@theresaweaver It really depends on what you like. You should do a few tour of homes and see what you like before you decide. I like it all but I really prefer a warmer white -- still crisp but not too cool of a white. If you really want the white white maybe your builder will give you what you want and charge you a little more. IMO the white of the trim and cabinets shouldn't be that far away -- white with a yellowish white might clash too much. I'm going to look for pictures and if I come up with something I will be back.

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I faced this same issue with my remodel. I wanted all the uppers in “oyster” and lowers “peppercorn”. Had refrigerator on one end and tall pantry on another with coffee station between which would have the peppercorn on bottom and oyster on top. The issue was what to do with molding. I did not like the idea of breaking up the trim color so I went with all peppercorn for that wall and changed the coffee station upper to peppercorn with glass inserts. My point hear is do you have molding and which color would you want. The answer might help you make the decision. I personally think the molding color should match the upper cabinet color. I have a small kitchen but posting two of the 3 locations with cabinets. Note for the oyster cabinets I did oyster trim while on the other side I used peppercorn trim. All the best.

perfectly fine to combine the two. you are looking at expensive cabinets though! these are full inlay with custom stained walnut island and lowers. I don't know what your budge is, but these are no cheap date! (cabs alone were prob 40K. Walnut is $6-$10 a BOARD FOOT! if you used a white oak, and did a full overlay (instead of inset) it would be cheaper. (these were done by an amish community) I do agree you get new cabs. (or have those refaced if you're keeping the same layout. Stained maple lowers. BTW, another poster on here. I suggested adding boxes and getting hers painted. here's the before, during and after. you could easily do this with yours, but get new doors and drawer fronts. have them painted. if you want a wood island, then get one made from white oak. I had my cabs refaced (it wasn't that much more. the painters got all new solid maple doors and drawers and painted them w/my base cabinets. I had drawers modified, a vent hood and all the old trim removed. These cabs were custom built 15 years, so they were in excellent shape and built to this kitchen. the doors were beat up though and needed to be refinished. since I was opting for paint, refacing was a no brainer. AND, I got the45 degree or beveled edges of this shaker style. much easier to clean the inside panels. (BTW, I did my own walnut on the hood, window and shelves)