I know this is late to the party, but if it were me, I would focus only on inspiration pictures where the homeowner did it as a DIY project on their old cabinets. Too many pictures show brand new perfect inset cabinets with no soffit professionally painted, and that's not at all what you're going to get. If you like a color in a cute cottage someone did themselves then try to figure out in advance what it will really look like.
Kind of like if you've ever gone to the salon with a picture of an 18 year old movie star with a pixie cut, and you come out with the exact same cut and it makes you look like a 60 year old. It wasn't the cut you love, it's the face! Well gorgeous brand new cabinets in a 12x15 kitchen with 10 foot ceilings are like the model face. :)
As for the color, I vote a pale cream with butcher block.
Q