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Many thanks for your valuable comments. 1. My intention of raised cabinets was to clean it daily, as cabinets that touch floor accumulate lot of dust and food particles below. If we rule out steel legs, any inputs on raised floor only of cabinet area and then cabinets?(Just like plinth in modular cabinets- but this will be permanent and of tiles) I have not seen such structure anywhere, so curious if it will work. Otherwise I will go with traditional ones. 2. Moving pooja out of kitchen is very difficult as other rooms are just enough for their function. Currently a small Mandir is attached on wall where Fridge is shown in layout. I thought the new area could be little extra for all pooja related things. Will like to know the reason of your recommendation, is it odd in whole design, or not suitable in area .. or anything else? How about moving it to corner of dining area?

hello Harsha! It is good that you are going for the white color. the color of the appliance is not in our hand when we have limited choices. since your kitchen seems to be a mixture of black and white color, the white color will only enhance your kitchen. scratches can be on any color and stains are yes much visible in white colors but then its up to you how you use your appliance. go for the white one. regards rehman

Your quartz should be installed on a level surface. But there are a couple of ways to make this happen. For one, you may be able to place shims under the cabinets to level the tops. Or, you might opt to put plywood over the cabinets placing shims underneath the plywood as needed. Greetings from Aura