I will post some pictures with a bit of explanation. It's not so easy to get pictures.

The kitchen used to be enclosed and the wall was in the location of the face of the island toward the living room. The archway intersects the kitchen almost in half, but the division really only exists on the ceiling. This visual "halving" of the kitchen succeeded how I wanted it to, but now that I am on the market one of the comments is that the kitchen is "so much smaller" than in other units while actually the work triangle is slightly larger.

Thank you for sharing! I really like the narrow backsplash close to your countertop and the sheen of the glass.

We needed the narrow backsplash because the back flange of the range went all the way to the Very back edge of the counter.

Shaping the soapstone to fit over this was easy. Shaping the glass to fit over this would have been very difficult and expensive. The bonus is that black thing that sticks up 1+ inch at the back of the grate blends in to the black soapstone, whereas it would have been noticeable against the glass. You can see that there is a narrow backsplash of soapstone in the last picture very clearly, but it is not that noticeable generally, (say as compared to a 4"one).

The outlet is there by necessity, but again from far away it sorta blends in.

I know I've seen your kitchen before. But, I never *really, really* looked at it. It is so cool. So, interesting! I like the doorway and I wouldn't have ever guessed that your fridge was in that cabinet. It's a nice blend of the traditional doors and moldings with the sleek kitchen. I'm figuring that you're somewhere in new york with that size. Thanks for posting it again!
Kim

Not sure how I missed this one!
Nice job and very jealous of your glass backsplash!
Love the fridge and the doorway also
I do have one question - what is the distance from the cooktop to the cabinet? I know in our town, we have to have 30 or 36 inches above the cooktop to combustibles.

It's 24" and the underside is lined with metal, and there is a concealed range hood. 24" is what they want here and many people have 18" with a microhood and cabinets butted against it.

Terrific!
You are amazing!
Lots of little hidden items in your cozy kitchen!