Okay, so as expected the matt suede surface is more expensive, not sure how much yet but when the builder says price on application, I can imagine it will be a fair bit more. Anyway, we'll see but something to take into consideration I guess... In the meantime, I was going through my idea books and found the photo below, which I kind of forgot about but is one of my absolute favourite kitchens... the point is just like the photo, we too will have a wall cabinet in matt black, the back of the island in matt black and oak floor boards in a natural/textured matt finish... so now I'm thinking maybe too many matt surfaces, interestingly they have gone with a polished stone top which I think is reflecting the light nicely... Our floors...

I like tvs wall mounted....looks much neater and so much more classy. Some tvs have horrible ugly stands. Well done to your handywork it looks fantastic!

I love those benches I have used one as sewing/desk with trestle legs, love it. The following is my idea with timber bench tops and using your cabinets, This would work if you could run the plumbing across to the left,either inside or externally. ,I have moved the sink to allow you to use the 80cm cabinet as your dish rack, the window won;t allow this. Or you could just swap the sink and cooker and use other shelving for the dish rack Back wall R-L 60cm cabinet,cooker,60cm cabinet 800 void for sink,60cm cabinet.fridge. Wall, using the 80cm x 42cm as plate drainer with timber open shelves on both sides, extraction is a simple ceiling extractor fan. I have added a narrow 60cm Island which uses both 40cm at both ends,like the sink there's a void which can have a couple of stools andr rubbish binscan be placed under the sink cheers

Hi, regarding having young children. That doesn't matter regarding type of finish you have on your cabinets. Young adults and middle age and older people, all leave finger marks on cabinetry. And occasionally accidents happen. This is part of using a kitchen. (It should not be a show room) How old are your grandparents cabinets? I'm assuming you meant the paint has chipped from use, not full of potato crisps. If your budget can do vinyl wrap or two pac, then I think it is personal preference. In all instances it is about maintaining and cleaning what you have. If you want real hamptons/shaker then choose two pac. If you are going for the look, then vinyl wrap would be good as well.