I've always loved this colour but only for accents and not for walls. I had a lovely kitchen island/breakfast bar - back in the late 70's - with this colour laminate. In a very dark old house, it was just perfect with plants in red pots hanging in white macramé....you get the picture. More recently I've used the same colour for table linen, throw cushions and coffee mugs etc. It's fresh and bright and always makes me smile....a happy colour!

Hi Richard - the final kitchen layout looks amazing!! Congratulations. Any chance you could tell me what program you're using to design the kitchen / layout? I'm starting some minor renovation works on my house soon and would love to use something similar.

Jacqueline Macho, I agree the sink between the two pantries would be too dangerous. I would check the measurement for your work area between the sink and cooktop. As you have a large cooktop and sink between the fridge and oven...is there enough room to do all the food prep? I love a clean island and have never liked the idea of having any cooktop on an island as it seems too dangerous. A large sink takes up too much room on an island, especially if you’ve forked out for lovely stone or granite. I have for my new build, which we have been in for a month now, put in a small round bowl. I’m glad I did as I use it for food prep, and it has filter water for drinking. It doesn’t compromise the look or use of our island. I have a large and deep sink in the butlers for doing the washing up. I only have one dishwasher...yes folks just one. As my benches are 950mm high I opted for an Asko xxl....they are taller than others. After renting a house with a fisher and paykel dish drawers, I swore never to have them in our new build. So I personally can’t recommend them. Others might like them. Kitchens cost so much that’s why we obsess over them.

love what you have done with in the renovation. Clever use of the areas and combining the new pantry into the space. The gas cooktop raised a question for me though. When I was doing my kitchen which had a gas cooktop I had to meet a minimum space requirement from the splashback wall behind the hob to the edge of the hob. There doesn't appear to be any distance between your hob and the splashback? Do you know if this requirement no longer exists?