Here is what i started with:

this is one of my renderings:

and this is what i got:

Kat :)

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!

I really like your silverware drawer inserts. Can you share where you got them?

Congratulations and enjoy!!

What a superb job you did. There are so many things that I love. The space transformation is great. I love the wall color, all the tiles, the copper pots and rack, all the thought that went into the placement of your decorative items. And I love the lighting. No high-hats!! Love the wall sconces, all of it! Great, great job. Give yourself a huge pat on the back!

Beautiful dog, too :-).

Well done, lots of very nice details. It looks like a great kitchen to work in. You also have lots of space for all your collectables. I love the green island! Enjoy

yandi-the link to my post in the gallery section is here titled Finished!! it lists the details there.

story for you:

the border tile was added in at the last minute. after i got my tiles in, i absolutely almost cried. i hated the creamy yellow look of the subway honed marble against the grayish whiter granite. it cost me $600 more, but i called my tile store and she got me those 'exeter' tiles in 2 days. sonoma keeps about 75 pieces of each tile in stock at all times. i loved the way the exeter in birch looked against my granite and thought all was well and the $600 extra seemed worth it. OMG! when the guys installed the tile and i saw how the grayish birch exeter tiles looked against the cashmere subways, i was back to square one, only now it was more obvious the difference because now the color difference was standing up instead of laying flat. I had to have a transition of gray to cream somewhere, and it definitely looked better laying flat from granite to tile instead of tile to tile. now i was really ready to cry. i had just spent $600 for nothing. it was a waste. so, what does stephanie do? I immediately went out to my garage after the tile guys left and started mixing paint. it did not take me long to get a creamy color mixed. i dry brushed the bottom 'exeter' tiles to match the subways. i liked it right away. it did not take 5 minutes to know it was better. i will just have to get over the grayer granite and the creamier/yellowish backsplash. hey, what the heck, the cabinets are white, real white, which is a better match for the cooler toned granite. so i have cool(granite) > warm(tile) > cool(cabinets). I guess i made a bad choice on my tiles after all. it was a 50/50 odds there. i missed. i should have gone with the darker gray tiles. in the end i convinced myself, against my better judgement that the lighter colored subways were the way to go. the gray ones were pretty dark, but would have been better. In the end, i do love the color of the cashmere honed granite no matter what. if the girl at my tile store knew that i had painted(or dry brushed) those expensive sonoma tiles not an hour after they were installed, she would have a fit! i think its kind of funny. they are pretty though.

I hate my hood vent. the cabinet man was supposed to get me something great, and he did not. well, it sucks like he said it would, but the lights are so dim i can hardly see to oook. and it is so loud! i hate to turn it on high for very long, but when i do need to, it gets the smoke and odors out completely. If your still interested, its a broan. i don't think it is more than a few hundred bucks. i will change it out when i can. until then, i still need to find a way to trim the metal part of the liner that shows where my arch in the wood is cut out. keep us posted on your progress.

Enjoy your new kitchen,
Eliz

mikeandbarb-there have been a few comments about our" Husky Puppy". I just have to say how much we absolutely love him! He has been such a joy to have since we got him 7 years ago. they are just the best breed. It seems the more we spoil him, the sweeter he gets.

TIA,

Lynne

Alicia

I'll have to try to hold myself back from buying something before my cabinets are actually installed and I have most everything in them. I am contemplating giving up space in the upper pull out of what would have been my pots, pans, and lids cabinet so that I could do this. I figure I can move some of that to LS next to it if I have to.

Lynne