Very beautiful! I love the flow into the next room as well, what pretty colors you picked. And here I am stressing about my sink choices and is it going to fit and here I see you recessed the sink cabinet! Was there a reason for that? And is that a farmhouse sink you have on the island? Very nicely done!

Actually, no, we didn't recess the sink cabinet, but we did bump out the cabinets around the slide-in stove. We did this because we wanted to get as much counter space around the stove as possible. I would have bumped the whole run of cabinets out 3 inches, including the sink, but we were afraid there wouldn't be enough room between the cabs and the island, with the DW to open, etc. So we gain a few inches at least around the stove top.

And the recessed area in the island is really just for hiding stuff on the counter, since you can see the island from my front door/foyer, and I have plugmold there. It breaks up the expansive island, and it's a great place for the kids to make their sandwiches and pour milk, since it's lower. More pictures in the gallery (I don't know if I get in trouble for posting more pics here), and if I can figure out how to link it all to the photobucket site, I'll do that in the gallery as well. :) BTW, we also put a slide-out trash cabinet and the microwave in the island as well.

Thanks!! :)

BEAUTIFUL!! I love your color scheme! Did you do your own back splash? It is similar to one we are doing. It looks like you used both 6 and 4" tile? I love how you fit the island in, without making it huge. The floors and granite are gorgeous, what colors are they? Congratulations on such a beautiful kitchen!

We did not do the backsplash ourselves, and I don't know exactly what tile it is. It started out grey, and when you put the sealer/enhancer on it, it turns brown. I love it. We did use 6" and 4".

The floors are brazilian cherry (they show everything, every footprint, crumb and scratch) and the counters are Cambria Windsor quartz (they show nothing... crumbs and honey could be on there, and you wouldn't know until you put your hand on it... or the crumbs fall to the floor... then you see them!). Thanks so much!

Annettacm I am very glad you learned how to post pix. What a pretty - calm- restful kitchen!
Serenity. And to think of the genius idea to hide all the chaos !! love it.

Very nice! I wish I'd had that pic of the beautiful crown molding above the sink when I was driving myself crazy with how to hide the ugly drainpipe lurking up there!

very very nice. I will have similar colors or at least around that. It is nice to see that it will look just as nice aa your kitchen does. By the way, from the picture your tile looks gold

It looks so nice, even 4 years later!
We are needing a header to replace a wall to be removed. I like how yours looks.

They might look gold because of the undercabinet lights, but they are really a brownish color, almost matching the wall, which is also hard to see in that pic. Maybe this one...

Oh, well, I'll have to get a better picture. But still, it all works! Too back we are moving in three weeks, but at least the kitchen helped sell the house! :)

Beautiful! Great island, great backsplash, great floor, Oh heck, just a great everything!!!

Thanks for sharing, Crystal

Oh, very cool island! In your other thread, I asked you to tell more, but even then I hadn't seen the other end of it. So it bends, and is there seating on the other end? Why did you decide to do that...for space reasons, or architectural interest? Did you come up w/ that design yourself? And where is your fridge...across from the range? I will have to pop over to the gallery and see!

Such a pretty and restful kitchen. Sorry to hear that you are moving after the work to get it done. So is there another remodel of a kitchen in your immediate future?

Too bad you're moving but at least you got to enjoy it for a few years. It's absolutely a really beautiful kitchen and easy to see why it helped sell the house. The island is really cool - lots of counter space there! Love the paint color and the wainscoting in the dining area and I really love that backsplash. Wish you had posted more pictures but I guess I ought to go look in the gallery.

What a truly functional space! I like the detailing on the end of your island.