I say -- don't overthink it. I'm definitely an "I'll know it when I see it" person and it has served me well. Don't apologize for it. I really like your patinated chandelier, your comfortably used faucet (it's got some style!) the stove -- it's relaxed, no-fixed-decade. It's no time to get uptight about finishes! I'd say you have a good sense of your own style. TRUST IT. Don't choose a finish you don't like just "to be consistent" or because someone told you you have to. I have polished nickel, antique brass, new unlacquered brass, old filthy dirty brass, stainless steel, black forged iron -- and a few other things I can't remember in my kitchen. It all gets along. In fact the more things you put together, the better it works, because it's not like you have a big beige room with 23 satin nickel handles and one polished nickel one. You have a rich crazy quilt/gumbo of elements and no single dominant one, but your good taste has selected each, and they get along because you know when they don't. I agree with Circuspeanut that some finishes just attract too much attention to themselves, and they tend to be the more modern ones like satin nickel and ORB. But if you love them, and they work in your particular mix, then go for it. Did you look at the Schoolhouse Lighting custard line of shades? Just a thought. Something to consider is that Schoolhouse, and probably some other companies too, may have options not listed on their Web sites, and may be able to make you up a custom fixture. So if you see something on their site that is very close to what you want, but in just the wrong finish, or the chain isn't right, call or e-mail and ask if that thing can be changed. I did, and the cost was like $30 extra for my particular alteration. It's always worth asking. Good luck!

Hi Officewench. I see two issues here--the cabinet itself, & the the general level of (as you put it) matchy-matchyness, which is a dismissive term I don't like, even if I don't care for the over-coordinated look, either. It's the same difference between saying that a room that's been decorated gradually over a long period of time--a historic house, say, or maybe my own place--has an undecorated look and saying that it's a jumbled mess. At Malmaison in France, everything has been designed within an inch of its life, and the woods & the gilt-bronze hardwaree and the silk lampas fabrics are all perfectly consistent, but the results are gorgeous, not "matchy-matchy". Thus endeth the screed. OK, now that we've finished with semantics, let's get on to your actual question. If the cabinetwork in your entire house--except for this bath--is already done in white shaker cabinets with recessed-panel doors, I hardly think that adding one more cabinet in the same style is going to sink the ship. After all, if you like the all-white look, there can never be too much of it, and if you're already having second thoughts about having so much of it, I hate to say this but it's already too late, anyway, so don't expect a single cabinet to correct the balance. This has nothing to do with that. So, now that we've established that what goes on in the bathroom stays in the bathroom, you can forget about what's going on in the rest of the house as you choose your bathroom's vanity. It's time to focus on the here-&-now. Here's the thing: cherry's a funny wood. In bright light--and if the wood is in a fairly light-color stain--cherry can be absolutely beautiful, with a wonderful, shimmering, satiny luster that you otherwise only see in things like birds-eye & curly & fiddle-back maple veneers and (sometimes) in sycamore. On the other hand, in its darker colorations & without strong directional light to highlight its occasional chatoyance, cherry can also look dull & lifeless, with nothing but surface shine to add any sort of visual interest. That's why, in a very small room with no natural light, I might hesitate to use cherry: it won't show off to its best advantage, and, added to the fact that it will be the only time the wood shows up in your otherwise all-white decor, your vanity could end up looking like something you picked up merely because it was a good deal--rather than something you bought because you loved it--or worse, that it was a mistake, like the wrong cabinet showed up on the truck & you didn't have time to exchange it for the right one. face it: we live in a complicated world, and stuff like that sometimes happens, but when it does, there's no point advertising the fact, and there's even less reason to make it look like that's the case when it really isn't. You'll know which is the right answer. Regards, Magnaverde.

Thanks everyone for their suggestions! I appreciate it! The chandelier is actually from the previous owner. It should be 29 inches or 21 above the table. I'll have to check my notes. I hate it, but it matches the four other ones they have in the house. I was thinking about school house lights for our kitchen and maybe a bell jar in the foyer. Anyway, I already have replacement in the garage. It's one I bought for the house I was thinking we were going to buy. That was four years ago, mind you. :) It's a nickel finish plain one with exagerated arms. Kichler I think, before you started seeing them at HD or Lowes. I love that beadboard idea up the walls. Would looks so pretty. I'm trying to get my husband to let me paint the trim as we type. He is a guy and like most guys.... no paint on wood! I just got him to let me paint the cabs. i had to entice him by telling him we were getting new countertops! I've been looking for things for the inside. I bought the soup pot with laddle the other day. You'd think I could find lots of substantial things to go into that cabinet, but I guess I'm pickier than I thought. I wanted to keep it all white things. I'll have to scour ebay more. I did have a small cabinet there on that wall under the picture. But, it was hard to get around and sit down. If you can think of a thinner cabinet online, let me know. I think that wall is too bland too. I didn't think about the peices being more masculine, but you're exactly right! I found that tablecloth at marshalls for three dollars and I needed something that day (did I mention we have a two year old?) So, is it a consensus that I should lose tablecloths and stick with just some placemats? I'd like to just have the table, but I'm afraid with a two year old that it will be all scratched up by tonight. The artwork in there came from my mom's house. She bought two of them and decided she didn't like them. I had this great original art piece there. My husband hated it, so we went back to this boring thing. He likes boring stuff. And, not changing things.... hates change! I like to change everything every month or so. I'll have to start looking for different artwork. I'll be on the lookout for a new rug. Do you think that a dash and albert rug would look good or something pottery barnish (we have another pb one in the ajoining room.) I saw an 8x10 medium grey wool oriental at big lots of all places. Would that be too masculine? Maybe that grey rug and some porcelain blue on the walls? (keep your fingers crossed about the painting of the trim!) I'll see what colors are in it if it's still there. (My husband didn't want a rug there, but too bad!) Thank you guys so much. Just that little direction is exactly what I needed! Thank you, thank you!!! Kim BTW, sorry so long!

Old thread, but I've been searching PPG paint colors with very little success. Everything is about SW and BM, but our builder uses PPG. Thanks for sharing your final colors, it looks great. I am considering Agreeable gray too, but feel it is too dark. Whiskers it doesn't look dark in your home at all so I might have to get a sample of that one. I was looking at Silent Smoke with Delicate White cabinets too.