Sorry, wish I could delete this post. Curb will be redone so it is square with wall.

The thing about using just a colored island is that island can be repainted later. If you want to go spring lilac or sunshine yellow or red lipstick, it's not nearly as much work, and it still makes a huge instant change. It's like having a nice white summer dress that you can dress up with whatever color cotton cardigan that you feel in the mood for by just digging it out of the closet. Add in different knobs and pulls (be sure to use a standard size like 3") and a new wall color, and those small changes give a completely different look to that basic white. So when styles change, you have the ability to change a bit with them without ripping out everything. That's the beauty of paint! And butcher block will never be out of style, because it's a functional choice. If the kitchen has super model bones as in the best most functional layout, whatever clothes it puts on will look fabulous, no matter what style those clothes might be.

I ccpd the links but they don't take you to the photos.

Thanks Cameron. I've admired punamystike's ceiling photos in other threads too, but I'm going for a little more understated look. Doesn't look like there's much interest in ceiling treatments on this forum, so I'll wing it on my own and see how it turns out.