We installed Tedd Wood cabinets in our renovated kitchen four years ago. The company was a pleasure to deal with. The construction is top notch. And, despite having a messy cook (DH) as the main chef, they have held up nicely. Though little known on this forum, Tedd Wood is one of the better semi custom lines. I love the graining of wood. It adds interest and warmth to the room. Every time I enter the kitchen, and see the beautiful graining of our birch cabs (autumn stain), I smile.

When I was buying and researching a few years ago, the construction specs for Diamond and Thomasville were not exactly the same. The backs of the Diamond were thicker than the Thomasville for one thing. I can't remember off hand if there were other differences. Looking at Thomasville and Diamond catalogs, they look exactly alike.

A note to remember that color is *so* influenced by light, as les reminded on another thread. We have a beautiful BM light silvery blue in DD's bath, just the most amazing tone but I painted it on a door that adjoins the bath, literally right next to it but different light because it's not lit by daylight directly (the bath has a large skylight) and it comes out reddish gray! Seriously. We have titanium in a hallway and it reads silvery blue. No direct natural light (the hall opens to rooms with windows, but has no direct access to windows itself). Short version: I'd suggest getting a sample, painting it on a board or on some watercolor paper, and holding it up in your space for 24 hours to see what overtones come out. You might be surprised. For instance, enduring's version comes out green because green is the complement of the reddish tone in the cherry. If you have other tones, you might end up with what you want.

The floors are Mohawk Villareal porcelain tile in Almond Spice color. We used porcelain throughout almost the whole kitchen portion of the showroom because it will stand up to traffic well. If this had been a personal home, I'd have done the under tile warming system as I have that in my baths and it's fabulous. The granite and full height backsplash are 3 bookmatched slabs of Yellow River granite. The backsplash is actually 3 different pieces to be able to get it installed correctly, but the seams "flow" across it because of the bookmatching and are almost invisible. The hutch cabinets are Kemper Herrington Square door in Tidal Mist color with applied V-groove sides on it and the island. I painted the walls SW Iviore. The hood package includes the insert with halogen lighting and 900 CFM blower from Kemper and fits like a hand in a glove with no tweaking needed by the installer other than to attach a pigtail and duct and plug it in. I DIY installed Hafele tape lights for the under cabinet lighting, and they are on a dimmer if we need them to be.