Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post

I love to cook. I enjoy function and simplicity over decoration and frills. An example is that you'll never find fancy crown mouldings or rope mouldings, or fluted columns in any kitchen of mine as I believe they are dust collectors.
I hope you share pictures of the project! I day dream with being able to remodel my kitchen. I'd go for a modern take. Like your dust collectors, I'd put top cabinets that are flush with the ceiling -- my current ones leave a "shelf" at the top, so it's storage space wasted. One thing I've seen in some European kitchens is a glass backsplash. I think it is a special kind of glass. This is appealing to me because the smooth surface makes cleaning easier. Here's a picture of a kitchen in Lisbon (from here: http://www.rbdapp.com/):
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