The cabinets (and floor and recessed lighting) dated to when the kitchen addition was built in '94. They were Merillat and in very good shape. Sturdy with some upgrades. The kitchen was somewhat functionally problematic but was in good shape and not trash-worthy. In 15 years I'll pull it all out for Crown Point and soapstone. :)

Mlaj2000 -- tell your skeptical hubby that Merillat Masterpiece is the same as KraftMaid, so this is how your cabinets could have looked! I'm very happy with how they turned out, but I did have lots of experience painting cabinets and I am very anal about the process. Ordering them unfinished voided the warranty but I was willing to take the risk because it was not an entire kitchen.

dmlove -- the sink is from the Rohl Allia undermount fireclay series and I absolutely love it!

jerzeegirl, thanks! You can come over and see it any time, now that I'm done painting. Bring DH too! I love the materials in my backsplash but I do see things I shoulda-woulda-coulda done. Oh well.

I'm so glad I checked in here to see it done! You did a GREAT job!

Your kitchen looks beautiful!!! I especially love your Millennia Range.

love your kitchen! I think that the backsplash and countertop look beautiful together: it's hard to pull off those creamy tones in an all-white kitchen but you did it in an elegant, fresh way. I Would you please do me the favor of posting your backsplash and countertop pictures on the "Beautiful Backsplashes" thread? And if you could list the manufacturers and colors of your tile as well. Thanks, sweetie, and what a gorgeous kitchen.

~Cindy
By the way, how's the pool project?

Thanks all for the kind words. Cindy, that is very nice of you to ask me to post my backsplash on your thread, which has been such a huge contribution to the forum. As for the pool project, we're still in the design phase but it looks like we'll be moving forward in a month or two when we get all the details hammered out.

This week, I'm living it up at the beach in a kitchen that has stainless and UbaTuba -- but is sorely lacking to us TKOers. I mean, a double sink that's only 6 inches deep?!? Probably 20-gauge stainless?!?! No vent system?!! A bar-height counter that is 2 inches too tall? (Yes I brought my tape measure.) Methinks the builders around here need some help.

Or maybe I'm the one who needs help.

A sink that's only six inches deep? Was it a theatrical prop at one point? Geeze Louise! All the more reason to bring paper plates (etc) to the vacation house. If these are the hardships one must bear to be at the beach, then suffer we must!

Sharon, the world needs more TKOers!!!!! It's not you, it's everyone else. Thanks for posting your backsplash on the "Beautiful Backsplashes" thread. And Sharon, I have a favor to ask you. Due to summertime schedules, I'm not able to check the KF as much. Would you keep an eye on the backsplashes thread to make sure it doesn't fall off before it reaches 100 posts? I'm watching it too, but for some reason, last weekend it came really close to scrolling off.

The oven timer just went off! My bread is done, so I've got to go for the night.

~Cindy

It is not noisy at all. We had a Marvel beverage center in a previous home that was noisy. Don't know if Marvels are still noisy, but we steered clear. Also avoided U-Line because of previous problems that might not apply today.

Usually I follow the Appliance Forum mantra of "Friends don't let friends buy GE," but in this case it was our best solution.