Love it! Love it! Love it! I feel like I have died and gone to kitchen heaven! Love everything about this kitchen -- cabinetry, banquette, backsplash, lighting, flooring, you name, I love it. Sure, your spectacular views play an important role in achieving that sleek, open and woodsy feel all at once. Still, the other important key to your design is that you've arrived at a visually arresting, uncluttered panamora because of your fabulous organization and storage. Clever! Creative! Beautiful! And, did I say that I love it?

It's wonderful! I especially love the curly maple.

Wow,

Lots of personality! Love it!

How does the honed granite clean up? I'm curious, I know nothing about that type of finish.

Thanks for the nice comments.
Raehelen, the granite takes a bit of maintenance to keep clean. Every drop and smudge shows. I'm a bit OCD, but fortunately I don't mind wiping counters a few times per day.

Simply stunning. The curly maple is wonderful, of course, and I love your spice cupboard. I could sit at the table surrounded by the windows and the view and never move except to get another cup of something to sip.

I remember your kitchen from when you posted almost-done pics. Who could forget it with all those magnificent windows??? But it's truly beautiful even without the panoramic vista. I love your cabinets and the sconces look terrific too. You really do have a to-die-for kitchen!

Your kitchen is fabulous. How wonderful it must be to stand there looking into the trees, watching the wild life, etc. I would live in the kitchen. LOL

Your view is to die for on the outside :) It's now to die for on the inside as well. What a wonderful space to spend time in!

Love it! I has a simple elegance to it - it seems very balanced to me - not one item stealing your attention - has a very calming effect. I really like the lighting and the breakfast table - can you provide details on those?

Make sure you post us some pictures in the summer with all the green and then in the autumn... wow, with your color choices in your kitchen I'm thinking if the leaves have any color your kitchen will really look amazing!

Love it! What sink did you go with?

Mmmmmm! I just love everything!

That is a very nice and simple pot rack. I don't like giant middle-of-the-room pot racks, but yours is very unobtrusive. Nice.

I like your island-table-thingie, too. Very simple, doesn't break up the room. Great choices!

Truly stunning. I would love to know more about it. Is it a second story kitchen, what part of the country?

It is really beautiful, I love the view.
Enjoy your lovely space!

Well, I'm being very repetitive here, but I love your treehouse kitchen. What a very nice place to be.

Simply beautiful and elegant. You did a marvelous job of designing a kitchen that doesn't take away from the beautiful views and allows the views to be the finishing touch. Great job. c

love it! especially the booth:)

Beautiful job. Love the view of course! The honed AB looks very nice. The booth looks so inviting. Congrats and enjoy lots of good meals and good fellowship there!

Thank you all for the nice comments! I'll try and answer some of the questions....

Mysterymachine: The lighting is Kichler Distressed Black.
rebccah990: The sink is a Kindred Noble Series double bowl.
Acountryfarm: We live in central virginia. It is a second story kitchen. This time of year, the leaves are out. We are surrounded by oak trees which unfortunately blocks a lot of the sunlight. Here is a picture taken last summer:
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Fabulous choices that perfectly balance the great views! I love the stove/splash/potrack area and the wood is to die for. Your space is creative and unique. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!

It looks lovely, and very calming. Beautiful!

Love all the drawers and windows! Also love the recycling center--most usable I've seen! Love that you used the narrow space between recycle drawers for cookie sheets! Love, love, love the spice storage between the studs! Love the classic, simple booth. Love the cabinet color with the countertop & floors. Bright but warm. Hope you don't mind if I borrow lots of your ideas when we get ready to build--thanks for sharing.