where is the sink?

I like what your designer has proposed.... all the appliances are in their own section....the microwave makes sense next to the fridge... the ovens are off to the side....

lolauren - Thanks!!! I need to find out how to add pics to a post, i'll spend more time this evening trying to figure it out.

The sink is under the window (see bottom of the overhead view).

I guess our concern is primarly that we are looking at all-stainless appliances and are wondering if the refrigerator side of the kitchen will end up looking like a "mass of stainless steel".

If we keep to our original plan and limit the amount of cabinet work, we have limited options. But, we are considering spending about 20K more and chucking all cabinets (currently dark cherry) and replacing with quarter sawn oak. If we go this route, we will also get rid of a bulkhead that is above the current cabinets and run cabinets to the 8' ceiling.

I'm a function-first girl and would prefer to leave things as drawn... Except I'd have a microwave drawer if in the base, and if not a drawer, I'd put it in a slightly deeper upper above the counter. The way it's drawn, it'd be kind of low to see and operate a conventional microwave, although others have done it, including my sister. But she didn't have the good opportunity to place it in an upper like you have.

Here's ours in an upper cab... Yours wouldn't look so deep tucked in between the oven and fridge.