I love clean, uncluttered spaces. What do you do with dish or hand soap? I will have cutouts in my counter b/c I think that a soap dispenser, yes, in the counter, is neater looking than a bottle of squirty soap. If you plan to keep your soap bottle out of view, than it's not an issue.

"then" not 'than'. I know better.

What kind of cooktop? White smoothtop? Where is it? What kind of ventilation?

Induction, black with stainless steel trim, 22.5" by 23.5", 4 rounds. Maybe I'll pay to have the quartz cooktop hole routered (and polished) around the edge so that the cooktop will be countersunk by 3/16th" to make its trim be flush with the surface of the counter.

It's in the 8' counter (surrounded by three walls). In the wall is a duct between studs. So the wall cabinets are all 100% shelves and lit shelves at that too. All whole, all useable. The duct terminates under the wall cabinets: its opening is in the wall above the counter, under the lit cabinet.

The fan blower is an inline motor in the ceiling. Fantech fg6. Invisible. Silent.

Soap: I will get an "Oxo soap dispensing brush" ($4 to $5), leave it in the big deep undermount sink, on the stainless steel grid, so it'll be out of sight when you approach from the distance. We aren't big soap consumers, so it'll be plenty fine for a week at a time. This brush is the size of a computer mouse. - not "Oxo soap dispenser" - not "Oxo kitchen brush w/soap dispenser"

Davidrol you've given so much lavish attention and advice to so many of us. I would like to return the favor but I can't add anything to your ideas, at least not until I can see some of them in drawings. Need visuals!

rc

I love your aesthetic. Your layout sounds a bit like ours. I'm confused a bit by the "one side is open". Does this mean one side of the galley (side "A"?) is open, or one end of the galley? If the side is open, are you doing a pony wall to allow for wall mounting of the faucet?

Our original layout had the sink side of the galley kitchen open to the great room/atrium (MCM-style home) but it had a 9" backsplash behind it. Faucet was still deck-mounted, but the backsplash provided cover for the junque on the countertop. We also had freakishly unsafe outlets in the countertop. In the redesign we lost the backsplash completely and will now have a flat galley run/island approx. 17.5' x 31". But the faucet must still be deck-mounted, as there is no wall.

Here is what we started with:

Sounds perfect!

There are some cool hidden faucets.

Another possibility is a secondary shelf running along the backsplash (like shown in the link below), below which you conceal a more conventional wall-mount faucet with a short spout.

http://s800.photobucket.com/albums/yy282/jylmks/?action=view&current=sinkcabinet1view1.jpg

Combine that with a foot control.

I love how it sounds, but I too need some visuals! I wish I knew about the foot control, too late, we're committed to drilling the holes for the Karbon. Sigh.

"Mission Control, we have Confirmation."
Thank you all. Comments posted confirm what I asked to have confirmed.

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The next Dilemma is backsplash material, and where to put mirrors.
It's a landlocked kitchen, so Having Some mirror, Somewhere, is good.

Two backsplashes. They are different. Please advise.

B. is 8' in an alcove (three walls)Â with warm light washing the wall under the wall cabinets (tube fluorescent). Surface Area to cover is 14 sq.ft. This is the side where the induction cooktop and exhaust vent are.

A. is 7' full wall, and it continues uninterrupted into the next room (and to windows ten ft away).
"One end is open" because we removed the return wall which used to enclose the room.
No wall cabinets here. Sink and counter will be lit by three custom 50W 12V halogen pendants.
There's daylight here but it's indirect: the windows are 10 and 20 feet away.
Without any wall cabinets, the whole wall could be covered with Something -- all the same material, or two materials.
Up to 35 sq.ft. if we cover the whole wall (up to the ceiling) Â staying within the area known as "kitchen".
But the wall continues. There's 15 to 25 to 60 sq.ft. more wall.... if we keep tilling more wall !
Of course we like plaster too.
I'm thinking horizontal layers of different materials could be good here.
E.g.)Â a strip of small glass tiles, on top of that a strip of bigger glass tiles, then a strip of mirror. Plaster wall above.
E.g.)Â Opaque white glass strips 1/2"h, with various degrees of texturing on the polished surface, and a mirror strip above.
Whatever.
We are thinking about how to bring in light and views.
There's no strong daylight or good views here so mirrors could be the answer.
In a mirror your view goes to antiques (dining/living room) and to a good view in a window 20 feet away.

One more thing to know about this Side A. counter and wall:
I am considering a big thick shelf.
Hiding a wall-mount Geyser or Karbon or hose is Goal # One these days.
Am Definitely thinking to Have a big shelf to hide it.
Am thinking about making it even more "evolved and complex" than the example shown in johnliu's link.

I think rcvt and johnliu have tastes and requirements similar to mine.

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I can post pictures, soon, later, not now.
You would see the white floor (tiled floor with matching grout) and the open wall.
You would see a few drawer fronts (rosy-white ash, Askome Ikea).
You would see the header box above Side B.
It would be hard to get a feel for the larger space.
I recommend staying with words, for now.