I love, love, love how your kitchen looks now!

I love the clean contemporary look! It looks like a huge space. I hope you enjoy all that glorious prep space. Nicely done...congrats!

Nice job, lcase! It looks so clean and spacious.

Thanks! It's early yet, but it looks like it's going to work out well.

You never really know until it's all in place. This was our first experience with something this major, so it was a little nerve-wracking to shell out a substantial amount and not be quite sure how well it would turn out.

Really nicely done! Modern, but warm.

Do you mind telling us a bit about the style/era of your house? And what is the name of the granite?

Wow--what a difference! Love it, and love those stools!

Beautiful! The cabinetry is gorgeous. Congratulations and enjoy your new space.

You did a great job. I love the clean lines and how warm the space looks.

Fantastic! Everything looks great. Love those barstools! Congrats and enjoy.

Beautiful! Can't believe it is the same space.

The countertop material is Cambria Quartz, Praa Sands pattern. It looks like granite or marble, but it's quartz.

The house itself is a suburban home built in the mid-1960s. It's a weird dual split level -- take a two story house, saw it down the middle, and sink half if it in the ground. Our home offices are in the daylight basement, the kitchen right above the basement.

Wow, so sleek and modern. Love it!

The window (and light) is wonderful, and so is the transformation. I really, really want to sit in those chairs. Congratulations!

Looks great! I envy the amount of counter space you have.

Wow! Looks fantastic! Loving the brown and the stools... so mod!! And the long, uninterrupted counter space shows off your countertops beautifully! Great job and congrats on finishing!

You have acres of counterspace!! Wow! What a tremendous improvement. Enjoy!

So much nicer!!! I'm looking at that little tiny space between the top of your cabinets and the ceiling. What's the plan? I ask because we also have a space kinda like that which hasn't been dealt with yet.

Love the size of your kitchen, love how cool, streamlined and uncluttered the look is now, and love all your colors. Soothing yet sophisticated!

Brilliant! Cabs up to the ceiling, yards of counterspace, light, bright, and so sophisticated! A very classic MCM vibe. Love it!

Your layout is the closest to mine I've ever seen on this site (except mine isn't as long as yours--wish it was), so I have a few questions. How long is your peninsula? Could you please post a pic of the corner on the other side of the fridge? What are the dimensions of the counter between the fridge and the ovens? Did you make any of your counters deeper than usual? And last, but not least, what size pot lights did you use? Thanks so much for posting your kitchen; I'll definitely be studying yours again and again!

It's gorgeous and spacious! I love that window and all that counter. It doesn't even look like the same room.

Wow! A huge improvement! I'm mid reno at present but SO GLAD to be rid of the vile tile countertop that was in my house ...

Love the stools and the cabinets. It's warm, inviting and spacious!

Congrats on a job well done, hope you and your family enjoy your new space.

Holy cow. I love your kitchen!

flwrs_n_co: The peninsula extends six feet from the wall. This includes the 3/4" depth of the backsplash. The countertops are 25" deep, so the peninsula extends 47" from the countertop edge. All counters are 25" deep (including the 3/4" of the backsplash depth and slight bulge from the pencil-nose edge.) In other words, the countertops are standard depth.

The main recessed lights are Cree CR6 LEDs, 2700K color temperature. The two lights over the sink are 4-inch, also Cree LEDs. The pendant lights are from Tech Lighting.

I plan on taking more photos soon, and will post those when I get that done.

I like how it is simple but dramatic. Your old kitchen had a decent size, but the rest was needing to go. Those tile counters kill me....

The new kitchen looks so much more functional as well as being quite cool. It was too spread out before and now the layout works better for the cook as well as for the diners.

I love your new light fixture and think it fits perfectly with the vibe.

If you don't add trim up top, I'd like to see the paint get a little further behind the cab by the peninsula. I had not noticed until the gap was pointed out, but now I see it...

@dianalo: We will be adding top trim. It will be a flat wood trim, the same finish as the cabs, but with a 3/4" stainless steel strip inlaid into it. That's why the pain doesn't extend into the wall above the backs of the cabinets.

Beautiful!! What kind of wood are your cabinetss made from? I'm getting close to deciding on cabs and like the look of yours. Do you love, love all the drawers??

That looks great! So fresh and open!

Who did your floors? I'm in your area and would like to extend my original oak floors into the kitchen and into a bedroom addition.

It is a beautiful transformation. Your new kitchen looks very sleek and appropriate for the style of the house. I love the cabinets, counters and the mod stools.

I keep looking at the Praa Sands pictures on the Cambria website, but have not seen it in person yet. On my monitor it looks like there are smokey blue veins, but they may actually be gray or taupe IRL. I would love to see more pictures of your counters.

sjerin: The cabinets are cherry veneer (honey finish, if I recall correctly), over flakeboard. The cabinet and drawer hardware works very well. We've loaded up one drawer with all our daily dishes, and it still opens and closes smoothly. All the door hinges and drawer hardware are soft close.

stephanie_and_tim: The flooring subcontractor is Slaughterback Floors, in Campbell, CA.

kaysd: Praa Sands has black, taupe and teal veins running through. There are occasional blobs of muted teal and taupe as well. The taub is a gold-ish taupe, rather than beige.

lcase
We were considering a similar layout but didn't think we had enough "butt" room to open the oven with the peninsula. How much space is between the oven and the peninsula? Thanks

a2gemini: It's roughly 41 inches from the edge of the countertop to the oven door. The oven is a Bosch 800 series, with a 22-inch high door, so it protrudes about that far out when the oven is open. One person can comfortably operate the door, but another person would have a tight fit trying to squeeze by at the same time.

lcase
Thanks! I chickened out on the peninsula as I was worried about clearance (and I am quite thin)
It would have been slightly less than your space - so I think I made the right decision (and will keep telling myself I did anyway!)
If I had not chickened out on the peninsula - the set up of our kitchen would have been similar - but stayed more linear.
Great window - I am kicking myself for putting our new window in with our new siding and not waiting til we did the kitchen (I had not discovered gardenweb at the time)
Enjoy your lovely kitchen
Let me know how it works out. I will be posting soon.

Thank you, lcase. I hope I will end up with something similar! I will also look into Slaughterbeck Floors--were you happy with them? They get perfect scores on Yelp. :)

sjerin: The floor refinishing on the older part of the floors looks good. But the impressive part was how well they matched the new oak with the old oak. It really looks like a natural extension of the old floor.