My experience has been you aren't going to find a paint that will look the same color on all walls at all times of the day and night. This of course is due to lighting and what the paint is reflecting off of. I guess the key is to make sure you do all four walls and then look at them day and night. Remember, once you get furnishings, etc. into the room, the paint will not be the primary focus. My new office is painted Nantucket Gray which is a very pretty color by day. At night, I'm not so crazy about it. I didn't have adequate lighting in the new house at the time the house was painted so I had to chose my colors using the similar lighting at my present house. I did pretty good on all my choices except for that one. Since I don't have the option to repaint I'm devising other ways to ensure it's not the focus and to use bright white lighting that will keep it as bright as possible. I chose BM's Rich Cream which looks yellow, very pale, yet when the afternoon sun hits the laundry room, where it is also, it's a very, very bright yellow. That's OK though because bright yellow in the laundry room is a good thing. I don't get direct sunlight into the main living area where the RC is also, so I never have to worry about that room turning bright yellow. As long as the color I chose looks good in all lighting, not necessarily the same in all lighting mind you, then I can live with it. Does that make sense?

Thanks for the replies! bostonpam, I agree with eustacem, your kitchen is beautiful. And I can't see the difference in heights from the countertops to the top cabs. Did you have trouble getting your backsplash even? One of the things I'm worried about is once the backsplash comes around the corner to the window, it'll be different heights on either side. I'm thinking beadboard backsplash, so it'll have a vertical line, but it'll still have a horizontal trim piece at the top. dianlo, interesting idea. I don't think I have a straight wall, floor or ceiling in my house, so just making the difference smaller but not perfect might do the trick. My GC and DH might think I've moved to a new level of crazy to want to move the cabinets 1/2" though! :) buehl, I've seen your posts with your 3 piece crown molding before and I think it's brilliant! I think it might be a little tougher since we only have 2-1/2" crown to work with, the filler piece might be in danger of disappearing all together, but I know it'll come in handy with our crazy ceiling! marcydc, our GC had quite a time getting our base cabs level. I think we could nickname our kitchen Shims R Us!

Personal opinion. If you look at the kitchens deco posted i think they look nice enough but would both have been even better with the same counters, i dont think the different perimeters add anything (except some visual chaos) in either case. Agree. One other thought. If I hadn't found my busy and exciting quartzite, i would have picked a very quiet stone or a plain quartz, paper stone, etc and then done an interesting backsplash with color.

"Joseph, from what i have gathered different companies have a differing amount of quartz to resin impacting the look and durability. but does that really make one better over the other and justify such a price difference?" They tinker with their formulas, but it's essentially the same thing, however, Cambria does not tinker with its prices. They have seen that there is no business to be had competing against Vietnam and China on price and they aren't going to play their game. Cambria is successfully building a brand. They've got very good service, stay on top of quality control, and lead the industry with designs and colors. If that's worth something to you, pay up. As a businessperson, I admire this strategy.