I hope to have the time to do both the Bucks County Designer House and the New Hope Historical Society garden tour, maybe the Chestnut Hill one as well. I've done the New Hope tour before, and it's really great, especially if you're a garden junkie like I am. The latter tour is very inexpensive; if memory serves, it was $5 per garden. Funny story: it was on that tour one year that I visited a 100-acre "mini Longwood Garden" about 5 minutes from my house. You parked near the service entrance, and there was a table there where you paid and received a map. I didn't have nearly enough time to see everything, but I wandered all around the place. (I did see one of the owners with friends, using one of the estate's golf carts to get around.) I was almost back to my car, when I realized: I COULD NOT FIND MY KEYS! They were GONE, obviously fallen among some flowers somewhere on the 100 acres! I was starting to panic (big surprise). Fortunately, I'd just reached the table - and there they were, where I'd left them when I'd paid. I remembered: I was about to ask a question when a rude woman almost literally pushed me aside to interrupt with her own question. I'd been so amazed that I picked up my map and left, without realizing my keys were on the table! If you like garden tours even if they don't feature peeks inside people's houses, don't forget to check the dates for the Garden Conservancy's Open Days. I've just checked my county's summer Open Day - I'll probably go, but I've actually already visited all the gardens at other times and on other types of tours! I should go anyway, because one of them, also about 5 minutes from my house, is one I consider world-class or nearly so. I could also do tours in the neighboring New Jersey county. I'm also going on a garden tour in a couple of weeks through my membership in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. I visited it last spring via membership in a plant organization, but I am so eager to see it again. One of the owners has a book out about the garden, and he gave a talk about the garden, to a packed room, at the Philadelphia Flower Show this year. Any of you who are interested in the Philadelphia Horticultural Society tours or similar, consider joining organizations and clubs in your area. Since you all are house and possibly garden junkies, I'm sure you won't be surprised at the range of organizations that host tours as fund raisers. Just one example: there's a local group that hosts kitchen-and-garden tours and another that's had kitchen tours in past years. Those have been really fun, except that they make me want to blow up my own kitchen! Theoretically, you could probably tour from now until autumn, which gives you the perfect excuse to ignore the to-do lists at your own places. ;)

Smile, I think you can go see a KB model Home at any time if you don't mind talking to a salesperson. They control how you go into the model home...through the sales center instead of from the street. We were able to dodge an actual person since they were all busy during the POH. We just walked through. Wynbrooke is off Strickland Road near Leesville Rd off of 540.

Ok...I'll try to keep this organized. I have mostly drawers. I don't have many upper cabinets, because I have 3 windows along the sink wall, and I have a 7 x 7 pantry. To keep it simple: I have 23 drawers total. 17 on the perimeter and 6 on the island (microwave and trash are in the island). I modeled my island after katieob, only hers is a bit longer and wider than mine. 9 upper cabinets - 3 corner, and 2 on either side of range hood, which is very similar to lucretzia's but smaller, above fridge and a couple others - under sink and next to fridge. 1 hutch type cabinet 54" tall that sits on the counter with 10 lite glass. Lazy susan in corner. They are all inset cabinets with exposed hinges on the doors. Drawers are full extension with soft close. I have a utensil drawer on the island, and a cutlery tray next to the range. A double trash pull out. I would have had spice pull outs, but because the space between my fridge and my range would have been only about 24" with the spice pullouts, I decided to forgo that and have a 36" stack of 3 drawers next to the range - thanks to advice from people on this forum. Everyone on GW was so helpful with helping me plan my ideas. I can truly say my kitchen and my home will be 100x nicer than I would have ever done on my own.

Good luck! My mother's was a Christmas open house tour, years ago and beatifully decorated. Sure yours will be the same!