Kompy...Sorry for not updating this post...I guess that is what happens when you constantly have 2 little ones under foot. I am also sorry to say I still don't have any photos. I understand your interest and I promise to get them posted here soon. However, here is an update... We wanted to get all cabinets out of the boxes (again) and look them over (again) before we contacted KraftMaid or Home Depot. So, in doing that we noticed some additional defects in the cabinet construction. For instance the face frame on BOTH of our super susans was not fully attached to the floor board so when you stuck your head in the front of the cabinet and looked down you could see through the cabinet (behind the face frame where is should have been secured to the floor of the cabinet) to my kitchen floor. It was as if the cut the bottom of the cabinet crooked so it did not actually touch the face frame of the cabinet. We are not impressed with the way they construct the super susan cabinets...Lots of glue and staples. In addition to the problem on the super susans, we had a similar problem with our large 36" pantry. The bottom piece on that cabinet was cut crooked as well so there was a section on the bottom of the cabinet where we could see through the cabinet to our kitchen floor again. Not a good day for quality control when these cabinets were made. (After I post this I will go to our other computer to see if DH saved the photos we took of these defects). On top of all that they put the wrong label on a cabinet so we installed the darn thing upside down! Well, at least that's KM's version of the story...We say we should have noticed THEIR ERROR and just flipped it upside down bc the box and the square door are the same if you just flip them over. Well, that's all great if we hadn't been so confused by the way they labeled and packaged their cabinets. We had 2 large angled corner wall cabinets, one with a Right hinge and a Left hinge. Well the shipping boxes were marked as R and L so that is the way my husband installed them. However, the cabinets were actually placed in the box as Left Hinged cabinets and they both had a Left hinge label on the cabinet itself which just further confused the issue (I think it was WA2715L?). This would not have been a problem had my DH noticed and flipped it before he installed it, but he laid them all out in the room according to their shipping box label. Plus, once you take the doors off you don't really notice the hinge as much. KraftMaid tells us (after we installed it) "No problem, just flip the door and hang it on the correct side" but that does not help the fact that now I have 3 screw holes were the hinges used to be. We also noticed they incorrectly labeled 2 of our base cabinets B18R and L as well (they had the R label on the Left hinged cabinet and vice versa). Luckily, we noticed before we installed them. The company seems to take no responsibility for the confusion they cause in incorrectly labeling and boxing the cabinets. Once you put them in, you own them. Installer beware. So, now to the stain....After we found all the issues in construction and stain, I went up to Home Depot to talk to my Kitchen Designer. I explained the stain problems as well as the construction problems with the super susans and pantry. She looked at me like a deer in the headlights not sure what to say, probably partly because we had received our order so long ago. It just so happened that the regional KraftMaid Rep was in the store that day so I explained it all to him. Regarding the construction problems: He said it should not be that way and indicated it should be corrected. Regarding the stain problems: He immediately started explain the variation in cherry wood. I told him I understand that and that is not our concern...Our concern was the pooling of stain in the corners and ridges. He said wood takes stain differently so it might be heavier in certain areas, etc. He suggested I call the 1-800 number on my sink base cabinet and address all my issues with them. I called that number and a week later they sent out a different Rep to come look at the cabinets. He took lots of photos of the construction issues but was not very interested in the stain issues. He got back to us about a week later to say they were going to give us new super susan cabinets and a pantry, but that they were not going to address the stain issue. My DH spoke to him both times, not me, and he plainly wimped out in my loving opinion! So, Once we have all the cabinets installed and doors back on I plan to take photos of all the cabinet doors that I feel I just can not live with and I will be writing a letter to the company. I just feel I need to voice my dissatisfaction once more. Perhaps they would have replaced these cabinet doors if we had protested when we first received our shipment, but honestly I don't know. There are so many that are like this, they probably would have sent out a Rep to look at them anyway. The design of the cabinet door definitely contributes to the problem...It has beads or ridges that collect the stain. It should have been wiped off when it was applied. Ok, now I have to go take a photo for you so you can see what I am talking about. Stay tuned... So, in the end, they ARE looking at the construction problems as WARRANTY issues, not shipping damage, and I am glad that those problems are being addressed. I am very disappointed that they quickly dismissed the stain issue when it seems to obvious to me that is was an application error. I will try to post photos soon. Thanks for your interest.

Went to the Cambria dealer who has 12x12 samples of the Waterstone collection. My future cabinets are stained a sort of milk chocolate and the sink is slate-colored (Kindred). So I thought Torquay or Waverton was the solution. When I held the cabinet door and a representative slate color against the Bellingham sample, I was blown away. Perfect match, lots of movement, loved it. But I'm still torn with going conservative (Torquay) or taking the risk and hoping I won't regret getting Bellingham.

@nick for small area I would take your door to your local sherwin Williams and have them match a stain and then use that. I had them match the color of my wood floors so that I could stain my new stair treads. Going to do this for my cabinets too but @verbo is right. Based off my research over the last several months, if you are trying to stain a custom island like me to match a cabinet company stain like Kraftmaid it’s not going to look like their product at the end of the day because of the stain hardening, toner and all the other steps not to mention where I’m at in CA they ban all kinds of stain products. Hope that helps!

I was having issues posting from my phone so now I'm on my laptop and for some reason under a different user name. Anyway, thank you all for your input. I was able to get a rendering from my KD with the saddle stain. The countertop is not that color though - we will be going with Calacatta Miraggio Gold quartz which is much whiter and should brighten it up more. Haven't made the final decisions on backsplash but will definitely be in the white variety. We're also putting in four recessed LED lights and most likely a pendant over the sink - still thinking on that part, but there will be light over the sink. Below is a better picture of the floor sample with Saddle and Barley. I'm still thinking Saddle is the obvious choice, but what about Barley for the uppers? I'd still leave the base cabinets and the cabinets surrounding the oven and refrigerator saddle since they meet with the floor. If not Barley, maybe Shortbread? I don't have a sample, but below is from Kraftmaid's site. I've also posted the Saddle and Barley for reference since colors can look different in different light. I've never been a fan of the two-tone in the past, but I think that is because most of them are white on top and to me it just looks a little unfinished. No judgement against anyone who has done this - I'm the same way about white cars. I have issues, I know. Anyway, the two-tone is growing on me - probably from seeing so much of it on this site. I don't know anyone personally who has done the two tone so it's a newer concept to me. I've tried searching this site for inspiration photos, but most of them are a mix of painted and stained cabinets or have just the island a different stain. My kitchen is small and we do not have an island. Does the two-tone work better with larger kitchens? Or does it not work well with two kinds of stain? If anyone has any pictures of a kitchen with dark wood stained lowers and and a light wood stained uppers would you mind posting? I'd like to get an idea how it would look in real life. I know I can ask my KD to re-color the rendering, but real life pictures are always better IMO. Any input or suggestions are greatly appreciated - even if you think I'm off my rocker for even considering this!