Sidge where did you get your bathroom tiles from? They are exactly what I've been looking for. Your bathroom looks gorgeous and I'm very jealous of how big it is - ours is only 6ft square
My biggest tip for the kitchen - stick religiously to a small work triangle. And a proper triangle, not some wierd-angled not-really-a-triangle at all thing that some of the kitchen places say you can get away with. Our large, completely square kitchen was fitted many years ago by the previous owners. Although there is technically a work triangle, it encompasses the whole kitchen. So the oven is at the furthest possible point away from the sink, which means us carrying hot pans aross the room to empty them. It also means we have a big empty space in the middle which would be ideal for a breakfast table, but this would be completely impractical because it'd block the flow of the room (and the hot pans!). So I have a big square kitchen which looked great on paper, but is crap. We're saving up to refit it and will be having the oven at a right angle to the sink, and the fridge at a right angle to the oven, in a perfect equilateral triangle. And I can't wait!
I'm not having any wall units either - just clever base-unit storage in a U-shape at one end of the kitchen, and a wall of tall units at the other. Mainly because we'll be doing most of it DIY, and I don't trust DH to attach wall units properly! If we can assemble and fit the base units ourselves, we only need to pay someone to fit the worktop, which actually I could beg ask my ex-joiner dad to come up and do (I'll promise him a nice weekend away and then pull out the jigsaw - evil cackle!). I also agree about the no empty cupboard thing. I have a list of what I need to keep in the kitchen, and everything will have it's place. No more empty drawers getting filled up with takeaway menus and paperwork! I'm having two corner pull-out carousel units for pans, baking trays, tuppawear, small appliances etc, a big deep drawer for plates and bowls with lift-out inserts (which will be near to the dishwasher!), a wide drawer for my cutlery, knives and cooking utensils, and another with an insert for cups and glasses. No more stacking them in cupboards! I'm also having a recycling and rubbish bin unit under the sink instead of having bins sat out on the floor, a pull-out unit for washing powder and cleaning products (ikea do a lockable one), some tall pull-out larders for food, and - best of all - a dog food cupboard! Which will just be a tall larger unit with a big space at the bottom for bags of dry food, and lots of shelves above for their wet food and treats. My kitchen is taken over by blummin dog food at the moment.
Other must-haves for my kitchen include a double fan oven, a built-in microwave, a touch-control induction hob, and a double-bowl sink with one of those extendable shower tap things (would love one of those instant-boil taps too, if they come down in price a bit!). And I'm going to have a big blackboard put up, so I can make a note of things when they run out instead of searching through cupboards to make a list.
As you can tell, I'm very excited about the prospect of my new kitchen, I spend at least 90% of my day dreaming about it!