Cabinetry

For us, the hardest part of the design process was the cabinetry. We went through a significant no. of revisions trying to get it right, from layout, style or colour, back to layout, it never ended. Once we thought we had the layout finalised, that various inserts or accessories allow you to rethink the layout for the best use of the space. We wanted a clean minamilist look so opted for 'shadowline' sometimes called 'j-scoop' cabinet openings so there were no handles - this looks amazing but you do compromise on internal cabinetry space, so only do this if you have sufficient storage room.

Then comes the colour of the caesarstone, it's placement and match to other colours in the house and just when you think you've got it coming together, budget becomes an issue.  We think we got there, but to be honest we won't know till it's finished.  I think we made our biggest step forward when selecting a different coloured caesarstone for the bathrooms and laundry.  Although these renders don't show it, we used Ocean Foam in the bathrooms and laundry, and Raven in the kitchen and pantry. A word of warning, collect as many ceasarstone samples as you can as they can vary significantly. You need to account for this variation when picking surrounding colours.

Best tip: When selecting colours, don't try to 'match' adjacent colours in different materials as it will look slightly different, especially under different lighting conditions.  If you get it wrong, it will look obvious. Your best bet is to choose a colour that will compliment your colour scheme or pick a bold feature colour (as long as you don't think you'll get sick of it over time).

Stick with neutrals if you plan sell up one day (you need to appeal to the masses) & add colour in your furnishings, decor instead.  But if this is your end-state home, go crazy with whatever makes you smile, as long as you're prepared to live with it forever!  Or at least until you can afford to replace it.

Here's some CAD imagery...