Here are some pics and a few details:
Island:

Overview:

Refrigerator and pantry:

Message center:

Breakfast nook:

Our KD wanted an extremely large window area to bring in light, but made it fit into the old house by breaking it up and using leaded glass:

Sink w/glass filler, runnels, & built-in compost bin:

Built-in compost bin close-up:

Mug shelf:

Charging drawer. This entire cabinet is deeper than it appears because it is built into the interior wall behind it, gaining an extra 4" or so of storage space without creeping into the walkway in front of it:

Island cabinets:

Miele ovens installed as flush inset (I searched and never did find pictures of this, so hopefully these will help somebody else):

Cleaning closet in "invented space" from interior wall:

Extra depth for the vacuum was made by reducing the depth of the drawers under the pantry:

The placement of the outlet underneath the music player shelf allows the nasty cordness to be hidden from eye-level:

Toe-kick heater vent. The toe-kick face under the message center & island is covered with stained oak flooring. From eye-level, the toe-kick absorbs the correct amount of light and gives the appearance of freestanding cabinets.

The freestanding appearance is clearer here:

Drawers under nook seating area:

There is a powder room off the kitchen. This wasn't our first choice, but ended up being our only choice in this old house, and has been okay, especially considering its placement is directly next to the hallway and away from the primary cooking area:

Adjacent mudroom, which became part of the kitchen remodel. The door is to a laundry chute which we use mostly for kitchen towels & napkins.

You must be terribly happy - that is very clean and bright with great splashes of color.

Beautiful! Well done! Enjoy!

Congrats and happy cooking!

Eliz

Ever since you showed up a peak at your kitchen a few months ago I've been looking forward to the full reveal. What a wonderfully beautiful, charming, and functional space. Thanks for posting your clever storage ideas. There is much that we can all learn from.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see pictures of your floor plan to see how all the parts fit together. Thanks! And congrats for happy cooking and eating in your charming space for years to come.

I'd love to see a close up of your tile over the stove and learn some details!

Congratulations on a great space.

Thanks,
Jen

No slouch in form either, of course...The window is beautiful, the fridge and pantry are stunning, the mug shelf is something I wish I'd known about when planning my kitchen, and that message center is a masterpiece.

Congratulations and happy, happy cooking!

Everything is stunning. The cabs and soapstone are the perfect partners. The windows are elegant. Just....everything is stunning. I know I repeated myself, but that's the phrase that keeps coming to my mind. Thanks for the great weekend eye candy!

Could you please provide all the details of paint, tile, hardware, etc?

*steal*

*bookmark*

*borrow*

What? I'm not doing anything.

You got everything I wanted!

Breakfast nook -- I really, really want(ed) a booth by the window.
extremely large window area - obviously.
Sink w/glass filler, runnels - If I could have (could afford) soapstone like yours and remodelfla's.
Mug shelf- still a possibility.
Cleaning closet in "invented space" from interior wall- still a possibility.

Thank you for sharing! Enjoy!

What don't I love?

The house is a 1924 Tudor. Not very big by today's standards (<2K sq ft), but had a kitchen and breakfast room that we could remodel into a single kitchen without adding on. The total space is about 16' x 12'. Here's the rough floorplan we worked from:

Cabinets: http://www.seattlecustomcabinets.com/
Highly recommended if you're in the Seattle area! In addition to making beautiful, high quality cabinets, it was Tim who came up with a lot of the cool storage ideas like taking advantage of the interior walls.

Compost Bin: Blanco Solon. http://www.blancocanada.com/frames/BlancoStart.htm#/pages/wasteManagem ent.htm
It's out of Canada but there are US .com vendors if you do a web search.

Tile: Oregon Tile & Marble's Isole line. They have a showroom in Seattle, but also sell through retail tile stores. http://www.oregontileandmarble.com/ & http://www.oregontileandmarble.com/Tear Sheets/IE Lanka Isole_2p g.pdf

Here's a closeup of the backsplash:

Hardware is all in polished nickel (except the glass filler, which was the only one we could find that didn't require two hands and was only available in chrome).

Cabinet latches: http://www.lookintheattic.com/vhln250.html
We chose ones with large knobs on the advice of our cabinet maker (who said as we got older our hands might have a harder time turning a smaller knob).

Drawer pulls (incl fridge) are Restoration Hardware Aubrey: http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?product Id=prod1283069&categoryId=cat1512023

Hinges are White Chapel Ball-tip: http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/category/lpbtfch.html

Paint:
Cabinets/trim are Benjamin Moore Bavarian Cream
Walls are C2 Sugar Cookie
Ceiling Benjamin Moore Paper Mache

Counter: Some sort of Brazilian Soapstone. I wouldn't recommend our fabricator. If you're shopping for soapstone, definitely bring a water bottle / damp cloth with you and view each piece wet. Ours was light grey when we bought it, but turned almost jet black when we oiled it with mineral oil, and the damp cloth gave us a much better idea of the final color.

Sink: Franke GNX-110-28. http://www.frankeksd.com/productdetail.php?prodid=71&node=10&group=53& lvl=3
This was one of the few sinks we could find with a drain in the corner. The corner drain allows the plumbing to be tucked away in a corner and gives you much more usable space under the sink. Here's a shot of the sink and the usable space underneath:

Appliances:
DISHWASHER: Miele G 2183 SCVi
REFRIGERATOR: Sub-Zero 700TCi LH
HOOD: Vent-a-Hood SLH9-130SS
MAIN OVEN: Miele H4780BPSS
STEAM OVEN: Miele DG4080SS
COOKTOP: Miele KM5753+

Just let me know if you have other questions- I'm happy to tell the good and bad and it's the least I can do after all the help this forum has given me. :)

I'm in Olympia and might be in the market for some soapstone to go with my Carrara. I know that Gharborwa above is also looking for ss. At which slab yard did you get yours?

Our experience was that the yards around here do most of their business in granite and marble, and don't know much about soapstone even if they do happen to carry it (even Meta, and I don't think they would have been nearly as helpful if they hadn't seen one come back recently).

Also, we went to visit the yards with our fabricator, and I wouldn't do it any other way. These yards can be intimidating and are not designed for a retail experience. I would have probably given up sooner if it weren't for our fabricator knowing what to ask for and how much to push the employees in terms of moving around slabs and showing them to us.

Although I'm very happy we went to pick the stone, one thing I wouldn't do next time is stress too much over the exact slab. We took a lot of time choosing the exact slabs of stone we wanted, and then our fabricator messed up a cut and one of them was just plain gone. He replaced it with one he chose and it looks just as good.

L

Your kitchen is lovely and everything I could ever want. I love that it is filling the available space. It gives great inspiration and food for thought for looking at my own available space to "Make it work."

http://www.tsbrass.com/index.cfm?page=product&ID=95

We looked all over for one that didn't have the blue plastic pusher, but couldn't find one. We actually thought we found one from another commercial plumbing company called Zurn. When we ordered it, however, it turned out that it was actually the T&S Brass model, just sold under the Zurn name.

http://www.zurn.com/pages/catalog.asp?ProductGroupID=40&OperationID=3

There is also something commonly called a "water station" that is a glass filler combined with a cute little drain. I liked those a lot, but we just couldn't find space for it:

http://www.tsbrass.com/index.cfm?page=product&ID=96

Stepping back, I should point out that the main reason we wanted a separate glass filler was because we drink a lot of water and wanted to be able to fill water while someone was doing dishes. If you have room for a separate prep sink or have a water dispenser in your refrigerator, you wouldn't need anything else. Both of those seem like much easier and more common solutions, and the refrigerator option is often one-handed.

The size of your kitchen is not the largest nor done with the most glitzy or expensive elements, yet I covet yours more because yours hits it on the head in every way. I hope you know that the compliments you are getting are not just "rah rah GW" chatter. I bet if people love it half as much as I do, yours will rapidly become the most clipped GW kitchen ever ;)

Can you please post your ceiling height, and the cabinet maker.

AMAZING!!!! Most clipped ever I'm sure.

The window over the sink came as six separate windows. They are typical double-pane fir windows, with a lead pattern applied to the inside pane. Ours happen to be from Lindal (chosen only because the rest of our house has Lindal windows), but could be from anywhere.

Our GC ordered them as custom sizes from a window distributor, and it was the window distributor (not Lindal, the window manufacturer) that coordinated the leading. They sent the windows out to a local shop for the leading, so that by the time the GC received them, they were ready to go.

The GC did all the trim and detail work of putting them in, and one thing that might not be obvious unless you look closely at the sink picture is how little depth he used when putting in the trim. This was done on purpose to make room for a shade that we'll eventually put in. The shade will now be able to be fully inset into the window area, which was really our only choice if you look closely at how little space there is behind the gooseneck of the faucet.

The only two windows that open are the lower left and right windows, which open casement style. We haven't yet had the kitchen for summertime, but I think they will provide the perfect amount of breeze on a hot day, but that's about it. For example, they're definitely not fire escape windows, as each one is less than a foot wide.

As with many of these details, it looks way better in person than in the pictures. The window is an absolutely beautiful addition to the room, and the details like the size ratios and use of lead everywhere but the center window are not anything we would have come up with on our own. Those nuances are what you should be getting when you hire a professional KD.

When our KD put the window in our plans, he designed it specifically for the house and the kitchen, and admitted he had no idea what a window like it would cost. I'm still not sure exactly (as our bill also included the double-hung window above the nook), but our total bill was around $7K. Some of that is because they're custom sizes, but I'm told a lot of it was for the leading (which is hand-applied). And keep in mind that's just the windows themselves (not the GC's time to put them in).

If you have a ceiling tall enough for two sets of upper cabinets, it's worth thinking about not only the heights of both of them but also the ratio between them. It's those kinds of subtleties that make a wall of cabinets (or anything else, for that matter) pleasant to look at. Not something I would have ever thought of (or known how to choose correctly), but that's one of the many things our cabinet maker had an exceptionally good eye for.

Everything is just wonderful -- the sink windows, the mug shelf, the compost bin, message center, pull out cutting board. You've thought of everything, and it's all so perfectly integrated in a beautiful kitchen.

Becky

Truly beautiful.
Enjoy your space.
~boxer

Enjoy every minute in this lovely space.

Thank you! rexroat

I think you should get an award for cleverest storage spaces! I take it you would recommend your cabinet maker. Excellence.

I was in such a rush to ask the question, I failed to gush all over your beautiful space! I definitely have organization envy...and it's gorgeous to boot!!

Also I noticed after commenting last time that you have the recessed soap niches. Heart!!! I bought two square ones sometime in the past year and they sit on a bookcase waiting to be used.

This kitchen is a goldmine for ideas for good purposeful use of space. Congrats on having a compost area. And on the breadboard as an example of adding workspace. You have lots and lots of great workspace here and a modest visual aspect yet very attractive and appropriate for the house. A working kitchen that is good looking. Nothing flamboyant, no wrong notes, all is in order in the universe. This is real success!

Your kitchen is one for the "study this" file!

With all the doors and cabinets closed, it's a mild-mannered classic white cab/black counter/white subway kitchen, but wait! Open all the clever TKO/techno-geek charging station, vacuum hidey, radio cord cubby, toe kick vacuum hidey, etc etc etc and voila: a Superhero kitchen!

absolutely awesome kitchen!!

We just did our mudroom/laundry in Daltile's Continental Slate series (a colorbody porcelain tile) in Asian Black. We also did a hopscotch pattern with a grey grout, and it looks nearly identical. I like your taste. :D

Also I noticed after commenting last time that you have the recessed soap niches. Heart!!! I bought two square ones sometime in the past year and they sit on a bookcase waiting to be used.

A link to our original lighting plan is below. As you'll see, it called for one can light, but we decided to live without that and I'm very glad we did. We've got standard CFL bulbs in all the fixtures, and they are plenty adequate in terms of light. In the 4 main high ceiling fixtures I think we have 75W or 100W equivalents, but they are all we use for most activities in the kitchen. Washing dishes is the big exception as I almost always use the dedicated lights there. The cooktop is another exception as I often will turn on the lights in the hood. But if I turn on the island lights or the nook light or the chalkboard lights, then I often turn off the 4 general lights.

That's not to say I wouldn't put in the different task lights- I definitely would as it just feels right to have light directly above you when you're going to be somewhere a long time.

The undercabinet lights are the only ones I sometimes question. It can be nice to have them, but something doesn't feel quite right about them and they don't quite fit with the rest of the kitchen and the rest of the lighting. There are probably more dedicated posts on this, but they are LED and incredibly bright and we also may not have bought the best spectrum? The spectrum is too white like CFL. But we buy the CFL bulbs that are wrapped in a glass bulb (for the look of incandescents) and that must give them a slightly different hue. The LED lights are raw and they are honestly either too much light or too white of light (not exactly sure which), so I almost never use them except for deep cleaning or long cooking projects.

One thing you won't see on the plan which turns out to be incredibly important is the distance from the counter/table/island/etc at which the lights hang down (from, in our case, a 9 1/2 foot ceiling). Ours hang about as low as we could get away without having them in the line of sight. If you're still interested (I know you posted a long time ago), let me know and I can measure that distance for you for each one.

BTW, my apologies for the delayed response- didn't see there were new questions on this thread. Folks can feel free to send me an email through the "Send an email" link on my page, too, if I'm unresponsive :)

We have exactly the same style of windows. who did your leaded glass windows? Cherry Creek? Are they insulated etc..?
Any details would be great. THanks