I've just ordered the canvas with cocoa glazing and have gone through at least 8 different counter top choices and am starting over! I cannot find anything I like. Viatera Royal Teak looked GREAT with the cabinets, but too busy and outdated said one. Plus I have one wall of bricks which is really hard to find something to look good with that and faux colored walls?! Anyone? anyone? Nancy Jara - I was told to go for the all plywood cabinets.

I LOVE my silgranit metallic gray diamond super single. My remodel was just completed last month and the sink is one of my favorite choices. I too debated between the cinder and metallic gray. They're both great colors. My kitchen has white cabs with a light gray backsplash so the metallic gray fit in perfectly. I was afraid that it may be be too "sparkly" but it's not. Not sure how it's happening, but the sink looks clean after every dishwashing episode. In the morning when I get to the sink, it's dry without any spots. I'm so glad I didn't go with stainless steel, my original choice. Thanks forum, for allowing me to "research" the threads and helping me to choose this sink!

Teehee1984, you ask a very good question I can't recall coming across previously on any GW forum. Let me begin by offering a disclaimer that there are others on the forum whose decorating expertise far surpasses mine so they may have a better answer. I installed Kraftmaid Biscotti with Cocoa Glaze cabinets in my kitchen, formal dining room, master bath and for a custom fireplace mantle in the family room 2 1/2 yrs ago. Matching cabinets for the family room were ordered less than a week ago to complete the project. In my small patio home, the kitchen, breakfast and family room are all one open area. As in your home, all woodwork is painted white. My walls are painted a soft gold so the Biscotti transitions nicely into the gold. I resolved the color differential between the cream and the white in two ways: 1. Use of a lot of white accessories -- For example, in my glass cabinet in the kitchen only white china and two white bird figurines are displayed. For the family room cabinets I've collected various tropical bird figurines, all in stark white. There will also be a few cream pieces since this is a larger display area. 2. Trying to bring both colors completely around each room so that there is consistent flow. Photos could certainly show this better than words, but I haven't tried to post photos on GW yet and don't have time to try to learn at the moment as am busy with work. The white woodwork obviously goes entirely around each room. An example of purposefully doing this with the Biscotti is installing a 7" deep shelf, near the ceiling, along two adjacent walls in the breakfast room. I'll include a few white accessories on those shelves among other items. My new cabinet installation will begin in about a month and may take as long as 3 weeks since the cabinet counters have to be templated after the bases are installed. I could work on posting the photos for you at that time. How soon will your kitchen remodel begin? By the way, I ordered a few KM cabinets in Canvas for a bedroom as part of this upcoming remodel. It's a lovely color but still does not quite match the woodwork in my house either. Anyway, hope all of this rambling helps. Let me finish by saying that your new kitchen will be so beautiful that the difference from the woodwork will most likely be only a small blip on your radar since both colors will be in the white category.

Lots of people with white/creamy cabs have dark countertops and they look great. But, it all depends on what you like. Take your sample door and a floor tile to some granite yards and look around. Most people seem to end up falling in love with a granite. Also, check out the Finished Kitchen Blog (FKB). Your can do a search for white/creamy cabs and look at the granite choices people made to get an idea of what you might like. Good luck! (Also, we always love to see pics of granites people are trying to choose between.) Here is a link that might be useful: FKB