Suzanne...it is very easy. My Momma cut it out of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper in the 80's. Cat..you are fresh !! just like the peanuts :) Mix 2c honey 2c peanut butter 1c hot water 2 Tbsp cinnamon 3 tsp salt ( depends on how salty pb is ) may add other spices if you like and vanilla Heat till smooth. Mix 12 c rolled old fashioned oats , 2 c sunflower seeds, 2 c coconut ribbons ( I don't like small pieces ) 1 c sesame seeds, 1c wheat germ, 2 c chopped nuts. Add above warm dressing and stir well. This is a double batch so you can halve it. Spread on parchment paper on large pans and bake at 300-325 for at least one hour or more. Stir frequently after first 20 min. I like mine nice and toasted. It will cont. to brown after you take it out. ENJOY !!

I have very similar colors (BM Chantilly Lace shaker cabs, SS appliances and hood, dark brown floors), except I used super white quartzite on perimeter and island. We used soapstone for our beverage/wine bar and that was the stone that was harder to match a colored tile with. Ended up going with blue-grey ceramic tile... complements well with both the SW and the soapstone, which has a blue-green streak thru it. Here are photos of my soapstone, the beverage counter and the whole kitchen.

Thanks everybody! We are loving the space now. The old kitchen was the original 1956 kitchen, with the original 48" Thermador electric range with griddle in the middle. Unfortunately only two of the burners worked by the time we bought the house last fall, and neither of them really boiled water. So we've been cooking on a single induction burner since September and through the remodel (which at least made things consistent and more familiar when we were out of the kitchen). The old kitchen was kind of bad*ss, I will admit, but the long serving island was just in the way, the wall oven was 24" and too small for us, and it didn't have a dishwasher. It had been a nicely designed kitchen for its time, but we needed a different layout. Forgot to mention that there was another exterior door in the back corner (where we bumped out the cabinets) that we eliminated! I love having our microwave and toaster and Cuisinart back in that space (30" deep corner), although they're not pictured in the photos I posted. Feisty - apparently the baking soda reacts chemically with the Monocoat/Rubio. Not right away though. I dumped a rather large amount of baking soda on the area by accident, and scrubbed it up, which definitely removed the crayon, but an hour later the area was black. I may post a separate thread for posterity, but sanding it, cleaning away the dust, and reapplying the Monocoat works great. Deedles - the ceiling is way more vibrant now than it was before, when the soffits and the dark cabinets ate up all the light. There was also an amazing amount of yellow grime on the walls, so just painting the ceiling and the walls white (painter matched color to the Adel white...I will try and figure out the exact color) really helped a ton to brighten the space. Karen.Ohio - I will post more closeups when we get back home this weekend. The hardware on the door is really neat! Mousun - to hang the uppers out from the wall, the carpenter built out a frame of 2x4s from the wall, partially supported by a 3/4" plywood sheet (plus the Ikea fridge panel) that went between the fridge and the wall cabinets. The above-fridge cabinet is also built out a little bit (6"?) with 2x4s. I don't have a photo of that part, unfortunately.

Hi- We have soapstone countertops, but no soapstone sink. I went with a silgranit sink (Blanco) because I knew I didn't want stainless, and at the time I was choosing sinks I didn't really consider getting a soapstone one (I'm not sure why). We've only had our countertops since the end of July, and have really only been using the kitchen completely for about 2 weeks. Sometimes I wish I had gotten a soapstone sink, because they are sooooo beautiful and I think the idea of having integral runnels on the side of the countertop is such a great idea. But-I think I'm glad I didn't go that route, mainly because I'm clumsy, I bang things around in the sink a lot, and I think I would be making lots of little nicks and chips. Our soapstone is sort of middle of the road with respect to hardness, as far as I can tell, but I think I would have driven myself (and DH) crazy if the sink were also soapstone. But that's just me. I do LOVE the countertops, though. HTH