First, let me say how very much I appreciate everyone's help with this. My salesperson is not really processing through this with me. treasure - your bathroom is stunning, I have seen your pix before and just love it. good to see the frameless mirror as well... that's the way I'm leaning but have a while to decide. have to deal with this faucet issue pronto while I still have the plumber engaged. the "hook" beneath the panel is an extra hand shower holder, so it's accessible while sitting on the bench which does not show in the pic. Back to the handles/faucet - great point oly - here are the specs for each (I wish I knew how to make these clickable): this is the one I currently have, and would like to keep the handles: http://www.rohlhome.com/pdf/220.pdf This is the spout I'm leaning to: http://www.rohlhome.com/pdf/1020.pdf Yes enduring - the size of the hole is a huge consideration. The plumber measured it from the underside and we think it will work. I'm going to ask DH to loosen the faucets enough so we can measure the hole. Yes, absolutely the 1st replacement spout will fit - same size base and same size spec'd holes. I actually think that the 1st one is more lovely but I want the extra 1/2" of space the other affords! I will maybe just buy each and insist that my salesperson take 2 back once I decide. If that fails, I learned that AMEX still has purchase protection and that may ensure I can receive credit. I hate to do that, but I don't know how to tell otherwise.

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Everything you've chosen is lovely -- you have a beautiful and tasteful eye. I read that you already chose armchair #1 and now I want to tell you why you made the right choice (in my opinion, that is): We have chairs similar to your #2 choice and reading that you have NOT sat in them I'd like to offer my (twenty-)two cents. Yes, they are deep and comfy for cuddling little children, curling up to read a book or take a nap. However, they are also difficult to get out of -- during both my pregnancies I could not sit in those chairs without either somebody helping me out or without first piling loads of pillows in the back so I was more upright. My father occasionally walks with a cane -- his stability is not great. He, too, cannot sit in our armchairs without assistance getting up or the pillows wedged in the back. I don't know your age / life circumstances, but it's something to think about .... Also, our chairs have wheels in the front bottom too, and they do wiggle! (We have hardwood floors -- might be better on carpet.) So we have little cups for them which look a bit ugly but better that than vroom-vroom armchairs! I'd also like to pipe on about your barstools: I happen to love a rush seat (love it!), but think the Pierre Deux barstools with their carving might, as kmcg85 wrote about the mantel, bore you after a while. I don't know, I guess based on all your beautiful choices I'm pulling toward the third barstool pictured. I'm not sure I can put my finger on why, but to my eye it just makes better "sense" with the other pieces / fabrics you've already selected (or are in the process of selecting). I'm really looking forward to seeing your space -- you have beautiful taste! (and I just might get some of your barstools myself!)

Hi, Autumn. There's actually been a lot of discussion here about where the kitchen sink can go. Although in front of a window has been traditional, these days a lot more time is spent prepping/cooking than cleaning and a lot of people feel that should be done in the most pleasant place to work--as a kindness to the cook. :) In front of a window, facing your family as they play and relax, or wherever. YOUR choice, wide open! Also, sinks do NOT need to be centered when they are in front of a window for the kitchen to look good. If room space allows, a sink counter can be deepened so the wall's farther away and it feels extra comfortable working there. Also, I'll point out that peripheral views out a window that's to one side are vastly underestimated, actually never mentioned at all, even though our eyes and heads are made to swivel freely. Deliberately putting a sink or other important work area to one side of a window can be a way of capitalizing on views to right or left of a window that would otherwise go unnoticed. Just one of those many subtle little details that can make one home more rich and satisfying than another. The swiveling eye potential might be especially worth noting for you since it sounds like you'd prefer neither prep/cooking or cleanup on the window counter since you'd have your back to the living room. You could plan to enjoy a pleasant street view simply via casual glances to the side and directly when you're moving about the kitchen. I got sidetracked, though. What I wanted to suggest was starting your kitchen design through analysis of how YOU work and what YOU want. Leave the computer to begin with and come back to it later. You don't cook on a screen. Start instead with a nice open area, bigger than your kitchen will be, out in the yard maybe. Get some good-sized boxes of the right height and some boards. Forget any official guidelines you've read at this point. Right now all constraints are removed so you can concentrate on how it feels to you. Start by setting up a counter and make a play dinner, something you often make. Start with a little counter, maybe 30", and see how well prep progresses with that space. I suggest starting small because a lot of people come here with beautiful plans that actually only have small work areas--this is when you find out if that'll work nicely for you, or how much more you do want. Add in other items, sink, stove, food storage, etc., as you continue playing, putting each where and how far away you think you would like to have it. If you decide you want more main work space, enlarge it incrementally, 36", 42", etc. Add in more details/considerations as you go. Need a little more room to the other side of the sink? Pull the boards and boxes over a bit. Where will you set trays of cookies to cool, or whatever? Will you want room for others to work in the kitchen? Doing what? A separate counter area for making lunch, getting their own cereal and toast, coffee? Where should all that go? Washing dishes--do you need to move the sink so that someone unloading the dishwasher's not in your way as you stir the oatmeal? Measure your dishwasher and oven doors when they're open to see how much room will be needed to walk by when they're open and shift the boxes accordingly. Can others get to the fridge without coming between a pot of boiling noodles and the sink? And so on. THEN, try what you're learning out with some constraints, like dimensions and doorways of plans you're considering. Draw what you know you want so far on the computer and start considering tradeoffs to design in as much of it as you can. Have fun playing around. I did this for myself and guarantee that if you do it the panic will be gone completely and permanently. You're feeling out of control not because you don't know enough about kitchens yet but because you don't know enough about what you really want for yourselves. After you do this, you'll sneer outright at 3/4 of the plans you see and stop while here to post your own advice to others. (BTW, on the same track, are you sure you do want a split plan? Do you know WHY you like them more? Their active living areas are great for those who want an introverted home, a shelter from the world, and extra privacy for mom and dad in the bedroom. Good for people who are gone all day most days anyway and home when the lights have to be on. They feel nice and cozy, warm and shady by season, are protected from outside noise and other bothers by the flanking rooms, and can be less expensive to heat and cool. OTOH, they give all 4 corners, especially valuable home space with their potential sunshine and views, to bedrooms and garage, so they are typically low on natural light and limited in their relationship to the outdoors (especially with front windows covered for privacy) and can feel smaller than other homes of the same square footage.)