You should look at sixtyohno's kitchen. She has slab doors and green glass tile. I don't think she will mind me posting a link. Here is a link that might be useful: Sixtyohno's gorgeous kitchen

Thanks for the feedback and compliments on the granite everyone. It sounds like all of you are on the same page and think I should wait. I am having a hard time figuring out how to make that happen. Our kitchen project is a remodel and we hired a general contractor to do the work. His crew does most of the work. Our project is scheduled to take six weeks. With the lead time on the tile, I can't wait until the cabinets and granite are installed and still have the backsplash completed as part of the project. Would you all still just wait? The pictures were taken in my current kitchen and the amount of lighting won't be changing. We live in a heavily shaded area and we have very little natural light in our kitchen even with windows along the back of the house. The amount of light wont be a lot different in the new kitchen. I know the piece of granite is just a small part of the slab but with some of the grey and tan tones in the floor tile I thought the smoke would work better overall. I think I am going to drive myself crazy with all of the decisions that have to be made before this project is over...

Our granite has movement over the whole surface...no big veins just lots of tiny details. We were originally going to use some accent tiles but they tile people recommended to keep the focus on the granite and not to compete with it. You don;t need your eye to be draw to two different things right next to each other. We went with a beige 3x6, to go with the toasted almond cabs and greyish counter.

Bean - I think I looked at a zillion Sonoma samples! I decided against bc the small tiles were too much $, but the standard size were in budget. Perhaps I should revisit. My tile shop gives the Sonoma samples out in a 2x4 tile and it was sooo small to get a good idea, but I love the look in your photo. If you have one that's slightly closer up feel free to post if it isn't too much trouble. Some of the crackles I decided against bc the crackle seemed "too much". But the Sonoma seems very nice in your photo. I second jpmom - it looks great with your cabinets!