I’m not sure if I’m going to do a good job at explaining what all got changed, but here goes. And let me know if anyone has any questions!

Kitchen before :

The picture below is the old family room (what we now use as a dining room) and you can see the kitchen through that small doorway with the doggy gate. On the other side of this wall was the dining room (what we now are using as a family room).

We knocked out the wall between the family room and dining room, and widened the opening to the kitchen. It was a lot of demo:

And here’s what it looks like now (please excuse the snackers):

Here’s the view from the new family room (still need stools for that peninsula):

View from the new dining room:

View from the back wall to the new family room (old dining room):

Back wall:

Stove wall:

LOVE the Thermy :

What’s a contemporary kitchen without open shelving!

The peninsula is to the right under the shelves:

Here are some shots of the island (btw, the best thing about the remodel was adding a sliding glass door):

Some more random shots:

Does anyone have any suggestions for the far wall color? Green made sense before but now not so sure…

Thank you to anyone who’s made it this far!

P.s we're getting a "Thermy" just like that when we remodel. Glad to hear you like it.

Cabinets: Thomasville from Home Depot in Cherry stained Chocolate and Maple painted white

Countertop: 3CM Carrera Marble

Paint Color - Main: Revere Pewter, Trim: Behr White, Ceiling: White Dove

Appliances (all purchased from appliancesconnection.com):
Refrigerator: KitchenAid KBFS20EVMS
Thermador 36" Range Top
Oven: Bosch HBL8650UC
DW: Bosch SHX3AR75UC
Hood: Vent-a-hood

Sink: Kraus 33" from Expressdacor.com
Faucet: KWC Suprimo from Homeperfect.com
Soap Dispenser: Moen

Can lights - 4" DMF LED from local lighting store
Pendants - 8" Kichler Lighting from Amazon.com
UCL - LED max lights from Environmentallights.com

Flooring - strand woven bamboo (potentially the least kid friendly purchase I've ever made in my lifetime).

Also, thank you guys so much for all the kind words!!!!

Also want to love up on that little cutie with the footie pajamas, sweet thing!!

I like the wall color, leave it for now unless there's something that's really calling to you.

Beautiful view from your sink as well!! I also admire your chandelier over the dining table and also the understated yet lovely pendants over the island. Great job!

The one question I had is why you said the strand woven bamboo is "the least kid friendly purchase I've ever made in my lifetime." Is it any different than any other hard flooring surface from a kid perspective?

Frogster

Also, unrelated to kitchens, where is your desk from? Love the look of it!

Frogster - I should have used the words "kid proof". It's really hard so we thought it was going to be extra durable. I guess because it is SO hard the polyurethane doesn't penetrate well and is very fragile. It nicks and scratches just by looking at it. That and the dust! It's impossible to keep clean, it's like a backlight for dust somehow.

Lamki - it's Eden. We love Thomasville, it's the second kitchen we've put them in. And the desk is from Urban Outfitters.

Thanks again everyone for all the kind words! I've been second guessing our choices so it's so great to hear all the feedback.

Question about the island...how is the splashing behind the sink? Do you find you are dripping behind it (and thus on the floor), or is it saying pretty contained in your deep sink?

Sorry to hear the floor is a disappointment - that is a bummer. :(

As far as changing the paint color on that wall, what about a blue to pick up the blue tile? Not sure this would work, but one blue I've been digging lately is BM Adagio. Seems very gray/blue and a bit dark enough to not look like a baby boy nursery.

Enjoy cooking in that space!!

KathyNY76: Ya know, I've been watching for splashing and it's not that bad. I don't think anything has ever made it to the floor yet. I'm not missing a back wall as much as I thought I would.

I hear you on the dark wood floors. Ugh. I'm a slave to them.

Do you mind sharing where you got your shelves? I'm shopping for some for myself...

I adore your Icelandic Blue tile. After our not-so-great experience with ADKO, how did yours work out? From here they are stunning. I like them much better than green for your space, they are cool and very modern in that color, especially when paired with the dark lower cabs and the crisp marble countertops. Yummy!

I agree with the thought of a blue-grey for that back wall. I love that photo that shows the back wall, what a vibrant space with the sloped ceiling and the beams.

Oh, and I have ceiling fan envy too! Sweet!

Enjoy!

Drybean - do you mean the shelves in the kitchen? If so, they were the same brand as the cabinets. Or if you mean the shelves in the dining room? Those are the Expedit from IKEA.

If you have good weather, you should invest in a good quality outdoor grill. With two sliding doors, you'll enjoy being able to cook at two places at once.

Let us know how it works and if there's anything you'd change.

There are a few things I would change if I had unlimited funds like making the kitchen 5 feet wider. :) I also might have chosen different floors except I'm not sure what because half is on concrete and half plywood subfloor and everyone said this really hard bamboo was the only thing that would work for both. I might have taken away the cabinets facing the family room (on the back of the peninsula) because the countertop is kind of gigantic on the peninsula but I really do love having the storage space there so I'm not even sure about that.

That's my favorite place for a microwave or toaster oven - to the right and up from the fridge or in a microwave drawer 1 step away from the fridge.
Because: I cook ~ every other day, but someone grabs a plate and re-heats things from the fridge or freezer in either the toaster oven or microwave maybe 5 - 10x / day depending on how many people are home.

Not a layout comment, but:

- I love that color of blue in your backsplash. I could swim in it.

- I love that you have open shelving that provides an opportunity for art in your kitchen.

If I ever move I'm going to add open shelving and have an outlet run behind it so that I can put a photo viewer. I just got a Nix photo viewer 8.5" with a motion sensor from Amazon, and I'd love to put it in the kitchen on a shelf like that. Electrician said he could run an outlet behind a shelf in the living room next time he's over in < 30 min.

Congratulations on a gorgeous space!

I'm considering the 36-inch Thermador rangetop. So glad to hear you're happy with it. Are you happy with your hood? What cfm is it? Is it easy to clean? Did you need make-up air? Any advice on shopping for a hood would be appreciated!

And the snackers are adorable. ;)

I wanted a kit but I never got around to ordering it. The only issue I have is since it's sitting on the "shelf" and not in the middle of the cabinet there's a big empty space above it that I think looks funny.

Hello - Thanks for all the compliments! It's kindof Eichler style. Built in 1975 - definitely a money pit. :) The roof in the back is flat and in the front it's slanted towards the street.

Legallin - The chandalier is called Bling by Robert Abbey. It's an imitation of a MUCH pricier one called Pear Ochre. It was still fairly pricey though and definitely one of our "splurges". The island is 84" wide with standard 24" deep base cabs but we had the counter top cut a bit wider to give extra room behind the faucet. So it's about 27". If you need the storage DEFINITELY go with those extra cabs under the peninsula. I really love them - we put our millions of wine glasses there and other things that we rarely use. I'm not sure where else I'd put that stuff. The peninsula IS really wide, is my only problem. Like - when we are sitting at the counter I wish the person standing on the other end was a bit closer. But again, I needed the storage so I wouldn't change it.

And seriously thank you for such kind words! I still feel like I question many of my choices (and style, even, although I didn't have many options with our weird 70's house) so it's so helpful to hear positive feedback!

I am huge fan of the clean look and the MCM that your house has hints of. What does the outside look like? Is it Eichler-ish? I think you made some very smart choices with the blue tile, the dark cabinets and the open shelves.

I don't mind the green at all, but maybe because you were thinking that your tile would be more greenish you are feeling it doesn't relate? Perhaps a wall that has some slight hints of blue would feel more cohesive? There is so much of the grayish-taupe because of your light-filled giant walls, that I find the accent wall a refreshing and fun pop of color. I'd stick with an accent wall, but maybe repaint it something that you feel ties in with the kitchen a bit better.

I too lusted after the Ochre chandelier and ended with a Robert Abbey one :) Actually Ochre has lots of very cool pricey stuff!!

I think the CB2 Vapor stools would be awesome with your peninsula! Love your place--just SUPER beautiful!!