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I didn't finish the kitchen.  I'm very close, close enough that I consider my weekend goal met.  I started to question a couple of choices, so didn't finish the countertops or glue the lower cabinets in place. 

All in all I'm happy with how everything turned out, except that I glued the upper cabinets in a bit crooked.  There's nothing I can do about it, they're glued to the back wall, which swings open, so I can't trim them to the ceiling to hide the gap.

Let me step back to give you the overall view, so that I can ask your opinion on a couple of things.

I have to figure out, before I take the submission pictures, how to center myself to the house so it doesn't look like the walls are all wonky.

Concern #1:  The countertops....

Is all that white too much white?  I picked white because it's modern and sharp, and dark countertops would have turned the kitchen into a cave.  Now that they're in place it looks sort of blinding.  This white is gesso, I haven't painted them yet; perhaps I can paint them a less glaring, softer, shade of white.  Or maybe when I have stuff placed on them it won't be so much white.  Perhaps it's the bar counter sticking into the dining area that makes it too much white?  What if I painted the bar counter a different color or used a piece of aluminum?  Would it look funny to have two different colored counters?

Concern #2:  The backsplash.....

I painted all the walls the same color because this is a small, open concept house, and I want all the rooms to flow together, with the same color scheme, so that the build looks good as a whole.  I designed the kitchen without a backsplash because I didn't want to cover the wall color.  Now that the cabinetry is in place I'm concerned the kitchen looks unfinished without one.  What do you think?  Should I leave it as it, put in a tile backsplash all the way up to the upper cabinets, or maybe just a 1/4" tall white edging around the back?

Once I give it more thought and review your input I'll do some mock-ups of changes and take pictures, so we see what the options look like.  I've been looking at it too long, I need to put it away for a couple of days.