I agree that you need at least 12" of overhang (15" would be even better). What is the distance b/w the drawer bank & the table? Perhaps it's too narrow, as Morton5 mentioned. It does look kind of tight... If you decide to go ahead w/the 12", I guess I'd do one of three things.... have the seating overhang be 12" w/a 3" protrusion past the drawer bank (may be only option b/c of aisle). Rebuild the drawer base cabinet to be 15" wide. If you approved the 12" you'll probably have to pay...but if you pay the cabinetmaker directly you may not have to pay the KD...s/he should have at least told you that 15" is recommended for counter-height seating. Then, you could have made an informed decision on what you actually wanted. Pull the drawer bank out and have the 3" b/w the other cabinet in the island & drawer base. Then, put in a 3" filler pullout in that 3" space. Rev-A-Shelf as 3 different styles of base filler pullouts. (See link below.) Note: Filler Pullouts must be installed at the time of cabinet installation...not after the fact. HTH! Here is a link that might be useful: Filler Pull-Outs - Base

Mertie, the garden is far from perfect, I just don't usually photograph the parts that aren't! I try not to stress out about the less than perfect parts, knowing that the eye candy gardens in magazines and books have been groomed within an inch of their lives prior to photos being taken. I garden for the joy of seeing beauty and spending time out-of-doors. I also feel blessed to have the advantage of plenty of room to play since I live on an old farm with several garden areas and I'm a bit of a plant nerd, so I read a lot and visit the few good nurseries in the area several times a season along with botanical gardens and arboretums whenever I travel to get ideas. The dark purple shrub is one I learned about here on GW; a ninebark, Physocarpus Coppertina, which is a bit of a suckering monster, but ornamental enough that I give it room. It has nice white late-spring flowers, reddish ornamental seed pods for much of the summer, and the foliage color is nice all growing season. A densely twiggy mound in the winter, and a good bird nesting site during the breeding season. There are a couple of dark-leafed ones like Tiny Wine that stay smaller. Like yours, my arborvitae had some damage last winter from wet, heavy snow, so I may spiral wrap/tie some of them loosely this winter so they are less likely to splay open (thanks for the reminder.) I have deer, but they don't bother my gardens; instead I battle voles. This year I had at least a dozen plants, including a couple of favorites, that died due to having every root eaten and the voles do a number on the dogwoods I have in this bed. I've pulled out two of the original four dogwoods because they died. "foresight years ago" - It's not been that long with this garden, which was planted in the fall of 2009, mostly with very small plants (the evergreens being the exception, as most of them were about 3' tall when planted.) I would say that the bed started being quite ornamental after only a couple of years and if I'd wanted to put in more short-lived plants the first couple of years it would have been even nicer right away. If you are interested in seeing a bit of the process, there's a post in this thread with more photos over time and some description of my design process which was fairly loose. As the saying goes, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." For shrubs, I think the best time should be 3 years ago, or even last year if you put in larger ones, but it's amazing how quickly they fill in. If I had realized how much I love the H. paniculatas, I would have planted a couple more, but now I am out of room in this bed. I'm currently ripping out some plants in another bed so that I have room for another one.

Thank you all! I'm still thinking some sort of lamp or task lighting or??? Ingrid, yes, I wanted the TV a bit lower, not a lot but a bit. Husband did not. Because this is all open plan he liked this height for sitting off to the side of the kitchen counter to watch TV. Also, the credenza is 33 or 34" h so if I went to low I wouldn't have any options of things on the top unless off to the far ends. Anyhoo, nothing is ideal in here so I'll just have to work with what I've got:) I also do not like how that wall is not symmetrical in that there is a big dog bed off to the right for lack of anywhere else to put it. Then, an ugly black subwoofer that Will go eventually. Maybe I should just do a wall mount lamp on that little side wall.

Sorry I do not see your fireplace.Are you planning on putting the TV on one of those IMO they are quite large and I certainly do not like the first one at all in a MCM type style I wnt to one of your other posts to see part of the fireplace I would need to see what else you are doing with the fireplace other than a thick wood mantel I would need to see the fireplace wall