Meant to post this is kitchen forum. Will re-post there, if there are moderators here, please feel free to delete this one.

Your counter is fabulous. I would pick something less dramatic for the floors that picks up on one of the colors in the counter. You could go dark as a chocolate brown or charcol gray, or lighter such as beige/carmel or even the white to compliment not compete with the amazing counter. I like the larger tiles. Congratulations & good luck.

Thanks, everyone, for so many more very helpful suggestions and insights! Kren, thank you for all your suggestions, you've convinced me that it makes most sense to try to preserve the kitchen's current simple look. The houses's architect did make furnishings; some of these were shown at a display that I unfortunately missed; in photos, though, the furniture appeared a bit extreme. A wooden chair, for example, had a zig-zag support structure in place of legs. The emphasis seemed to be on douglas fir and redwood, as materials. Anyway, we're not going to be purchasing furniture any time soon, but your ideas sounded great! Mlchoisser, we had considered refacing the cabs a while back. Many of the cabinet interiors were okay; but some of the drawers have taken a beating over the years. The thing is, though, we can't reface because we're also planning to push one wall back, so its cabs will be demolished. The other issue would be matching new materials with the current oak cabs. (which raises a new issue, just realized: there is oak paneling throughout the living room, very visible from the kitchen) Buehl, the dynasty doors are excellent, i agree! And the door style you selected is so great! It's just that there's something about schuler's very matte look that grabs me. There's probably no difference in the finishes, in reality, but I don't dare start looking at dynasty doors again! Laurie, your cabinets are beautiful! It's such a relief to hear of your very positive experience! Daki, this weekend I'll upload some photos. It's encouraging to hear you say rustic and mid century modern can be combined. Bluekite, thank you for posting that link! That's very helpful!

Hi Kathy, I am not a designer but I am almost finished with my kitchen remodel so I have been right there with everything. I too was going to use Giallo Napoleon. Its very nice but the problem I had here in Atlanta was the silvery flecks were showing a bit blue and I do not have any blue in my house... Marybeth, which I am sure will comment, has the Giallo Napoleon which does not show any blue and it is beautiful. Many designers here use New Venetian Gold because of it's neutrality and resaleability. My sister and good friend just had that installed and love it. It seems to go with many color palettes. I will say though that it varies greatly from place to place. Some granite places I went to had the New Venetian Gold and it didn't look anything like my sisters. Good luck, you'll get great advice here.