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Houzz.com? I'm pretty visual but have to be in the space to see it in my head.  Houzz.com solves that problem.  We have both been whiling away hours looking at kitchens, porches, master baths etc.

This is brill...

Kitchen Products

This is the sort of hilarity I would go for, if I were making decisions solo.  Fortuitously I am not and D is visually brilliant.

Tropical Kitchen by Indio Tile, Stone & Countertops Sullivan's Stone Factory

This is more along the lines of what the voices of reason have in mind.  Notice the clean lines and lack of ceramic birds, and overall ambience that does not shriek, I can't decide whether to make this look like the Moroccan Restaurant at Epcot, or a peaceful sanctuary of a kitchen.

Traditional Kitchen by Flemington Architects & Designers Pickell Architecture

Also this, though the columns are a little too 'bring me back to ancient Greece for a lesson on columns" for me.

Traditional Kitchen by Woodbridge Architects & Designers Huestis Tucker Architects, LLC