Of course - everyone's favorite - the backsplash!!!
Today, I saw a table that is perfect in size and shape but the wrong height - colors are perfect but the price is not!

Here we go.... Hang on for the roller coaster ride. I like to sit in the front car with hands over head.... Type T for Thrill personality...
Lighting for pictures is not great - sorry

Main L shape kitchen run -

Oven/fridge wall sans fridge...

Short end of the L - showing countertop

Sink and Garden Window (dust included as i have not cleaned up the mess)

Close up of sink and Waterstone faucet (so far my favorite item in the whole kitchen!!) It is so smooth and the flow is just perfect!!

Last minute addition to the kitchen - the pull out pantry when we figured out that we didn't need to rebuild the wing wall to the left of the fridge. (now where is that fridge again!)

Cooking zone storage drawer 1

Cooking zone drawer 2 - there are still spaces available...

Bake zone drawer 1

Bake zone drawer 2

Super Susan

Corner cabinet - I know a lot don't like these - but it works for me - top 2 shelves have a basic copco 18 inch lazy susan. Works to store my ceramic dishes and have lots from the A2 Art Fair

Above oven storage

Above missing fridge storage

Usual trash pull out - want to see about a hands free pressure switch - I just ordered one from Lee Valley - inexpensive if it doesn't work

Seam 1 at the corner - hard to even see!

Seam 2 at the cooktop (better than the sink in my mind) You can see it but I can't even feel it!

Dish drawer - but you saw this before...

Hope I haven't bored you too much. When I was a youngster, we had 12 pictures to a roll, so couldn't get too carried away!

Thanks for all of your support!!!!

But, all the amazing storage is definitely my favorite part!

Thank you for the pics!

You have done a great job planning! Your storage is wonderful.

What are you thinking for backsplash? There are so many possibilities! I'm not a modern, clean lines kind of gal but when I was tile shopping I saw so many gorgeous tiles that would work in a more modern space. You can have so much fun with tile in your space!

I can't believe how much you've moved in already! I just started moving in today and it is taking forever! The GC cleaned everything and wiped everything down but . . . . I can't help it. Gotta do it myself too. Especially the fridge since I purchased a floor model and . . . . . I'll just feel better. I just put trash bags in the garbage pullout and threw away my first piece of garbage. Caught myself before I took a picture of it. lol

Keep the pictures coming. So fun to see it coming together.

P.S. Remember flash cubes??

It's your time to shine now so don't worry about whether you have lots of pictures. I don't think anyone here is complaining.

It all looks great and I hope so far you are thrilled with your choices.

Such a long road, but it really feels good when you are finished or near finished with the decision-making part and can really start living and enjoying your new space... And what a space it is!

Enjoy!

Your granite installers did a great job. What is that color called? That might work with the natural cherry cabinets I'm hoping to get. (I'm somewhat color-blind, so please be gentle if that's an absurd color combination. :-)

Laura

your cabinet pulls look like they have a great projection - easy on the fingers/hands.

12 exposures and flash cube - those were the days! yep, we 'measured' out our pic taking.

here - don't think you can post too many for us!

I usually try to respond to each person - but so many at once. Just a couple comments - flash cubes - those are too new for me - I go back to flash bulbs!
Docmomma - I was hoping to see some doubles before completing, so glad this will help you.

A basic overview of the kitchen - should have included on the first post.

I have struggled with every decision. Before starting, I pretended I was in my new kitchen and put stickies where everything would be stored, so I knew where everything would go post reno. Obviously, some tweaks are necessary - especially, when you lose a planned drawer under the cooktop...

Colors are not my specialty, so hearing all of the great comments is re-assuring! Thank you!! The colors were made "last minute", everything looked like I was trying to match the oak floor and missed - then I literally ran into a cabinet in the color that I chose. KD made me run home (1/2 hour the wrong way) with samples. I came back and said "perfect"

Cabinets: Brookhaven Autumn Cherry with a black glaze.

Pulls: Baldwin Brass in Brass with Black color 5 inch arch (yes, these were my original choice but I still ogle Badgergal's long pulls but realized that my faucet would feel isolated without company) - The BB and Waterstone use the same color but differently names. Waterstone says Antique brass and BB calls it brass with black. Purchased these at a wonderful store in West Reading, PA - nice discounts and nice employees. The Compleat Baldwin Brass store or something like that. (Great sales - 40% off and a volume discount)

Countertop: Cambria Buckingham (yup Royal sounding name)

Faucet: Waterstone PLP 5400 in Antique Brass. lwerner - I thought the WS was too expensive and was not going to include it - my frugal DM said - you have to get that faucet - actually, she wanted me to get the nifty cafe version that was just coming out - but just didn't match the style but she talked me into the faucet and color. I would give up most other items in the kitchen but am so glad I went with this faucet!!!

Soap dispenser: Also Waterstone. I want to add the Never MT or whatever the intials are but refuse to spend $8 on shipping for a $10 item! Maybe we could get a group order to save or MYO (make your own!)

Cooktop: Wolf Induction 5 burner

Hood: It will be a Broan Evolution in stainless - will be installed at the very end. (Long story)

Microwave: GE Advantium 240 - so far only used the MW portion but sweet! Uses a moisture sensor to determine that the food is cooked. A long way since seeing my first MW at the NY World's Fair...

Oven: Wolf E series - just couldn't justify the extra for the rotating panel (but would have been nice since the displays are slightly different)

I think the appliance dealer did a good job at matching the styles - there are different options on both ovens (frame, handles, etc)

Fridge - re-use item - 2 year old Electrolux)

Dishwasher: re-use item 2 year old Miele

Disposer: Insinkerator Evolution 1 HP. Love the 1 HP motors on these - my old one was 18 years old and never jammed.

Pots/Pans - A combination of re-use and new. The new items include CIA (2 vessels, fry pan and a free mixing bowl), DeMeyere 2.5 qt - purchased on sale from Sur la Table (and now get zillions of emails at 5:45 AM!) and an All Clad square griddle (I am going to miss my old double AC griddle but it was aluminum, so a no go for induction - but my SIL is going to be happy). Otherwise, I have a mishmash of trial pots gathered over the years.

Floor: Original oak floor - still has to be lightly sanded an a new coat of polyurethane added.

Lights: Cooper LED 3000K flood lights x 7 dimmable to 5%
Undercounter: GMLighting LARC bars 3000K
Decorative (in boxes) Hubbardton Forge "compass" lights for the kitchen and 3 bulb chandelier for the sunroom.
Sunroom cabinets will have Kimberly LED tape over counter and over a shelf that we built
Walk in Pantry - (I am hiding this for now as it is a disaster zone) - only changes are a pocket door and an occupancy sensor switch

Garden Window - Put this in when we did the outside of the house last year - wish I had waited and just built a bay with the countertop extending into the bay. But not about to toss away the $$ spent on this already....

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore AF380 Coastal Path
Trim Color: BM AF20 Marcapone
Ceiling: SW ceiling white

Backsplash: TBD - I think I want back painted glass but I think it will be a price breaker.

Again, thank you again for all of your kind words. I couldn't have made these decisions without you. I am so glad that I found Waterstone on GW as I never heard of it before. I am so thankful for all of the support for my many trivial emails and last minute decisions that had to be made.

It is amazing how different it ended up from where I started! Let's see - I started with light cabinets, Delta faucet, Elux oven, gas cooktop....

Any help on backsplash - but maybe I will start a new post on that if this gets too long....

Never made it out on my bicycle yesterday - but for sure today. Must be nice to be wrong about the weather 50% of the time and still have a job... LOL - actually, I know it is difficult to predict as there are so many variables.

Carpe Diem! It is supposed to be a beautiful day in our area today and plan to enjoy it!!

Only one addition for today - Under oven storage - not sure if I will store these in here or in the walk in pantry and put some smaller items in here.

How deep are your drawers with the pots/pans in them? I see pictures of pans stored on edge like that and I wonder how they manage it. My cabinets are the same height as anyone elses but the two deep drawers are less than 8" deep. Only the smallest of pans would fit on edge in my drawers. The drawer fronts themselves are almost 12" tall.

Aha, looking closer at your pictures I see that your cabinets are frameless. Looks like your drawer boxes are utilizing almost the whole 12" height. Very nice. My partial overlay face frames waste too much space in the drawer bases.

Those bins look good! I do agree about the odd sizing. I had to buy a few of each size and lay them out to see how they would fit. Looks like you managed to almost completely fill the drawer. You do lose just a little more space due to the thickness of two adjacent bin walls, but I like the way they look and the ability to clean them up.

For me, the key was to group like items in each bin. So for example your two small bins right in the middle with measuring spoons could all be in one slightly larger bin, if such a bin exists. I would even combine them with the measuring cups directly above them. One 6x12 bin would probably hold all your measuring utensils perfectly as it did in mine. But, you have to go with what fits in your drawers. I found that fewer of the big bins wasted less space that a whole bunch of the smaller ones and the organization didn't suffer at all.

Grumpy - Thanks - My drawer is 30 inches and a few other drawers are smaller but this is the largest. B3 only had certain sizes but the website for the company lists other sizes - so will swap some out. They only had one of the biggest sizes - which you used quite a bit and none of the square ones that I wanted. I didn't wash or take off the labels yet - everything still has to be washed from the remodel - so just testing out the organization. Have to find out other locations that carry the organizers.

Painted Nest- we have a robin's nest on our front porch light. My DH is very protective of robin.

flwrs - believe it or not, we haven't refinished the floor yet - just needs some repairs, light sanding and a new polyurethane coat - hopefully the color stays the same.

Thanks for all of your support - remember, most of what is in the kitchen is complements of GW :-)

Now on to the backsplash

I wanted to ask you about your last-minute pantry pull-out. How wide is it? And do you find it useful at that width?

The pull out pantry is 12 inches wide.
I have 7 shelves inside of it - if you are creative, you can even do more shelves.

It is perfect for our needs - we store all of our sports treats in it and my DH stays out of the walk in pantry - he can never find anything in the walk in pantry...

We also store tall bottles (mostly alcoholic) that we don't use very often (the good stuff is in the angle cabinet...)

I also have 2 shelves for snacks - my DH knows where they live and can find munchies if I am running late.

Another couple inches would be nice - but it is easy to open and close - it has a soft close on it. I put a longer handle on it but the same style as the rest of the kitchen.

Good luck - I hope to have final pictures soon - but probably will wait til I have resolution of the other issue first.

Holly-kay
Thank you for you compliment. I can't wait to see your kitchen grow.

I purchased them at the Compleat Baldwin Brass store in West Reading. I worked with Jason. They also carry Colonial as well as Baldwin. I also snagged my waterstone faucet there. (My DM lives nearby) I don't remember if they carried schaub but I don't think so.
They had good prices as well.