Breathe!!!! You're almost there.

Seeded vs fluted.....I prefer the Seeded as well. The
seeded ties in better with the backsplash.

Tan paint? White? Blue? That's probably the toughest one to decide in pics for me.

I wouldn't light the valance.

No side splash.

All of the choices you've made so far are very pretty. I'm sure whatever you decide will be beautiful.

Agree with mags. You've reached the point where too much is going on, especially in a small space. Time to go simple to finish it off.

I have floors like that in my living room and dining room and used BM Revere Pewter. In the bedroom, same floor, I used BM Shaker Beige. Your kitchen is coming along great, I really like what you've already chosen.

I just got back from vacation where we stayed in a house that had a fabulous kitchen well, to look at anyway. Function was a whole other story but I digress, they had the fluted glass in two of the cabinets and it looked really nice. It was a very modern house and it fit right in with that theme. What I liked about it was that you couldn't see through it easily. I'm not sure about the seeded glass if that would be an issue. Maybe you don't mind that you could see through it? I always think people are more or less trying to hide whatever is in the cabinets. If that's important to you the fluted would probably be a better choice.

I vote seeded also. Your cabinet doors seem pretty traditional, and seeded seems to go better. The fluted reads more modern to me. As for wall color, maybe a tan that is in floor and counters? Just paint some sample colors in different areas to try them out.

Fwiw, I liked the seeded glass as well. I too would nix the side splash. But, I am having a hard time understanding what "light the valence" means and how it was moved so it only "shades" the recessed lights...?

It looks nice overall; love your skylight.

Your cabinets to me, say a little old world kind of way, and I think that the seeded glass would be much nicer.

Besides the potlights what else are you doing for lighting. I'm wondering if maybe an actual light fixture hanging over the sink might look nice in the kitchen - rather than puck lights of any sort in the valance.

Thank you ladies, had a little meltdown when hubs got home from work and the terracotta patch grout was flamingo pink, but once I got it all out I feel a little calmer.

Jennifer123- the valance was originally level with the cabinets and completely blocked the lights so I had then move it back 3 inches.

The contractor said we can light the valance by putting 2 high hats into it so it lights the sink, I just don't understand where they would go... his answer was wherever you would like....

Blfenton: currently I have 9 high hats, a 5 Ft x 5 Ft sky light and the 6 foot bay window.... they are getting switched with led conversion kits but other then that I was originally not adding any but now I don't know. Under cabinet lighting may be added at a later date, my contractor wanted a ridiculous price and would t budge.

Youdon't need lights in the valance. Ditch the valance. The lights that are already there would be doing their job but for it. It's in theway functionally, and te look is awkward.

I'm a little worried about the lighting period. I don't think the lighting plan will give you any decent task lighting. Could be wrong,

Ugg I wish I could remove the valance, but it is hiding a structural issue that had to be fixed for some reason or another for permit reasons, it was the best of bad options.

Can I ask what task lighting is im a little confused? Is that like under cab lighting? They were saying they can "re focus" my highhats.... or should I consider moving them, KD and GC said they were fine and that's where we could save money, and to be honest this is a smallish kitchen and cost us $$$ but I don't want to end up half assing anything. Ive worked very high stressed jobs in the past and never had problems and im overwhelmed on this.

I have a small kitchen and don't really need under cabinet lighting. I have a ceiling light over my sink/prep area. I put on the other four ceiling lights when need be. I have no windows in my kitchen--you have a large window and a skylight.

Did you purchase the arabesque tile already? The arabesque introduces a very strong pattern, as does the reeded glass. Your kitchen is chock-full of special and embellished elements-- the window, elaborate granite, slanted ceiling with skylight, two-tone cabinets, counter cabinet, valance, etc. You need to pull back at some point and let something play a supporting role to the stars, and you're down to backsplash and glass. I would use plain glass for the cabinets with the arabesque, though my preference would be seeded glass with a subway tile.

I have attached a one page info on types of lighting required in a home/kitchen.

What you seem to have is mainly ambient lighting - over all lighting at a 9' height and seem to be mainly hidden in your ceiling angles.

The window and skylight work fine for the day but not so much when it's dark and you're trying to prepare dinner.

Task lighting is specific lights at a specific point (such as a dropped light at your sink to help with clean-up, or undercabinet lighting at your prep area to help with cutting, seeing lines on measuring cups, reading a recipe, etc). Depending on your age, as you get older the more task lighting you require.

But like I said - you might be fine with your high lights. I just hope that aren't casting strange shadows but give you the light you need.

Here is a link that might be useful: Basic types of lighting required in a kitchen

My concern is with the arabesque as well. If you haven't purchased it yet, you may want to hold off and see how you feel after the granite goes in. We just had typhoon bordeaux counters installed and are so pleased we decided to wait on the backsplash. TB has tons of movement and we were amazed (fortunately in a good way) how vastly different it looks lying flat on the counters vs standing on edge. It seemed very gray/white background initially. Now much more creamy. It's totally changed our bs direction. Good Luck. It's going to look awesome!