That is so beautiful. You kitchen looks like it came out of a magazine. I wish I could have such a beautiful kitchen

Gorgeous! We have colonial cream and love it as well.

Lovely, tranquil kitchen, enjoy!

Oh so beautiful! You have done quite a remarkable job! The colors are all so soothing...from cabinetry to granite to backsplash and floor; it all coordinate perfectly. I think the backsplash tile is fabulous!!! Nice find! The size and scope of the kitchen and adjoining spaces all blend nicely! Enjoy for many years to come!

We have similar taste! Our island is pretty similar in size and shape! We'll be done in a couple of weeks so can share as well.

Great transformation! Love your granite, all your windows, and your pantry.

Would you mind sharing the dimensions of your pantry? (I'm in the planning stages and hoping to be able to carve out space for such a pantry.)

Beautiful in every way. Congrats!

Terrific! You've done a great job! Congratulations!

Beautiful. It has such a clean, peaceful feel to it! I love your color choices. enjoy!

Beautiful transformation (I peeked at the before photos)!

I love the soft gray stain on your island, and the way that it coordinates
with the yummy colonial cream granite
and your gorgeous accent tile over your cooktop.
Thank for sharing the details like your base cabinet cutting board storage.

Bravo for crafting kitchen a lot of character, great function,
and a beautiful distinctive aesthetic.

How I envy and covet your accent tiles!
They are simply spectacular.
I love the combination of colours and the island seems to add a bit of texture which I really like too.

It's beautiful, enjoy!!

Wow!
I'm not usually hip to the medallion back splashes, but I can tell you I com-plete-ly understand how you fell in love with that tile and pattern! Stunning.

I am in love with grayed colors, and yours just does my own heart a sing.

I know you agonized over that weird wall thing, but it looks like you've handled it perfectly. I had to go back and actually look for the issue, then I had to do a search to find it anyway.

You must be so thrilled -- and so fast!!

It's really really lovely Belle. Love the backsplash.

Beautiful! LOVE your colors - it's so soft and peaceful.

Great kitchen! Looks pretty, and functional, too!

A fabulous transformation! Such a beautiful color on your island, also love the blue walls. It blends perfectly with your granite, BS and floors. It's simply gorgeous, Congratulations and may you and your family enjoy many happy meals together in that fabulous kitchen!

Congrats, NewSouthernBelle. Some galley on your ship! :) I love your choices, including the pattern in your tile accent. It's so nice when people are able to include things they really love. Happy cooking.

FABULOUS! So much to admire here. Love the backsplash subways -- such an elegant color scheme. And the wine bar, and the amazing windows (wow!) in your breakfast room, and that fabulous island (lol at the captain's helm), and your great cabinets and flooring. And so much more, too much to mention. You must be on cloud nine. Congratulations!!

It's gorgeous. I love your island and all that open space to work in.

Wow, it's beautiful, and WHAT a Transformation! I bet you feel as if you are in a completely different house!

And five months? I'm so jealous. We just passed three YEARS on our addition and still working. :(

So pretty, and I love the colors.
Congrats.

Thanks everyone. I'm all smiley and giddy hearing your kind comments. It melts me heart. I'm glad to hear people like the backsplash tile. It is pretty bold. I was also THRILLED with how the stain on the island turned out. Interestingly, lots of people say the kitchen has a peaceful look and feel to it and that wasn't necessarily something I was aiming for but my kitchen mission statement did include "casual but sophisticated/elegant" which might boil down to "peaceful or tranquil".

We feel very blessed to have been able to do such a large scale kitchen remodel and are thrilled with how everything turned out. It also means we won't be moving for the next 15+ years! I can't wait until the bar stools are in and I can start serving snacks to my kids there. We are borrowing one bar stool right now and it gets a lot of use.

clarygrace and others - I'm glad to hear you think the colors are coordinate b/c I was in a quandary about that at one point. I can't wait to see your kitchen and island. We love the shape of ours but did it b/c it worked within our constraints. We didn't want to mess with the existing deck outside the bay windows and we couldn't push right much more either b/c of the powder room.

And speaking of the powder room - here are pictures of that which was also part of this remodel:

tea4all - the pantry is pretty small as far as walk-in pantries go. Finished dimensions are 5.5' long by 46'' wide. We weren't originally going to do a pantry but it made sense with the rest of the layout (it brought the oven closer to the rest of the kitchen) and I am really glad we did! It was actually framed larger and had to be redone b/c large aisles were more important to me than a few more inches in the pantry.

The other detail I forgot to include - the grout color on the backsplash is Custom Grout Light Smoke and on the floor it is Lacrete Parchment (just in case someone really wants to know - ha!)

Wow! That looks great. I like the grey cabinets too.
Very cool stencil in the bathroom. Was it hard to do?

Wow, that is beautiful! I love Dover White, and it looks perfect in your kitchen!

Your cooktop splash is smashing! I would have been smitten as well!

The size of your island is impressive--size does matter! ;)It looks like you have a great place to prep, Cap'n!

Congrats on such a beautiful addition!

Those backsplash tiles behind the range...turned out to be as beautiful as you said they would! I can see why you love them :)

The blue walls are so pretty with the cabinets...and the countertops looks wonderful, especially with the island. Nice job on the floors, too...don't forget to post more pictures when the rest of the furniture is in!

Your kitchen looks wonderful!!! Congrats on doing such a great job : )

what a transformation!!! Beautiful!

What a gorgeous space! I covet all that acreage on your island! Love the gorgeous island color and what you did with the BS. Enjoy and thanks for sharing!

Beautiful! I love both your kitchen and bath! The island and BS are probably my favorites.

Yes, lots of "acreage" on the island. I love it though. Today a babysitter was here (who actually folds laundry too) and she used the whole thing as a folding table and when she was done four laundry baskets were on the top all loaded up with clean laundry. I never even thought to fold laundry here.

I love all the ship and captain reference too!

I am just dying for the bar stools so yes, Lavender I promise to post a few more pictures when I get the rest of the furniture.

And just for kicks, here is a close up of the cutting board storage.

NewSouthernBelle--There are many great things about this kitchen but my first impression was "Boy, she nailed it on the colors!" First picture, I was SURE you had a walnut island. Then I got looking at it, and realized, no it was kind of grayish and sure enough it was the stain. That color alone is wonderful, but even better, it looks so balanced with the blue you chose for the walls, the colonial cream and the floor tile.

Enjoy your kitchen!