I love this kitchen, Peter has stayed with the feel of the original home and shaker cabinets are my favorite. The nice thing about it being closed off from the rest of the living area is that you can leave it in a bit of a mess when entertaining and no one has to look at it, and you can clean up after everyone is gone.

I'm with Dawn on this one. I love an open and airy main floor, but sometimes you just want to be able to leave the mess of the kitchen behind and enjoy a meal without it sitting there staring back at you. I love this example of how a smallish, closed off kitchen can still be a beautiful, functional and ultra-stylish space.

I like the shaker cabinets.  I am not a fan of brown on the countertop or tile.  Also surprised the floor stone was laid length ways.... the other way would have given it a feel of more width.  He spent alot of money on this kitchen..maybe he should have opened it up.  Why keep the radiator?  Could have heated the stone floor and what is the area for ... is there a door?  I am also concerned about lighting?  Was there undercabinet lights?  Those are lovely light fixtures but might not be enough light at night.  The end results are lovely but I have also found Peter frustrating to watch.  Is he a designer?  He is always more into his "little projects" that the big picture and it seems everyone else is really doing the work.

Beautiful kitchen.  I could cook up a storm in it!

I am leaving Sarah's blog and coming to Peter's side.

I've been an avid fan since the days of Home to Go---I couldn't wait to see how this galley kitchen transpired (as we are downsizing with a similar layout).  I wasn't disappointed, I love that kitchen, what a great job! (My only minor change would be incorporating a little technology for music or viewing).

I thought that the kitchen nice and cozy, but was quite surprised that the kitchen window was not made bigger to look outside.  I'm sure with an established neighbourhood, that the potential for a nice garden would be there.  Being short is an issue with a small, high window over the sink!  I agree with Rachel, why not a heated floor, the area is not large.

Love what Peter did particularly considering,  he too is on a budget and the very fact he admitted to making an error in the original  layout.   Now that's what I call reality! ! !  :)

Glad to see him back for another Season.     -Brenda-

Love it!

I'm designing a friend's kitchen on a tight budget and I am definitely taking some ideas from this kitchen.

Super functional and stylish, and if anything, this goes to show that galley kitchens can be desirable.

I would have liked to see some shallow storage or a place for displaying along the lower part of the far wall, though. And some more color somewhere.

like this kitchen, nothing really stands out as being different that what is seen on most design shows though...don't care for the dark paint colour and dark tile colour...could have lightened it up a bit to reflect a little more light. Love the cabinets, not crazy about dark countertops...

hmmm...I have to disagree with everyone.   I thought the kitchen should have been opened up, even if it was just a pass thru.  Designers have brainwashed us into having open plan main floors so he will put a lot of buyers off by keeping it closed. I do love the finished layout but where does the microwave go, he should have put it above the stove.

Nice layout for a galley!  I agree with Nocole - it needs a little more light - possibly under the cabinets or pot lights for 'task lighting'.  One ceiling fixture in the middle of the room will create dark, shadowed work areas.

I also agree with Cathy that a larger window looking out over the yard would have been a major 'wow'!  Personal experience tells me however, this is liable to 'blow the budget' when you're cutting into exterior brick walls.

I agree that the end result was nice, but I did think it a bit confusing. Peter changed the layout at the last minute (moving the fridge to the window wall) that seems to have affected their ability to have other appliances. Originally there were two openings plus a pantry unit opposite where the fridge is now located, and those have been replaced with regular upper and lower cabinets. I think there should have been a better explanation of that and yes, once a microwave goes on the countertop the kitchen won't look nearly as nice!