So lovely and light! Love the wall color. Could you please post all the nitty gritty details?

And a drawer just for pet snacks?? You lucky dog. ;)

Thank you for sharing with us!

Oooh, I love all the glass cabinets atop your pantry wall -- beautiful! Great job; enyoy your new kitchen!! (and I hope you'll be cooking on a real rangetop soon)

I too love the glass cabinets atop your tall pantry wall and you have so much counter space. Functional and pretty - two great hallmarks of a great kitchen. Well done.

What a lovely kitchen!! It would be heaven to have so many drawers and tons of counter space. It is so light and inviting. I love that wall color too. What is it called?

VERY PRETTY! Congratulations!

Great job! Sorry about that cooktop!

Nice and bright! Good luck with the cooktop.

bl said it all...FUNctional and pretty ! I love all the drawers and the light !! The glass cabs up top were inspired. Great job ! c

Can you tell me more about the tube solar light. Where is it in your kitchen? I've heard they are great. Nice bright kitchen, great features. Enjoy!

Nice job! You maximized your storage opportunities, yet made your kitchen open and light. I like the wonderful windows above your sink.

Did you do Solatube? How difficult/expensive was that? I have thought about one for my bathroom.

Nice job on your kitchen! I'm sorry to hear about your cook top.

If it makes you feel better, I am still cooking on asingle burner since 12/5/10 and I bet yours will be installed and hooked up before mine too!
Frankly, you had me with opening the wall and opening upthe views....
I love the softness of your kitchen and how pleasant it looks.
We love our solatube in our master bathroom, but it is a bit much first thing in the a.m.. We had no idea it would be so bright while facing north. We'd still get it, but wish we had a few more scattered about our living spaces ;)

On solatubes: our neighbors have a hallway back to the bedrooms that was so dark you had to turn on a light in the middle of the day to make your way down it. They put in a solatube and voila! Now it's like daylight central. Such a good move for that dark space.

breezygirl-- the cabinets are from Lowes and the (cotati) store up here has the absolute most patient cabinet designer in the world. they are kraftmaid and they are in the color canvas. (some doors still need to be replaced... they are all supposed to be flat front.)

the paint color is BM Tranquility. it looks pretty awful on the paint chip, in my opinion, but is truly tranquil on the walls. we are really happy with it. i call it green-gray, hubbie calles it blue-gray... so it's really an in-between color, i guess.

dilly ny -- the solar tube can be purchased at most home improvement stores. it is the larger of the lights (amongst recessed lights) in the first picture. it lets in so much light that we were told not to get the larger size, as it can get too warm when standing under it for long periods of time on a v. sunny day.(not sure this is the case...) you can also put a light inside of it-- so that it functions as a light by day (sun) and at night (switched bulb). they are around $100 or so-- and only took our contractor a couple of hours to install. (hole in ceiling, hole in roof and super-shiny reflective between.)

The paint color fits the mood, it is very tranquil & looks a little more blue than gray to me.
I have not heard of a solar tube but on a 2 story house I guess it wouldn't matter.
You have certainly maximized your space and I am sure you don't miss the wall between the dining area and the kitchen. It sure opens it up. Do you have before photos?

I love all the light you have, all the drawers (especially the one for doggie treats!), your special solar tube light (if I was not in a townhouse I think I would do that!), and your description of that two trashcan drawer is what I want. Thanks for sharing such a happy pretty kitchen. Wish I had room for all those drawers but at least I know when I do my upgrade, I do want more drawers.

Hi, thanks dianalo & kawh. I had done some reading on them in the past, and some customers (including, I think readers on Gardenweb) said the construction of them was poor. It sounds like your experience is much more positive.

Kawh - gonna make myself late for work if I don't get off of this laptop! Love the kitchen - the glass front cabs, the beautiful sink, the dog treat drawer!!

I'm gonna come back later to really look again. Just wanted to say "hey."

SQ

Love it and love all your drawers! Certainly doesn't look like a "budget" remodel to me! Could you show a pic of the "hidden junk area behind the refrigerator for daily mail and phone" (that's a real problem for us). I didn't know you could do the grooved drainboard with Formica -- are you enjoying that? So many great ideas -- thanks for sharing and enjoy!

What a great kitchen. I envy you the storage wall opposite the windows. Smart to use glass fronts there that reflect light from the windows. And all those drawers! I don't think anyone can have too many, but you MIGHT have almost enough :-).

What is behind the doors in the storage wall? Looks like a great place for appliances that can be used in place--kind of appliance garage use. And you have plenty of counterspace as well.

Must be a wonderful kitchen to work in.

I can see why your happy with your new kitchen! It's a beautiful, light, airy space...lets that the sunshine in. With so many cabinets to keep oneself organized, its a dreamy, functional space. Hope your cooktop is up and working soon (shame on you, dacor)

colorfast--quick response then will post pic of the phone area later. 10 years ago, solar tubes were pretty tacky looking. now they look pretty much like regular recessed lighting with a flat face. can also buy designer fronts, i think. we also have one in the hallway and adore it. only turn on the light after nightfall now.

dianalo-- omg!! seriously??? almost a year???? love to hear that absurd story!!!!
kawh

Thanks, Kawh. That sounds like a great option for us. Do you know how long the tubes can be?

colorfast-- i think they go to about 14 or 16 feet-- but you can look it up easily.

just a quick catch-up on our cooktop. dacor finally, finally came through. we had to wait about 11 weeks for the replacement cooktop to come in. never apologies (except from the very nice local repair company who seemed shocked at the amount of time we had to wait.) i absolutely love the cooktop-- but would never, ever buy from them again. we wanted to buy california/u.s. made when possible-- who knew they simply would have no replacements anywhere when the first one was faulty. will share in the appliance section one day-- but wanted to catch up here.
-kawh