Hey all- just looking for a little input for my first house and first "real" kitchen! Forgive my ignorance; i will try to do my best with description.
The kitchen is longer than it is wide. When you walk in and are looking into the kitchen, the left side closed, and on this side we have cabinetry and a stainless steel french door fridge with bottom freezer. The right side will have a peninsula in front that separates the kitchen from the small dining room. The peninsula will house cabinets and the microwave. We have yet to pick two pendants to go over the peninsula.
After the peninsula, we have counter top, cabinets, and a paneled dishwasher, a stainless apron sink, a stainless double oven with matching hood. At the sink are two large windows. A Moravian star pendant may hang over the sink, or, I can get a second one of these and make them the pendants that hang over the peninsula. (it is the Olivia star pendant from pottery barn).
I would love ideas on this- 2 stars as over-the-peninsula pendants? Or one star over the sink and some sort of other pendants for the peninsula? Any ideas on pendants that would look good with the star?
Also, I need counter top advice. Our floors are hardwood stained with Jacobean stain. Our cabinets are Luxor and the color we chose is called oatmeal. I love the Praa Sands quartz but it seems hard to find and we are not sure we want to deal with another hassle. My husband likes White Ice granite. I am an avid cook, baker and red wine lover, so durability is the most important to me. i actually plan to use my kitchen, a lot. I like the "flowy" look of carrera marble, but definitely do not want marble. I also know I don't like the overly speckled, polka dot looking granite. I want something with white/beige/gray/light blue/slate/medium blue attributes. I like when the slab has chunks of what looks like agate or gems (not sparkles). I hope that makes sense. thanks in advance for any advice for a newbie.