I never managed to get any photos of the finished kitchen.  So here are a couple.  Although not sure if we will ever get around to doing a backsplash.

 

Obviously this was at Christmas time.  Hey, what can I say, I had to take the opportunity while things were clean and tidy.

The back if the island at the Prep station

 

As you can tell from the background, this photos was PRE Curio/Entertainment center