It looks wonderful! I think the island edge treatment is fancy schmancy and looks great. Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy!

We have had our marble in for about a month and I am truly loving it. Like working on a cloud.

Very Very Pretty! I love all the light you have in there! I am a fan of light counter tops and the marble you have is delicious. That big island is set off wonderfully by the chunky edge.

I can hardly wait to see the finished kitchen! Hang in there. It all looks lovely!

Gorgeous! Love the wood island with the white perimeter cabs! We are doing the same, and it was nice to see pics. We are thinking of putting Ceasarstone - RAVEN (dark grey) on our island - did you ever think of doing a diff. counter top on island or always marble? Just curious. We are putting Carrara on all of our white cabs.
Yours is going to be so beautiful - please, please, post finished pics.

Also, what color pulls are you going with? We are thinking Restoration Hardware OB. I've seen the dark pull on the white and it's delicious! Plus, while in the NY store last weekend, two of their designers were oozing over the dark pull on a white cab, both preening that the nickel look is a fast fading trend. hum???

Thanks again!

I love the marble and it looks beautiful!! Can't wait to see it all completed..

I am putting in a large island too and am trying so hard to visualize it - what are the dimensions of the countertop on the island? Wall to wall what is the width of the kitchen space?

As for the workmanship of the marble - I see what you are talking about but from the pictures it looks like there are many areas where the marble pattern does fall over and continue with the edge. Talk with your fabricator about your concerns. I don't really know what is considered normal for this type of work.

Well, since you asked: I prefer overhang to flush edge when it comes to stone edges. I see it done both ways and I assume that this is because both are acceptable, so take my opinion as just that. My opinion is based upon how I move in the kitchen; I don't want the illusion of having more surface area over a structure than there is. If a cut away edge like an ogee or Dupont starts before the real edge of the cabinet, it "shorts" me some counter area. Yes, yes, you have scads of lovely, light space. It's about how you feel when moving about the kitchen. Your marble is beautiful. Also, I would want my contractor to keep the protective red rosin paper over my gorgeous wood floors until the last possible moment. Don't ask why. I don't want to re-live any horror stories so early in the morning. As to the marble seam question, your seams are probably acceptable. They are so magnified in the photo that it's hard for me to tell. They could be better, but they certainly fall within the realm of what appears in kitchens frequently, especially with veined marbles. You might want to post a few photos on the Stone Advice forum and ask there. No matter what, you have a beautiful kitchen and you will love cooking in there!

It looks beautiful! And those floors will be gorgeous. As musko mentioned above, talk to your fabricator about your concerns. But I don't think I would have noticed if you didn't mention it.

Enjoy!

Wow! Really lovely kitchen so far! I can't wait to see it finished. I'm usually not a huge fan of the mixture of cabinetry, but it looks perfect in your kitchen. And those floors are really beautiful. Sorry to hear that you have some disappointment. Hopefully that will go away with time. I think your marble is stunning!

okay ...thanks everyone for your kind words. the architect came over and we looked at the island with one of the trim guys working today and they concluded it is NOT the counter, but the island that is off. this is a big sigh of relief to me as that can always be remedied. the worse thing that happens is they build it again. the cabinet people are my dream come true so no worries here!

amylucey: polished nickel will NEVER be a fad. well, not in my book at least! that's what we're using. just not sure on the particulars yet.
musko: the island is 10' wide x 5.5' deep (or maybe 6'? don't remember exactly) with a 15" overhang. it is definitely a presence in the room!
kitchendetective: thanks for the word on the floors. i would prefer they be covered as well. they're not finished yet as they will be getting another two (maybe three?) coats of waterlox when everything is installed. as an aside: i'm LOVING the waterlox! omg, it's heaven to look at! the floor guys will be back in to finish laying down the other rooms and i will make sure they're covered then. thanks for reminding me. i have so much to think about it's easy to let things go!

Hi Kate~

It is looking amazing!! You must be so excited (and so ready to be done)! Keep the pics coming!!!

Katie

That island is fantastic! What kind of marble are you using?

Wow!! Look at that! It's beautiful! And it's great to see so much progress.

Woo hoo on the problem being with the island and not the countertop. As for the big picture? Looking gooood!!! Just from this glimpse of things,I've get the feeling that your reveal is going to be one of those really, really big ones on the GW. :-) Can't wait!

It's going to be so wonderful, like I always knew it would. I'm glad the cabinet vs marble problem is getting figured out. Like Kitchendetective, it gave me anxiety to see your floors unprotected! My dh was a nut about that and trained me well, I guess...We had protective paper on our wood and Marmoleum floors til after we moved everything in.

bickeybee: the marble is calacatta gold, but mostly gray veinging ...very little gold.

and THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH katieob, plllog, marthavila & rhome for the vote of confidence. it means a lot coming from you seasoned pros! i've admired your kitchens for so long i can hardly believe it's finally coming together. and hallelujah! you won't believe this but the problem wasn't a problem at all! it turns out the guys stuck a 2x4 under the prep sink to support it until the glue was dry. it was wedged between the bottom of the cabinet and the sink so tightly it lifted the whole side up by 3/4". my GC yanked it out and everything is perfect. LOL! there are no pulls on the doors and i never thought to actually look inside the sink cabinet!

so another disaster resolved. i feel like quite the idiot...

It's absolutely gorgeous, gorgeous!!!!!!!
The edge on your marble is amazing. Your counters remind me why I really wanted all marble counters (didn't get 'em though!) I can't wait to see it all finished!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! Truly stunning already!

Sooooo beautiful, and wonderful news that nothing is wrong. Everything looks perfectly right to me. Can't wait to see more.

Can't wait to see it!!

Beautiful!

wow, gorgeous! the floors are going to go so well with the cabinetry and the marble is stunning!

can you remind me - are you in the SF bay area and if so, would you pass on the name of your cabinet maker? i am in the final stages of selecting one. any referrals you have would be appreciated.

Love the marble and your cabinets are looking great. Can't wait to see the finished space. When is your estimated date of completion (dare I ask...)? it will all be worth the wait.

bab: no, sorry. i'm in new jersey.

niffy: we are scheduled to move sometime in september. i'm guessing that means LATE september. we are expecting our new septic (and well) to be installed and once that's done we will be unable to run anything on the current systems. fingers crossed! -but i'll post again once the rest of the uppers are installed.

WOW Kate.... it is coming together & looks amazing already. The marble is perfect!
Looking forward to seeing more pictures & hoping that you are making as much progress in other areas of the house. I have my fingers crossed for you (me too for that matter :) ) for a September move in!

Kate, I love the progress. It looks beautiful. You are going to love your new kitchen. I can't wait to see more of your house!

Kate - It is so stunning! The layout is also divine and I imagine you will love cooking and hanging out in there. Absolutely wonderful.

It is so stressful on the fabrication side of things. I can totally feel your pain - I went with quartzite and one of my seams is not so great. It is hard to know what to do about it since it is in and everything else is great. I cannot even be mad with my fabricator - he came back the next day and worked from 8am to 4:30 on just that seam and has come back twice since then to improve it each time. But, I have to admit that I am a little sad about the fact that it is not perfect (is 100% perfection too much to ask for?? ;-) So, it is like everything else in this project, just hope I learn not to notice.

Anyway - enough of my blathering on about my own problems... your kitchen and counters are spectacular- Enjoy!!

Your kitchen is going to be gorgeous...beautiful marble...I, too, am having a double edge put on the island marble....I think they called it a 3 cm ogee edge over a 3cm pencil? Does this sound familiar? Thanks for posting the pictures..
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