Five years ago, I got to design my "dream" kitchen full of lots of bells and whistles and full of fabulous white cabinets and large kitchen island.

Since that time, the "honeymoon" with certain aspects of my kitchen have worn off and I find myself kicking myself for certain decisions made, including many of my then "must haves" that have turned into a pain in the butt. Since we are on the cusp of selling what we thought was our "forever home" and moving to our nearly 1,000 acre cattle farm/ranch and remodeling my husband's aunt's home as our real forever home, I'm vowing to not make some of the same mistakes again. However, I'd like to hear what your biggest regrets are as well and what you'd do differently if you could.

So here goes my list:

1) My granite - I chose a very light granite (Kashmir White) and it's been a nightmare due to darkening over time.

2) White cabinets - I have 4 kids 14 and under so enough said. My cabinets stay filthy.

3) Beaded door style and designed to appear inset with bullnose trim at the bottom - That bead is the bane of my existence because of #2 above (kids and spills!).

4) Not having all drawers - most of my lowers are drawers but not all. I so wish they were all drawers.

What I'm most interested to hear is if people who put their sinks in their island later regret that. We didn't put ours in our large (10 ft by 4.5 ft island) and stand by that choice as being being a good one with our kitchen layout. However, in our new house, it might work better to be in island or it can stay where it is already plumbed for.
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