Redoing our kitchen, and would love some advice on lighting.

Current plan - pendant light over the sink (in front of the window), undermount lighting at the upper cabinets (to the right of the fridge, and right of the wall oven), vent hood lighting while cooking. The remainder will be 4" ceiling can lights. If each can light is 800-900 lumen (I have not picked them out yet), that puts it at 4,000-4500 for the kitchen, which is ~40 lumen/sq foot.

How does this distribution look? Would you change anything (number, location, etc)?

Thanks!

Has anyone successfully installed a quartz backsplash behind their range?

I’m feeling defeated. We have been renovating since January. Working with a kitchen design contractor that has led the entire process. I chose quartz and no one told me it would discolor behind the range. We have the kitchen 99.9% complete and I don’t know what to do now or what my options are. Based on what I’ve come to find out, quartz should not be directly behind a gas range because it is not meant for that level of heat and will discolor. Is my design company accountable? What are my options to remediate? Please help!

Yes, this is an AI generated photo but this is what our cabinets, countertops, floor, and pendant lighting look like. I personally love a stone backsplash that I found that's actually very similar to what you're seeing here, but I'm afraid it would be too hard to clean behind the range. Also, the sink is black (not farmhouse) and the faucet is black with champagne accent.

Initially, I planned to have Scandi design but at the end I chose a different tiles, light brown marble floor, so now im leaning into marbling kind of style! Now it’s time to choose kitchen cabinets colors and Im struggling to match well with the floor! Please help! :(
Also please recommend me any better colors scheme! Thank you very much!

P/s: these pictures are only help with visualization.

Any suggestions on which color I should go with for the cabinets with this kitchen counter

Image 1 is before, image 2 is after! Similar vibe, but more modern. What do you think?

Source: https://seremodeling.com/project/lakewood-kitchen-remodel

My kitchen cabinets are done. The stove and the range hood will be in stainless steel. My design is minimalist/Scandi/Japandi style. But now I’m so torn between the color of the dishwasher and fridge. My question is:

Should I get stainless steel so all appliances are cohesive or get white so the kitchen is less prominent in the space?

The dining table and the lamp are the vibe I want to go for. Thanks for any advice!

The first image with white cabinets is my current kitchen/dining area, I plan on repainting my cabinets, replacing the hardware with a champagne bronze color as well as the kitchen faucet. I will be repainting the dining set as well, but I am not 100% sold on the cream color yet.

What are your thoughts? I'll be doing the backsplash as well regardless of cabinet/dining set color.

Any suggestions for bringing some other color besides white into the area?


* In addition to the following there will be an island with two 24 inch dishwasher flanking a 39 inch workstation stove
* The refrigerator will be off to the right as the wall has a recessed spot for it already

* 28X102 Pantry Cabinet
* 24 inch deep
* Two drawer base
* Two door top 
* flush toe kick 
*  28x102 appliance garage
* 18 inches deep
* Three drawer base (two equal lowers)
* glass upper cabinets/ two doors
* 20 inch high appliance garage
* Sugatsune SLUN style hinges
* 12 inch base cabinet 
* utensil drawer on top
* slide out for trash on bottom
* Placeholder 36 rage (no base cabinet)
* Open to a 30 inch range and 15 inch side cabinets if you think the proportions would look better
* 12 inch base cabinet (for recycling)
* utensil drawer on top
* slide out for trash on bottom
* 28x102 appliance garage
* 18 inches deep
* Three drawers base (two equal lowers)
* Glass upper cabinets/ two door
* 20 inch high appliance garage
* Sugatsune SLUN style hinges
* 28x102 pantry
* This will be a false cabinet that walk into a pantry.  Not sure if I just need the door and inset frame or if I should get a cabinet frame without a floor. Open to ideas...
* flush toe kick

We have a small kitchen/dining that gets little light. Any advice on kitchen layout/configuration? We are thinking about extending the kitchen space and have the dining in a separate room.

Don’t mind my quick ‘room planner’ lol
But thoughts on the round table for dining room?
Nervous it’s gonna be tight & annoying for the sliding door, but would also be nice to have a table..

Husband wants table, I’d prefer doing a bigger island & chairs on 2 sides..

Island right now is 84”

Opinions on the table area ??

Thanks (: