The Vision

So, I had a friend mention she'd like to see what the kitchen is going to end up looking like - what's the plan and vision? Good point, I said, it helps to know what we're working towards.
As I looked at the pdfs we had, I realized we don't have the final, final drawings in electronic form, but these from April get us reasonably close (give or take a few pull-outs and drawers).

Here's the basic plan (click on any of the pics to get a bigger view):

And here are the range and sink walls - the location of most things is basically staying the same - just lots more cabinet & countertop space, including a penisula. (We nixed the appliance garage, and extended the open cupboard up to the ceiling, and I think added some drawers in here somewhere).

This is the East wall, facing the street - formally the 'breakfast nook', which was never really used for breakfast, or any other meal for that matter. Now, we will have a window seat, flanked by cabinets, and an arch over it all to mimic the existing arches in the facing wall and the rest of the house. (The lower cabinet on the right is no longer going to be open.)

Credit for the drawings goes to Judy Kurtz of Larkspur Designs (who was a big help!). And Stinson Builders is our contractor (Jason Stinson, we know through friends and Camp du Nord).

So that's the vision and plan. Tomorrow we do an electrical walk-through and Friday we have our 2nd cabinet meeting, after which the above plans may get tweaked even more. And appliance choices and plumbing choices are due too (we're keeping our range and refrigerator, so not too much new there). It's getting real!