What a wonderful renovation!Thanks to those professionals who have done this work in a very methodical way.The nice thing in the sense you have explained with step by step process.Whether you renovate or shift your home,you need post construction cleaning services as they can clean your dirty house effectively and effortlessly.

Usage of granite should only be in the dry areas as its slippery and kitchen is the place where you can never guarantees. If you have that type of working in the kitchen then you can think of using the stone. As a designer My personal suggestion will be not to use it in the kitchen.

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?

White would work the best for overhead cabinets. But in case you want to get lower cabinets too, then go for light wood look sun mica like Oak, or ash