Since you have the warmer tones of beige and browns in your house the mother of pearl might work best. If you go with the SW or the White Macabus (or Luna) then you will find yourself redecorating around it. The pearl is gorgeous. The River White is hard to tell from the pictures, but it might be warmer than the first 2. Can you share where you are located, or more important...where are these slabs? I have my fabricator on the hunt for SW, he has a few months to find them but I love to annoy him and say "look, I found some more". Also the thing about the Luna is the stripes, will you be using this on the perimeter? I ruled it out because my perimeter will be a U and at some point the stripes will have to run from the wall to the edge, that would bug me. But for an island only--fabulous or if you have just a straight run of counters. Sorry for the long post.....but do share where these are located, please. Good luck with the pricing

I prefer slab for the same reason. It's easier to clean. I was raised by a mom who was always modern/contemporary. She could immediately point to ANY piece of furniture and tell you how much time would be wasted on dusting/cleaning. Shaker would be as far as it goes and never, ever white in the kitchen lol. I lean toward modern/contemporary. I think that has a lot to do with preferring slab cabinets. However, as an artist and someone tuned into aesthetics with literally EVERYTHING, I think it also depends on the amount of cabinets and whether they will be in an open vs enclosed space. The more ornate, the bigger the space should be I would think. And for a super clean look not only slab fronts but drawers instead of cabinets for which I'm inclined also. Just be sure to have longer, more visible but varied hardware or suffer a sea of white or almond or wood. I'm seeing more kitchens with mostley drawers and am soooo happy. The convenience of pulling out a 4 ft deep drawer to see ALL of my pots and pans at once. Stand back and scan your home as you walk into or face your kitchen and picture what color, and what pattern. I know what I'd do with a big kitchen. I'd split the difference. I'd do a different color and slab front bottoms with lots of drawers and have shaker uppers. Or if I had a flush wall of cabinets that houses a fridge and ovens. If there are a lot of uppers, make sure some have patterned glass to break it up or just open shelves (dusting always).

I like the tile you currently have, though maybe not the grout width on the floor. The new vanity will look great, especially if you can float it. I would prioritize fixtures over tile if you are on a budget. If you're set on changing out the tile, I think of mcm bathrooms as having rectilinear tile or more organically shaped natural materials like slate. Color is fair game - there were lots of bold colors used in that time period, or you might argue that using natural materials is keeping in the spirit. I don't know about herringbone and diagonal tile. Herringbone strikes me as more Remodelista than Dwell. Which is nice if that's the look you're going for. Diagonal tile can look gimmicky if it doesn't relate to the rest of the house. Here are some color ideas: [Modern Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/modern-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2105) by San Francisco General Contractors Moroso Construction [Modern Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/modern-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2105) by San Francisco Architects & Building Designers Swatt : Miers Architects [Midcentury Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/midcentury-modern-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2115) by Mountlake Terrace General Contractors W. S. Feldt General Contractor, Inc. [Contemporary Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2103) by Melbourne Kitchen & Bath Fixtures apaiser

Thank you so much everyone! There certainly is a lot of good advice here (as always!). I think my biggest problem is that I have no idea how to define my "style". How would you describe the kitchens in the inspiration photos I referenced? Traditional? Something else? Katsmah: Your door looks great, and I'm relieved to see that others are planning a raised panel inset door! I would love to see pictures after they're installed! cali-wendy: Your kitchen is one of the many I have in my inspiration binders! I love the color -- it reads like a neutral cream (without a glaze?!?). I also like the raised panels in the ricklish kitchen. Our kitchen is a u-shape and is approx. 13' x 14' (with one wall a bit longer). We're planning three stacked cabinet uppers on each side of the range wall (with a hood in between) and three stacked cabinet uppers on each side of the sink wall, and the other wall will have the refrigerator with an armoire style pantry on each side. I'm not sure if this is a small, medium or large size kitchen (for style purposes), and what that number of cabinets translates into (i.e., would it look too busy with more detail or could it handle it?). We don't really have any other built-in cabinetry. Off the kitchen we have a very small mudroom that has beadboard approx. 3/4 of the way up one wall with hooks on it for coats, etc. and a pretty wide crown molding on top, and off that is a small powder room that has the same beadboard all the way around and the same crown, with a pedestal sink and a built in medicine cabinet with sconces on each side. Kind of Potterybarn-ish. Our room doors are all raised 6 paneled doors. What do you think all this tells me?!? Lavender Lass: We're leaning toward doing granite counters, although I LOVE pictures that have marble perimeters and wood islands. I just don't think it would be practical with two young boys. So I was planning to look into the granites that look like marbles. We haven't really given much thought to the backsplash yet, but I know I want something that blends in and maybe has a little sparkle. I don't want anything with too much color. For the walls, I was thinking a soothing grey or beige?!? We're keeping our hardwood floors, which are pretty light right now, but they will need to be refinished and we're considering going a little darker. The glass uppers will be clear glass with four panes (like a basic window) . I've really started liking the gothic glass uppers but I'm not sure they would go with the house. chicagoans: We are getting custom cabinets. Our cabinet maker is a dream come true, and he has been so patient and helpful! He has stopped by a number of times with different samples he's made for other clients, and he's bought me a number of kitchen magazines with pages marked with ideas that he thought I might like. I know he'll make me anything I ask, I just really want to narrow down my choices so I can limit how much I ask of him. But I'm sure you're right about having to see the combinations. Maybe a trip to the stone yard is in order! laurainlincoln: I wish I had one design feature I felt so strongly about, because I think that is a great way to approach it. The problem is that I'm on the fence about everything! Argh! Kaismom: I think the architectural style of our house is transitional colonial (i.e, built in 1997 with basic colonial layout but more open). We have 6 paneled raised doors, but some of our furniture has recessed doors. We have 3 piece crown moldings in most of the downstairs (so it's fairly large, but simple in design, meaning not dental or other details), with hardwood floors throughout. There are some internal arch doorways and the front windows have the arch above them, and french doors connect some rooms. I've been told our window have fairly large moldings and sills. What do you think all that translates into?!? missmuffet: That's a great idea. We have a binder that shows us all the different options for the panel and other details, but not different whole doors (maybe because they're custom made?!?). But we could certainly get some books at other kitchen places and go through that process! Thanks so much for your thoughts and ideas. It's all very helpful and gives me a starting point. I'm not quite as overwhelmed as I was last night!!!