I love your choices on the pendants and chandelier...where are they from?

um, of course I love your choices!! :)
In fact, I almost picked the santa cecilia myself, until I found the new venetian gold slab. And I almost picked the same style pendant (with a gold/amber shade). haha great minds think alike!

I'm doing a gold color for the walls, it took me quite awhile to decide and today we picked up a gallon of Hubbell House Golden Maize from Valspar. your best bet would probably be some sort of tan color I guess. It's a hard choice to make, that much I know!

But everything looks good so far :)

Your choices are great. How about a creamy gold color of the family room walls?

Thanks, Brian! The lights are from Uttermost, style is Galeana. I found them on 1800lighting.com.

I was thinking a color in the yellow family - my MIL has BM Hawthorne and I've always liked it. Or I guess the tans. I am horrible at picking colors (like my daughter's "light pink" room that gives me a headache if I go in during sunset!!!). Here's the Hawthorne...

And the SS sink....i think this is what I'm most worried about...

OK, so I showed my ideas to a co-worker today and the 1st thing she said was, "I don't like that sink with a traditional kitchen. It's too modern." Now I'm completely confused! If I spend the extra money on this sink and don't like it once it's in, DH will have my head!!!
What do you think????? Please help! Should I save the $200 and just go undermount?

I don't think the SS sink is modern so much as it's more industrial to me. BUT I've seen plenty of pictures online where it fits perfectly fine with a traditional kitchen.

I just thought of soemthing, maybe you could email Heather or Kyle and see if they have any pictures of a SS apron fron sink with the cinnamon stained cabs. When I told Kyle I was getting the Rohl Shaws apron front sink he showed me some installations he did with that sink on his phone, so he might have some pics with your sink that might ease your mind a bit.

Check out cade's picture about half way down in this thread:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0118045614875.html

I'm loving your choices!!!! **drool**

Hi kng...

I think your choices all blend nicely. I chose the same pendants as you..but when I got them home they were broken. I really like them, but eventually chose something else. They go great with your other fixture.

I don't think the SS apron sink will look out of place. My thinking is that it will play off nicely with your other appliances...which are SS and modern looking as well.. I would go for it..It will look great!

KA:)

Hi Kngwd,

Oh I love your sink with your choices. Yes, it could
fall into the catagory of contemporary but I think it is
perfect. Do you like it? Then get it because it goes
wonderfully with your choices. I like the yellow paint but
I wonder if something a little softer.

Okay what counter edge are you doing?
And what about your backsplash?
What appliances? I mean color. If you go with SS they
will work beautifully with the sink.

~boxer

Here are some ideas for paint.

Final Straw Benjamin Moore

Golden Straw Benjamin Moore

Linen Benjamin Moore goes nicely with a sage green color
YOu mentioned you had a sage or a green in the hall way.

And are here some stainless sinks like yours that
look anything but Contemporary. I just wish I had one
with Santa C so you could see how great your choices do
look.

{{gwi:1567072}}

I think your choices coordinate very well. I don't think your sink is a problem at all. As for wall colors, try BM Weston Flax; it looks like it would coordinate well with sage and light enough to reflect lots of light in the room. I'm looking foward to seeing what you choose for the BS!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I feel so much better getting some other opinions. If boxerpups says it's ok, it must be! : )
And I like the paint recommendations too! I will go check them out soon.
Appliances are all SS - already purchased during the course of the last year to help keep the costs down. I just scored my OTR micro/hood off Craigslist Sat - brand new for $175!
I am clueless as to granite edges - I can only say that it will be a standard edge! We are trying to contain costs wherever we can but still get what we love!
As for backsplash, I was thinking travertine w/glass accents. DH only had 2 requests at the start of this - some glass tile somewhere and that he use the "leftover" money to get a new shed in the backyard. I'm going to make sure he gets his glass because I think #2 ain't gonna happen!!!!

(just for ideas - not the actual colors - tho I do like both!)

I like what you have so far. We are redoing our kitchen right now and I've picked cabinets similar to the color you have and St Cecilia Light, with an undermount sink and all applicances are SS as well. We opened up our kitchen to the den and the dinning room is light tan and chineese red. I am having issues with what color tile to pick for the backsplash and floor. So far nothing has made me go wow. If any one has any ideas I'm open