Meant to say arrow forward to see the kitchen from the other end, looking from the breakfast room in to the kitchen. Across the hall is the pantry (door propped open in this photo)

oh and meant to say one of the work tables is between the range and sink! Range will be against the stone wall

Wow, what a beautiful space. Love the floors. Can't wait to see more.

Gorgeous..I've been looking forward to seeing your kitchen. I knew it was going to be beautiful. Your floors and brick wall add so much in creating the beautiful character in the space. Your choice of cabinetry is perfect. It certainly is befitting of your beautiful home and surroundings. Can't wait to see it finished.

OH! The floors are breathtaking, and look amazing with the stone. The whole kitchen is beautiful.

Keep your camera handy and keep posting pictures please!

Becky

O. M. G. Another GW jawdropper is soon to arrive! Although, with what's already here, the drool has begun forming. Can't wait for this reveal!

Amazing floors! I can't wait to see it finished.

Not loving the rock wall though. Just a personal opinion, Don't flay me! I grew up in a 1979 ranch that had that kind of rock. I lived in that house for 18 years, maybe that's why. Rock overload.

That is beautiful! I love the floors. Makes me keep dreaming, someday I will have wood floors.

Kathec,

No, I know what you mean about the stone --- definitely kind of a Rocky Mountain feel to it. But we used it because it is original to the house (this is the back side of the family room fireplace). Plus, it will have a 5 foot wide range in front of it so I think will feel less prominent when we are done.

I like stacked stone, but decided it was too trendy and we should keep what's there, and what matched the DR fireplace (the kitchen adjoins the family rm on one side and the dr on the other.

Here is a link that might be useful: dining room fpl

Farmhouse? I swooned so completely at the first pic that it took me a few minutes notice an arrow to click. From either end, the vista, colors, textures are amazing and defy stylistic categorization.

I had seen your elevations before, and assumed that the "brick" was brick. The stone is just impossibly beyond wonderful.

Very nice mt road!!!! I'm jealous of all that space!

OOh, thanks everybody. I'm so excited. We went under contract on this house Aug 2009 and the renovation and expansion have taken forever. I am so dying to move in in March 11!

Cat - thank you! I think its partly an illusion, we still have two work tables and a range to go in!

Honor - I love "defy stylistic catgorization". I am really hoping to do that, but whenever I do a project i realize later that I was actually just channelling things id already seen, consciously or not.

Martha - thanks but in a next life I will get my Aga! If only I werent so intimidated to cook on it.

Oldhouse - Im so glad you think it fits. That is my number one task. To make it feel like a part of the house and land, and yet not have it be DIsneyfied country.

KBM, Kathec, Becky, Prill -- thanks!

Wow, that is really gorgeous! I love the floors and the stone. It's already beautiful, can't wait to see the final pics :)

Oh my goodness!!! It is all beautiful, but oh my goodness, the floors!!! Can you please give more information about them? I covet your floors!!

It is lovely Mtnrd, your homes are beautiful. Looking at your pictures reminds me of looking at Bunny Williams book, yours is not as clutterry (new word). I like your style, very comfortable and refined. I am looking forward to seeing the finished kitchen, should be great. Carlisle floors are gorgeous, I think you chose a perfect color. You have such pretty windows and views. I'm waiting to see the pewter counters or zinc? Thank you for posting. It is interesting to see how someone else decorates a home. And outside as well, the gardens are amazing.

I don't even know what to say. That space is just gorgeous.

I hope this doesn't come across in a very bad way, but I can think of no other way to express my emotion. I want to do bad things to that floor. ;-)

(by bad I mean good ;-)

Seriously. That is the most gorgeous floor I have ever seen.

I'm having serious heart palpitations when I go back and look at them.

I am so salivating.... that floor is beautiful, and the cabinets are amazing! I have to say, I like the stone, but then again, I just put in a stone wall this week into my new build. I think your finished kitchen will have so much character (it already does) and I cannot wait to see more!

Truly heavenly. The floor. The setting. The stone walls, inside and out.

Thrilled: I've posted a link to the floor. I fell in love with that photo, but when the color was tested in my house, Plymouth Pumpkin was too orange. So i used Bradford Umber instead. Note that this is Eastern White Pine, so it is soft and will distress easily, We wanted that --- we hope it looks old soon!

Maggie - thank you! I have no hand in the gardens. We used a wonderful landscape architect in our old house, the brick one you see. In this new house, well the whole reason we bought it was the setting --- stone terraces, pond, gardens, etc. We weren't even planning to move but we came across it and it seemed once-in-a-life time to us. Luckily, we do love our new community.

Mythree, Bee and have2cats -- thank you!

Craftlady --- lol, dont give DH ideas. He's already counting on "I-just-moved-into-my-new-house-sx", a la Sienfeld!

Here is a link that might be useful: My fave Carlisle floor

stunning... just stunning. everything is going to be just beautiful... really i'm just speechless about the floors!

lol, well my DH seems to want that with every new step that gets started and gets finished. I'm pretty sure I'd give in with floors like those :)

I just showed them to my boss who is also redoing his kitchen and has just installed all hardwood floors in his house. He appreciates a nice hardwood floor and he was blown away by their beauty too.

Was the price reasonable? Did you get these floors installed elsewhere in the house, or just the kitchen?

Your kitchen audibly made me gasped. The floors, stone, natural setting and SPACE... my gosh... such SPACE! spectacular!

I too am blown away, I can't wait to check back often to see more photo's!!!! Don't hold back ;-) You must be so very very excited! Just amazing so far! Wow weee

For some reason, I didn't think you were as far along as this so I'm surprised to see pics. But what a great surprise! It's going to be a gorgeous space. Love the views too. Hurry and finish up so I can see the whole thing! ;)

Your amazing floor: how is it that you don't have huge gaps between the planks?
I have wide pine floors (house built in 1976) and my gaps between the planks are huge! I can fill them in w/ Cheerios!

thanks,
Amanda

Gorgeous floor! Can't wait to see you all moved in.

Please post a couple pics within a post? Pretty please? I keep getting a java script error and cannot see your pictures! :-(

wow!! Some things I absolutely love:
Your view especially out of the dining/breakfast area (what a gorgeous piece of land you have!!)
the wood flooring - gorgeous!
The stone backdrop for the range. What a way to display a range by placing it on a stone wall in the center of a kitchen!
CANNOT WAIT TO SEE IT FINISHED!

Beautiful! I love everything about it!! I can't wait for the finished product!!

What are you planning to do for counters? Can't wait to see....

Oh. My. God. Your floors are too fabulous! You totally made the right choice for that space with that floor color -- dark would have been w-r-o-n-g; kinda wish I'd seen the pickled floors. Just kidding! Have fun.

Beautiful! Are the doors between the kitchen and breakfast/dining area on a track or just piano hinged? They are just wonderful looking and seem so very functional. We have been dithering on what to do to have doors between our eating area and a small sitting room. Your doors look like they would be perfect for us. Are they custom or a particular brand? I wish I could remember the brand door we used in our house. Doors were DH's part of the project and I can't find the paperwork now. Anyway, your whole kitchen is marvelous and I hope you enjoy it for many, many years!

FLseadog, the doors between our kitchen and dining room were there, we did not put them in. They are not on a track. They open and fold back. We are painting them and replacing the glass (silly frosted with a design) with restoration glass. I will try to remember to take a photo if that helps?

Torino , we are putting hand hewn cherry on the counters where there are no uppers, underneath the windows. In the L shaped area where there are uppers (tho they sit on the counter), the counters will be pewter. We
also have a zinc topped work table and an island with dolomya marble.

Huango, I don't know, let's see in 35 yrs?

Craftlady, we really felt that these floors were very important to the look of the house. We put them in the entry hall, kitchen, breakfast room, mudroom and mudroom hallway, hallway to the master wing, hallways and steps to kids bedrooms, and .... My favorite... In my bathroom under my slipper tub. We did not put them in bedrooms. Elsewhere in the house is cork, or existing slate or existing marble. It's hard to search my old emails on my iPad but when I have a chance I will on my laptop. The floor is pine, and pine is relatively cheap. But then the old wide plank features ups the price.

Thanks rm, yellow, ej, allison, breezy,cjc and remodel.

Marylu, I think I can only do that if I moved all my stuff from shutter fly to photobucket?

Huango, I don't know, check back in 35 years and I bet I have the same problem?

Craftlady,We also put the same wood floors in the family room, too. I think it was like 3000 sq ft.In total for the various rooms and hallways

Gosh, I didn't know you could even get planks of that size anymore. Beautiful.

It makes me wish I had wood to put in.

Beautiful! I am anxious to see more pictures.
Did you decide to paint the dining rm windows?

Thanks Aliris.

Eandhl,
We are painting the dr trim BM Hampshire grey. We actually did track down the designer whose photos of a solarium that reminded me of my dining room inspired the idea of painted trim. The designer's assistant rather sheepishly told me the color was FnB Lime White, tho it didn't look like that color in the photo. My entire lr and the trim in some of my br are Lime White, and I can tell you I think she was wrong. So we just went with our gut.

It is beautiful.. I cant wait to see it all done!

FLseadog, below is an old post about doors.

Here is a link that might be useful: Door discussion

wow! what a beautiful space. i can't wait to see the end result. don't keep us waiting too long, i really want to see this one!

Craftylady-

Approximately 2500 square feet. combination of:
9" Widths
14 & 15" Widths
17 & 18" Widths

Eastern White Pine, 3/4" thick, Original Grade, Tongue and Groove

Edge w/Stress Reliefs, 4-16' lengths

Cost: $34,619

So that is like $14/sq foot or so? Of course that includes an egregious markup by my GC, I am sure. (don't get me started).

Those floors are stunning! I love it all, but, oh the floors......

Hi Mtnrdredux,
I love the floors with your stone fireplace. A rich feel
of textures. Thanks for the update.
~boxer

Hey, Dianalo, missed you at lunch!

Thanks Boxerpups. I'm a colorphobe so Im all about the textures!

mtnrdredux, thank you sooo much for that link to the prior thread!!! We are in a similar situation in that there are reasons that we cannot have French doors because of light switches or cabinets/furniture on both sides of the doorway. We also considered the curtains pulled back solution but because we wanted to be able to control sound and preserve the view that didn't work out. The reason we are considering the piano hinged doors is that the wall between the 2 rooms is 12" thick so we have a wide cased opening that I think the door panels could fold flat against on each side. Since the opening is about 57" wide by 8' high, I guess this puts us into expensive custom territory. Sorry for going so off topic on you but your project is very inspirational. It's been a year since we mostly finished and I've been too burnt out to work on final details. Thanks again.

Craftlady, I contacted the floor company. Their min order is 350 sq ft... Way too much for me. I would love it for my kitchen, but don't need anywhere near that much - more like 150 sq ft. So sad.

Beautiful! Love everything, but especially those floors. Can't wait to see it finished........

Mtnrd - OMG I LOVE those floors. And am a huge fan of that beautiful hunk 'o rock. I hear ya about the stacked stonework. As you know I have WZ stacked stone as my backsplash and was really bummed to see a knockoff at Costco recently :-(.

It is all uber fabulous - can't wait to see it finished.

Eliz

Just gorgeous! The floor, the stone walls, are magnificent. With such great bones, I can't wait to see more of how you flesh it out.