yep, stunning. I been drawing something similar for a while and it's awesome to see your ab fab results after your OP. I got interested in some ikea solid timber benchtops, not nearly as nice as yours, and thought I'd combo them with black cabinets, white stone and white walls (just a "what if" design). so I totally love your kitchen. it's great how well the tiles look now compared to when you first posted, they really excite me! and the lightshades against the black wall. and what's that dining area I see? that smoked glass table top with timber trestles and black chairs and that black and white rug? where you get those?! I want to see more! congratulations, it's hard not to gush! big ups to Mldesign too.

Kitchens are the heart of s home. You need breakfast stools at your bench so people can chat to you whilst prepping/cooking. Or kids helping or eating brekkie. tables are lower so don’t work as well. It’s not about the view for these purposes. 4 stools at least with backs hopefully and allow them to tuck under bench top to clear circulation to sliders. I would keep all within current footprint. Island: min 900 (at ends) & 1200 from other benches. If u go too wide it makes it more difficult to work. Too many steps. I can stand next to my dishwasher and unload into drawers opposte without moving with 1200. And can work on island whilst someone at sink behind Up to 1500 from sliders if having stools there. Love to see finished pics I like your style. Good luck

After recently completing a large kitchen ourselves from scratch my advice is this - DONT SETTLE! If something is niggling you stay on it. With all the myriad of cabinet sizes now available there will be a solution to fit your space. Don’t be rushed into settling. Just because your kitchen designer is a ‘professional’ does not mean he knows better then you how you will use your kitchen. It’s YOUR kitchen after all and you will be the one cooking in it for many years to come when he is long gone. Your instincts are right - cluttering up a window is always a bad idea. A centred tap looks better and more regal.

Hi, your Waterfall End will certainly add to the Modernist Style you are wanting. From your drawings; so too would extending your tall overheads up the ceiling and finishing these with a thin 19mm shaddow mould, as opposed to the bulkhead that is drawn in at the moment. The photos below have one that we have made with a natural black shaddow mould and the other we made for our clients using a white shaddow mould. With your colour scheme you indicate, you actually have infinite options of colour and material type available to you for splashbacks, ranging from tiles, Glass, sheet porcelain, metals, or stone. Mirror can work well, you may also like to consider a Smoked Glass Mirror, giving the reflective qualities you mention while also being a little darker than silver mirror and so having a less "shinny" feel as in photo at the bottom. Hope this helps, regards Malcolm.