Here's the floor plan for the FKB

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Awesome. Your cabinetry is outstanding!

Questions: Source(s) for handles (especially dishwasher and refrigerator)?

Useable depth of toe kick drawer--are you satisfied with these?
I need about a 1 1/2 inch wide space to store my step stool,
I couldn't really tell from the picture where your storage was?

Pot hanger in cabinet is superb in concept--do you find it practical, beyond protecting your head from colisions?

Details on lighted cabinets? I've been concerned about amount of light and placement in my plans? What did you find?

Altogether an outstanding design. Congrats!

Well, thank you!

The handles are from New Zealand - I don't remember the name of the shop but it was in Auckland. The others are discontinued Hafele handles - ordered and shipped from an online store in Germany.

Our toe kick drawers are unusual in that they incorporate a "normal" drawer. They vary in depth from 5" to 18" floor to top of drawer front.

Our step stool storage is on the outside of the G in a small space that may have been a filler if it weren't for the ingenious storage. It is accessed by opening the trash door

We love the storage in a cabinet. It's no harder to get the pans in there than an overhead rack and so much neater. The hooks were bought at the container store.

We had a lighting designer do our lighting plan. We have cans, under cab lighting and puck lights in the cabinets for display. I'd add more lighting if I were to do it over and also probably didtch the pot cabinet in favor of a bigger window but that's hindsight.

Thanks again

Absolutely am drooling over all the bells/whistles of the pullouts, baking pantry and so on.

Totally awesome. The elevated bar and stainless shelf brackets are too cool.

Great job!

what a great job. You efficiently used all of the space to the max. I have a few questions.

How do you like the pullout pantry. I am working on my layout and I have 4' of wall space 24" deep (normal counter depth) at this time designated for a pantry closet. However, it seems to me that you would get much more storage space using 3 or 4 of these in that same space then just a closet with 12" deep shelves. Seems like a no brainer but since you have a pullout I wanted to get your take. Probably will make a post later on this topic as well

You indicated you have a water chiller & heater. Is it an Everpure? If so which model and if not did you compare brands?

How do you like your corner cabinet? I have a dreaded corner in my design and looking to figure out the best use for it.

Todds - I LOVE my pullout pantry - it is extremely efficient use of space - not one wasted inch and it's only 10" wide. I'd happily line up 2 or more to make good use of space. It's accessible from both sides so you could make it twice as wide and it would still be just as efficient. Wider than that and you'd start to lose stuff in the middle. Keep in mind it's 30" deep (we have 30" deep countertops and the whole wall lines up) so there is a TON of storage in there.

The water chiller is an Everpure, I don't recall which model and under the sink is so tight I couldn't get in there to find out even if I wanted to. I bought the entire system from Cleanwatersystems.com IIRC and GErry was a great help. I did compare brands but my main criteria was how cold the chiller got the water as we gave up ice and water in the door of the fridge. This one was the coldest and I think it is pretty much always in the high 30's/ very low 40's which is cold enough for us.

The Hafele magic corner units are very expensive again IIRC we paid about $450 through the cabinet maker for each one. Because of the 30" deep cabinets and the limited space for a door opening, they were the best bet for us. Believe it or not, I have even more stuff stored behind them and back in the corner of the cabinets. The back corner is for stuff I literally use once a year as I have to take out the drawers to get there. In a standard 24" deep cabinet these would be the bees knees.

Good luck with your remodel. The best is when it's all done and you find you have a kitchen that not only looks great but is great to work in.

Did you have to add ventilation under the sink for the Everpure? I have read in other posts that it takes up allot of under sink space. Is it under you prep or regular sink? How big is the base cabinet? Trying to plan a little.

I have ben thinking about 30" deep base cabinets as well. In relation to the tray storage above the ovens you said "Tray storage above ovens deep enough to hold trays in double depth" what do you mean by this?

Back to the pantry pullouts, what is the toe kick release? How does it work? Is this the same Hafele trash toe kick release.