Roses - As mairin says, colors look different on different computers. I don't see the pink either, but pink would not be right with your granite. Hold the tile next to pure white to try and see its true tones. This is also where you can use input from people who can see the actual sample and the real granite. Invite some friends over to look at it; go back to the granite yard with the tile sample and ask everyone around, even other customers. Ask the tile people about the pinks - they'll have so many colors to compare it to. If you have a granite sample take it with you. Another thing you can do to check undertones in the color is get some paint chips (the cardboard ones) in pale shades of each of pink, gray, yellow and beige; also pure white. That might help you find the true colors in your tile. I agree you want something neutral (beige/grey/cream) or pale gold, but not pinkish.

I have not used them and no nothing about them. I know that some on here have used KitchenPros and it was a disaster. I know a few posters have recommended Lily Anne Cabinets and liked them. I recently bought them for a rent house and they were lovely! I was very impresed. I bought them from link below. I bought the Arlington White. The color was actually more a very creamy color with a pale green undertone in the light. I'll try and post picture. Here is a link that might be useful: Lily Ann Cabinets

I know this is an old post, but I just came across it and just wanted to post an updated comment, especially in regards to "rtacabinetstore.com". Wish I had read this thread BEFORE I placed my order from them a few months ago for their Marquis Cinnamon cabinets. I had ordered a sample door and it looked pretty nice, so I went ahead and ordered my cabinets. They are of unbelievably poor quality, made in China. Some of the prices were missing stain in spots and polyurethane. The drawer sides are thin and cheap, pieced wood. Some pre drilled holes were drilled wrong, so we had to use a Dremel to correct in order to use the cam locks. I am still trying to get the issues resolved since January. I kept them because they are going in a 2nd rarely used kitchen in the basement that got destroyed during Hurricane Irene, but I would NEVER, I mean NEVER use these for my primary kitchen! I have photos of some of the poor quality if anyone wants to see them...I'd be happy to email them. I wish it had worked out better...I had high hopes that it was going to be a cost effective way to redo both kitchens in the house and all three bathrooms, which are all 40 years old and in need of updating. Plus my brother wanted to redo his kitchen and my mom her bathroom, so this was our trial run. Never again would I buy from them! They lost a lot of future business with this poor example of the quality of their products. Beware of rtacabinetstore.com!

denizen-Part of what you are running into is that you are shopping for something other than what people like me consider our service. It sounds like you are shopping for cabinet boxes. I consider our service to be a bit more than that, we supply kitchens (no matter who installs them) Yeah we do make our profit by selling cabinets, That has become the most popular model with consumers, very few are willing to pay what would be a real design fee. If you are shopping for a design and not cabinets then you really have to shop for a designer. No one is going to produce a design, or series of them, just to see if you may decide you will pay them. Since you say you are on a budget, and it sounds like you want some design service then it may be that finding the right variations to #4 would suit you. In that case take LWO advice and shop for a designer. There many variations to your #4. I work using a one. We go a bit beyond average to begin with BUT many will give you an estimate based on your plan as it stands now. That at least allows you to determine if they can fit your budget before paying anything. Most won't come out and measure, most won't do much design work but many will discuss things with you. We do give estimates first before accepting a retainer, and most often measure. It's a retainer, not a design fee and is credited toward a purchase. Once a retainer is paid we do hand out drawings but our retainer runs to 12% of the cabinet cost with a minimum of $1000. And yes plenty of folks out there understand this model and have no problem with it. Over the years I have had only 2 people walk away from a retainer- one completely dropped the project because they moved out of state and the other ended up using entirely found furniture. When I first started on my own we seriously thought we would be doing design only work as well. It quickly became apparent that has more problems than it is worth for us. I now only do "design only" work for a few interior designers and an architect. roccocogirl-I went to Parson's 20 years before I came to kitchens. Great school, useful background- but doesn't a KD make. I'd been a designer before I went to school (not kitchens) . After I did more more design work, built a lot of things, a little work in construction, built cabinets, taught myself CAD, designed a few workshops and sections of factories, and had a business (and yeah I've been cooking for over 50 yrs). When I was hired by a real kitchen outfit I'd had one year at a box store. (At the interview they noted that wasn't much kitchen experience, despite my background. I agreed that it wasn't. It is a business after all. They weren't worried about me going off and starting a business, (I only did because I was downsized.) At that first job It took me a solid 6 months to learn the first spec book. It still take that long with a new brand. It was two years before I made a half decent salary. It was a good 5 years before I was comfortably good making a living wage, 10 to get really good. In the meantime I had to learn how to deal with the public. The first designer I hired could barely use a computer and had no degree but was one of the best I've met, She'd been in the business for 30 yrs and could draw. I was training her on the software, It was going to take at least another year for us to make a profit on her work (a primary purpose of having employees) but she added much while with us. I miss her terribly.