Kristine - your cabinets are beautiful!!! I love dark granite also. Most of the pictures I've been looking at have lighter granite with darker cabinets, but I personally think the dark granite looks very nice. I'm doing cream cabinets with a dark island & will have dark granite on both. I'm not sure about fingerprints - I have 3 kids also, so I'm interested in that response. I don't know if 1 1/4" is enough for cup pulls - I think mine are 2" & its going to be tight, but since you have a raised panel it might work. Can't wait to see your finished kitchen pics!

Thank you so much for the suggestions. Baltic Blue is gorgeous. I like Amadeus as well, but worried about it clashing with the floor. The cabinets are not raw wood. They are not high quality cabinets, but we just can't replace them. We are going to be able to get new counters, add a breakfast bar and an undermount sink for $1600. I estimated new cabinets would cost an additional $4k to $15k and we don't want to make that big of investment in the kitchen... We got a great deal on the pulls and plan to put in new light fixtures and then call it done. : )

Ok, so my DH brought it home and..... I don't like it :( Sometimes things have a way of growing on me but I don't think that this will. And, of course, the cabinet isn't finished yet so it's a bit hard to see it and judge with the cabinet looking the way it does above rather than the rest of the cabinets. My complaints - I think it'll be too dark. It's the darkest thing in the kitchen and it's basically the longest uninterrupted stretch of counter (the area next to it is 112 but that includes the sink) so it seems very visually prominent. I'm not a huge fan of the strips of wood next to the strips of wood in the floor. The finish on it is pretty shiny and somehow it appears very lifeless and flat - DH commented that it looks like laminate! I realize that this could be changed with a different finish on it. The positives - it looks really nice with the dark wainscotting in the dining room. It's not in the dining room of course but the view through is nice. The wood itself is pretty gorgeous. The colors and patterns are SO pretty. I'm thinking now that I need a different wood species. I think I'd prefer something that's more in keeping with the colors in the floor. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm thinking about sapele, mahogany, cherry, teak and maple. I think I'd probably prefer a plank style so that it's not as visually similar to the floor. Any thoughts or recommendations are appreciated!!

Your floor choice is really nice, very neutral. No, my hardwood floor does not have a cherry tone to it. It really is more like a deep brown. it's by Shaw and is called Hazelnut. Even though my island and peninsula is made from cherry the color is called "saddle" and it's also in the brown family color. It's alittle lighter than the floor. I was really torn between using a tile like yours our going with hardwood. But, I went with the hardwood because it blended with the rest of the house better. So far, you have done a great job with your choices - go w/your gut. If you love that Mascarello which I think the tones go very nice with your cabs & floor - go for it...