the bottom doors and the top doors I keep snacks in. On top I just use decorative items. I have a hanging lamp over the table which will be changed out. My Entire Kitchen is 9 feet wide and 16 1/2 feet long. I will also have frosted glass put into the two upper corner cabinets later. https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9abd80a9f0&view=att&th=1401d11f2ce2c67d&attid=0.3&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_BUYKjMQ500DbWX9DbbzZQ&sadet=1377383394430&sads=fDBlicxRe-LORSoaNmX3b2ZiPGQ This is the side we are removing the wall to accommodate the snack bar and open the kitchen up..this was our only choice..Would have liked to have opened the entire kitchen but because of very little wall space in the den couldn't do it. There will be a SS under mount sink and will be using oil rubbed bronze faucet to match the hardware on my Antique Cream Cabinets. I have a shelve with Crown Molding that matches the cabinets, going between the cabinets on either sided of the window...BUT I don't know IF I want that look or had rather just leave it plain without anything. I do want a Pendant Hanging down over the sink and was told I could do that with the shelf if I wanted to...Just not sure How that will look? Please Help me here! https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9abd80a9f0&view=att&th=1401d11f2ce2c67d&attid=0.5&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_BUYKjMQ500DbWX9DbbzZQ&sadet=1377383750649&sads=-xph93XVUcy3LVH6F0S_qLIgHp8 Ref side....I have 30"wide drawers for pots and pans. The other small 12" cabinet will either be drawers or a pull out. I can either put the pullout on left side of the stove (cabinet in picture looks bigger than it really is next to the stove) and drawers next to Ref..Or switch them...Haven't decided yet..Any suggestions? There is a Lazy Susan in the corner of this side and the right corner of the stove. There is also a 3" spice pullout next to the right side of the stove. I tried to use every inch of space I could! https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9abd80a9f0&view=att&th=1401d11f2ce2c67d&attid=0.6&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_BUYKjMQ500DbWX9DbbzZQ&sadet=1377383812885&sads=JkKsJh1evgdWkn1yzoRRvWNrxBY Birdseye View https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9abd80a9f0&view=att&th=1401d11f2ce2c67d&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_BUYKjMQ500DbWX9DbbzZQ&sadet=1377383862902&sads=jYOMtOX8ekBRHE2fi_pgQrxr1Zs This is the layout and dimensions other than I decided against the blind cabinet (because the cabinet designer said it would be a very tight fit) and just went with either a pullout or drawers next to the left of the stove. I plan to have my cabinet guy open up the under sink cabinet right side where the corner space is....so I can store things that I only use once or twice a yr. My Cabinets are: Antique White (Creamy) Hardware will be Oil Rubbed Bronze as will my faucet. The Granite I have choice is Venetian Ice which goes more towards the Creams, Chocolates and some black...instead of Gold. This is close to what it looks like.. But not as pretty as the slab I have choose. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.naturalstonecity.com/wp-content/gallery/venetian-ice-granite-counter-tops/venetian-ice-granite-countertop.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.naturalstonecity.com/venetian-ice-granite-countertops-colour/&h=501&w=800&sz=298&tbnid=MLLA51nPK3KD6M:&tbnh=75&tbnw=119&zoom=1&usg=_VFqAAiybM8WWNmjpXksHcPydtAM=&docid=OMJL6boLhr5OnM&sa=X&ei=QbESUvS-OYimqgGNsIHgDw&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAQ&dur=1605#imgdii= I am going back to the Granite Yard next week to take one more look... I fell in love with a slab that was quite a bit more expensive, it is Bianco Romano and was absolutely beautiful but not sure if it is worth the difference.....will decide in a few days. Since I am having to keep my black appliances for now ...will exchange for SS later the Venetian Ice will work well. Please give me your opinion. I now have to choose my floor....as I said in another post Do Not want Tile or any Hard Surface...I have had two back surgeries and cannot bear the hardness underfoot. I am thinking of doing a good grade laminate tile ...But not sure of the color....Should I do a dark Cream or Darker? I have thought about Wood...but can't do the wood on into the den and it would really need to be. I also have wood in the dining room that has a door into the kitchen..it is very old and would be hard to match....so felt doing something different than wood would be the best? I also have to decide on the ceiling, under cabinets, pendant and over table lighting. Colors for the wall and wood work....whether to put my white crown molding back up or leave it off? And once granite is decided on...The Back Splash....and on and on....but those choices will be done later. My Kitchen is suppose to be started sometime the first week in Sept. First the demo and then the remodel. I am so Excited...we have lived in this old house for 30 yrs and it was built in the 50's. We have redone every room..but because I wanted the small Den made into a Lovely Vaulted Great room along with a Open Concept Kitchen and a basement underneath the new addition.. it just never happened. We kept putting it off for one reason or another....mostly budget. Because of our age and health we have decided against the Full Blown Redo and have decided to make the old outdated kitchen with horrible cabinets that drawers are forever sticking, into a kitchen that is Functional and one I can Enjoy and that is also Pretty. Once I post the pictures of Before/During and After....Everyone will understand where I am coming from for sure. I don't know if this small novel will even download and post...So sorry for making it so long...But so looking forward to everyone's thoughts and idea. I am open for any and all the Help I can get! thanks Thanks so much!

Posted by budgeteer_s (My Page) on Wed, Dec 31, 08 at 18:18 Thanks for all your suggestions. I wanted so much to follow with ci_lantro's suggestion because then I'm done. I'll gladly let you snatch that paint brush out of my hand. ha ha. But at the same time if a little tiling will tie up the project, then I'm game. jodi_socal: I'm a little disappointed when you said fire and ice won't work. I just LOVE that F&I BS. But then agin, I think I know all along it's a little too much for my kitchen. Caryscott & petra: Thanks for the picture petra, it says a thousand words. Is spectralight glass tiles? Prices are pretty reasonable. What about that milk green color? will it work? maybe with some garnet pieces sparingly mixed in. I will take some pictures and post two HD Behr's paint card to aid in the discussion of color. Thanks again ALL! Correction: My tiles were Alfagres: Gema4x4: different from what caryscott posted: I loved what caryscott linked:

I'm not sure how I came across this post, I think it was displayed on the right side and I clicked on it being intrigued by the tile making. I was at one time interested in working with papercrete and hypertufa. But after enlisting my brother, who wasn't as enthusiastic, and my niece, who poured cement down my laundry room sink, which original to the house had lasted 70 years, and ruining three blenders, my interest waned. True to form, if I come upon difficulty in a project, I think of it as a sign for me not to continue. And really, after all these years of trying various crafts that result in crap, I should know better. I also should have known better than to ask my brother, who always says it can't be done to any of my unique design ideas. And I should have known better than to ask my niece, who once stayed up all night before having to drive to LA for an art show, cutting mat after mat after measuring once, twice, sometimes ten times, but always coming out with the wrong size. I think we both have math dyslexia. I should video us trying anything crafty to see where we go wrong. I think both of us having ADHD might have something to do with it. Sorry for the backstory and run on sentences. So, I just wanted to see if you continued with your venture. And to say sorry for whatever tragedy occurred to cause you to have to move to Florida. Not that there is anything wrong with Florida, but it isn't Panama. Which is one of my favorite places in the western hemisphere. I hope no one is upset that I brought up a seven year old post.

The outlets Jakabedy posted are the ones I have on our backsplash. We have way too many outlets on our splash and it's ridiculous. In your case I would take a tile to the paint store and have them match it. Fwiw, they can do it exactly. Don't settle for close enough if it looks a tad off and they're trying to tell you it won't be noticeable when installed blah, blah. I have them adjust, adjust, adjust. Someday when I redo a kitchen the outlets will be under the cabinets (forget what that's called) so you don't see them at all. Like Bumble I have the other outlet covers (and vents) in our house painted too.