Although we moved no walls, it ended up being a bigger project then we expected as the old tile floor went through our foyer, powder room and laundry room. Also didn't have correct sub-flooring, and we wanted to move some of the appliances around, etc. The reason the it is only 98.627% completed, is we still have 1.373% left to do, such as glass shelves in glass front doors so in cabinet lighting can shine all the way through, etc.

Details:

Cabinets - Inset Shiloh Homestead painted MB Softwhite, Island Maple stained Espresso
Flooring - Tile Fashion Coffee 12 x 24
Countertops - Ceasarstone Raven, Ceasarstone Misty Carrera - Mitred Edge
Main Sink - Franke 33" SS Apron - FHX710-33S
Main Faucet - Generic Costco Brand
Prep Sink - Elkay - ELU1618
Prep Faucet - Danze Como Pulldown
Refrigerator - JennAir CD FD - JFC2089HES
Ovens - Electrolux - EW30EW65GS
Warming Drawer - Electrolux - EW30WD55GS
Microwave - Electrolux - EL27MO45GS
Cooktop - DCS 36" Drop-in - CTD-365
Hood - Bosch - DKE9365AUC
Beverage Center - GE Monogram - ZDBC240NBS
Dishwasher - Bosch
Backsplash - White Glass subway tile from theglassmosiacoutlet.com
Backsplash - Stainless Steel 1x2 tiles
Pulls - TopKnobs - Princetonian
Paint - BM 1542 Himalayan Trek

Before:

After:

Sink Area:

Backsplash:

Island:

Island - Backside:

Pantry Area - Closed:

Pantry - Open:

Lazy Suzan - Corner Pullout:

A big thank you to everyone who gave such great advice over the past few months. If anyone has any questions on what we like /dislike please let us know.

GREAT JOB. You must be thrilled to start the year off with such a spectacular kitchen.

Happy cooking...
Eliz

We're considering Shiloh because the price can't be beat.

I really like it!

Piaa

It is magazine worthy for sure. Love the glass subway backsplash. WOW!

How are you managing without landing spaces next to your fridge? Do you automatically swivel and put things down on your island? Your kitchen is three times the size mine will be and I'm struggling with a design that will allow next-to-fridge landing spaces since I can't fit in an island into the footprint.

I especially like the way you took the SS tiles all the way up! Even with my tiny kitchen I think I will be able to steal that design element from you. (big smile)

Beautiful space. Just my taste. Mmmmmmm.

rc

BTW....Thanks to you, I did wind up doing all my door pulls horizontally and am very happy that I did. Contractor thought I was nuts, but it has worked out well!

Congratulations on a job well done. Enjoy!!!

Love the warmth of the floor and the cool of the backsplash glass and stainless tile.

May I ask about your sink? What is that type of reveal called and why did you select this type over an actual undermount of either a neg or pos reveal? I love the flushness w/ the counter and am curious how you are finding having seams? Please share your thought process!

Nice job!

Could you share how having the fridge next to the double wall ovens are going? Does the fridge door hit the oven or cabinet handles?
I'm planning to put my DO next to my fridge and am concerned about door opening (can I open pas 90degrees) and dinging the doors w/ the handles.

thank you,
Amanda

What are the dimensions of your island? It looks like it's as deep as mine and that you replaced the bar overhang with cabinets, which is what we're planning to do.

We're also planning to move the cooktop off the island to the perimeter as well, in a configuration similar to what you've done. Is your apron sink in a 36" base? How much counter frontage do you have between sink and cooktop? How much counter is on the other side of the cooktop? TIA!

Is that a hide 'n' seeker in purple pjs at the corner of your pantry wall? Funny!

I am also glad to see someone who ended up using the Caesarstone in Misty Carrera. I saw Christopher Peacock use it in his San Francisco showroom for one of the kitchens and was shocked at how good it looked! Yours is proof again how great that material can be.

I really like how the glass tile backsplash turned out, especially with the stainless behind the stove. Just gorgeous!

Is the corner-lazysusan from Rev-a-Shelf? I have been contemplating putting that in and am torn between the one you have and the one my cabinetmaker carries which is just a 3/4 pie round.

You did a fab job!!!

Please tell me more about your floor. Who makes it? Is it a rectified porcelain tile? I absolutely LOVE it!

It's dangerous that my remodel is taking forever. I keep changing my mind on things when I see a spectacular space.

Enjoy!

And I have to say that I'm not a big fan of crown in kitchens, but I love yours. The curves give it an almost coved look, even though most of it is straight, and it makes interesting shapes with the in betweens. Very cool.

To answer some questions, the decisions were pretty much my husband's and my own. What's crazy is we spent so much time picking our cabinets that we ordered them without knowing much of anything else we wanted. We pretty much scrambled over the next two months picking out everything else so it would be here in time for construction. I remember when the electrician asked us for our pendants to install and we hadn't even picked them out yet.

grlwprls, the cabinets came prefinished / painted from Shiloh (and they are great cabinets for the price). The internal hinges do take some room, but where they really hurt is on pullouts shelves as the shelves are much smaller than the interior space of the cabinet. The full pullout racks are a bit better in that regard.

rcvt, it has not been a problem not having a landing space right next to the fridge. We just end up using the island which is right behind us.

syllabus, I believe the sink mount is called a flush mount. Our GC thought we were crazy, but we saw a picture on Franke's website showing the sink that way and we really liked it. I don't really see any negatives to it besides it needs an exact fit for install so that is a potential place to mess up. But once it's in it is very easy to clean as it's the exact same level as the rest of the countertop. Running a cloth across it I don't even feel the seems. We did the flush mount because we just loved the look of the sink and thought this way we get to see more of it.

Regarding the tiles, they are a recertified porcelain. Not sure too much about them, I have an extra box in the garage but most of the info is in Italian. We actually posted back in June at this thread for help picking out of several different options: http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg062216151672.html ?15

huango, no issues with the ovens next to the fridge. If the oven is open, then the right door of the fridge can only open 90 degrees, which hasn't been a problem for us so far.

I need to look up a few things to answer a few more questions, but thank you very much again for all of the kind words!

I see you have the wall ovens and the fridge that I want. Does the fridge door hit the oven handles when the door is open all the way?

firsthouse_mp, the corner-lazysusan is not from Rev-a-shelf. That was ordered at first but it was about 1/2" high. We had to order a Knape & Vogt one which ended up fitting perfectly.

trailrunner, the pulls on the back of the island are for very small cabinets. Each double door has a 33" cabinet that is a bit more then 5" deep. We keep all of our plastic wraps, foils, etc in one and all of the kids cups in the other. Great as it's easy for them to reach. The space was just not big enough to have a sit down island. We did with the last island and it just wasn't used so we decided to get some extra storage.

genie73, love both the fridge and the ovens. The doors only hit if we open both the right fridge door and the oven at the same time (fridge is limited to 90 degree's then). Otherwise the fridge can open fully without getting close to the oven handle.

Lastly, catkin, the chandelier was ordered from CB2. Couldn't believe it, only $50, and we really like it. It comes with a plug on the end but we ended up hardwiring it. We need to add a few more links to the chain, part of the remaining 1.373% left to do...

Thanks again...

*drool*

Enjoy!

Kat :)

Those darn sneaky kids! LOL

btw, every time I read your thread title, I get a giggle. Just how do you know when you hit the 98.672% finished mark?

megpie77, yes the glass tile is "blanco", we didn't even order a sample of ice as it seemed to have some gray in it.

lisa_a, the island dimensions are 31.5" x 85.5". It is slightly longer than our old island, and wide on one end but narrower on the other (old island was shaped like a trapezoid).

Regarding 98.627% complete, I once heard that 78.64% of all statistics are made up, so I figured I might as well do the same ;)

I love the touches of red, and the SS tiles behind your cooktop. The cabinets and pulls are just perfection! I think my favorite part is the bank of cabinets on your fridge/oven wall; I just love all the variation in cabinet types and jogs in depths. It's just so interesting and keeps your eye bouncing around the room to take it all in. VERY nice job!

Everything is stunning. Your cabinets are lovely, as is the floor (what is it? limestone? or porcelain?). I love your drum pendants. And, while I like the stainless steel tiles behind your range, I really really love the white glass tiles. Really lovely.

Plus, I do so like that you've used all pulls and attached 'em all horizontally: on drawers and doors alike. I've done the same thing in my kitchen - similar pulls, too, I think - and really like the look.

Lovely kitchen. Congratulations.

Strong work!! Enjoy your lovely space. We'll be watching for the magazine spread.

Do you like your pantry pull outs?

My pantry looks like it will be about the same size as yours and I was going to have pullouts that go the entire length of the 2 doors (so something like 31" rollouts) - 5 of them, one of which would be customized to hold exclusively canned foods.

But you have me wondering if pullouts like yours are better? Are they ridiculously expensive?

Can we see some close-ups of the Misty Carrera?

needsometips08, we do love our panty pull outs. I saw your post and tried to put some thought into it. A disadvantage to our door pullout setup is there is wasted space, probably around 3 inches, in the space between the two pullouts. One wider pullout would save that space. But I am not sure how you will like grabbing an item from a wide 31" drawer. Maybe it's just because we are used to our smaller pullouts, but we like reaching in from both sides of each pullout to grab what we need. Not sure I would like to grab something in the middle if it was one large pullout. Best thing to do would be see if you can find what you are looking at in a local showroom to see what you think. Regarding price, ours was bundled in with the cabinet pricing so we don't know what it cost, which I'm sure DH glad he doesn't know.

To everyone who asked for more pics of the Misty Carrera, I tried to take a few pics tonight but the low light was not helping. I will try again tomorrow, but honestly Caesarstone probably shows it best at http://www.caesarstoneus.com/gallery/index.cfm?id=1. Regardless I will try again tomorrow with some natural light.

Thanks again everyone...

Do your friends just stare? Jaw dropping stare?
Enjoy,
Janice

The tile is a 12 x 24 rectified tile from Cermiche Piemme which we purchased from a local tile store. They are out of Italy, and their website is http://www.ceramichepiemme.it. They also make a decorative border of the tile that we used as a surround in our bathroom. Here's a pic:

Thanks!

http://www.arcadianlighting.com/besa-tutu-pendant-1.html

Kayj_2010, regarding the Shiloh cabinets, I will PM you. We have a minor issue that we are working with Shiloh on correcting. Besides that ssue the quality of the cabinets are great.

Thanks again all.

QUESTION: I love the look of inset doors, but everyone is talking frameless these days, it seems. I was also warned about kitchen heat & moisture possibly causing expansion/contraction of doors that would be more unforgiveable with insets. How did you make your decision?

Question-I have been everywhere locally trying to find a black wall phone. Where on earth did you find your red one-it' so cool!!

Regarding inset vs framless, we didn't look into frameless. We were originally going to go full overlay, until we found our just before placing our order that Shiloh was offering inset free of charge. We always loved the look of inset so we just jumped at that offer. Since then, I have read several threads at GW, but the consensus seems to be that unless you live in a swamp it shouldn't make any difference. Almost all furniture in your house is inset (check out your dressers), and how often do you run into an issue closing them? We have a whole house humidifier system, and run air conditioning during the summer, so it wasn't a concern.

christ45ny, we bought the red phone from Amazon.com. It's the red Crosley phone, and they make it in black and chrome as well. FYI, here is a picture of the black one, as well as the link to purchase (again, no affiliation to Amazon, although I do wish I was a share owner after how much we have purchased from them).

I love your gray floors too!! What material is that??? they look so glossy. too die for!!

I am soo thrilled for you. ENJOY.

I

TYIA.

Regarding the red espresso machine, we LOVED that machine and tried to make sure we matched some red items with it. Sadly it died about 18 months ago. We replaced it with a bland silver espresso machine which actually produces much better coffee. We still can't get ourselves to throw away the broken red machine so it sits in our basement knowing it will never get fixed...

Thanks again all, and best wishes on all of your remodels!

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kitchen-tune-up-santa-barbara?select=yy q8KrbKPW03qSbyQKk2rg#IchsivJv0R7WqtaRWw7tFA

I assume you didn't get your kitchen from Kitchen Tune-Up. Your kitchen is beautiful and people are eager to claim credit for it.

May I ask, how is the finish holding up on your white cabs? What size are the glass subway tiles and are they easy care?
Thanks.

I am sorry to hear about your classy red espresso machine going south! Glad you are enjoying your new one.

Best to you.