Hi Aleta1, youre getting down to the nitty gritty of Interior Design now. Choosing the perfect colour involves addressing many issues...size of your windows, orientation of the house, height of ceilings, size of rooms, purpose for room to name a few. If you have the time I recommend getting a sample pot of full and half strength and try it in a couple of corners of each room. That way you can see how the colour looks at different angles. Good luck.

Hi North Residential Constructions , thank you for your comments. We too don't think you can have too many shoes either! and know how important shoe storage is, If you scroll through and take a look at the last photo you will see the shoes are hidden behind the mirror hinged door

I'm sure there's plenty of confusion about the why's and wherefore's of house orientation. The reality, as I have recently discovered, is that if want to live in an area that is older, developed, close to facilities, you take whatever orientation the block actually happens to be and do the best you can with it. Unless you're out in the country, or buying something in a new estate, you may not get a choice of orientation: we certainly didn't. And yes, our garage does have the best aspect - because there was nowhere else to put it - it had to face the street - but we live walking distance to shops (think of the petrol saved on not having to get into the car), we've got clerestory windows on the west side so no afternoon sun issues, and we're assembling a collection of sails for the south side, where the deck is, to provide shade from the late afternoon sun. Oh, and skylights for the kitchen. No, not ideal. But the location is, and the designers have worked around the constraints of orientation. And that's reality for a lot of us.

Hi Craig, there are dimension rules regarding the minimum distance between a power outlet and sink bowl and there are dimension rules regarding the minimum distance between a gas cooktop's trivet and any combustible vertical surface, however I am not aware of any dimension rules regarding the distance between a sink and Gas Cooktop. There are also no rules regarding placement of a sink and gas cooktop on an island however when doing so, always consider how you are going to use these and how much bench space you will need around each of these for you to work with these two elements efficiently. Hope this helps, Malcolm, Compass Kitchens